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INTERVENTION

In the third in the Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series, a white-out snow storm, a gathering of cinema has-beens, a disgruntled ex-husband, and a murder ruin Tempe and Hutch's romantic weekend get-away.

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INTERVENTION -- The author comments:

When I did personality pieces for our local newspaper, I interviewed a man whose father had built a very popular lodge in the mountains that was visited by many people. The history of this lodge intrigued me. Though that lodge has gone through many "ups" and "downs", Tapper Lodge of my story has borrowed its history from the truth.

Because the mountain community above Springville has been visited by and served as a second home to many movie people, I decided to have Hutch and Tempe visit a similar lodge and become involved with other guests who came from the movie industry. This book was once rejected by an editor who said my writing was too much like Agatha Christie's!

Reviews:
"An intriguing group of Hollywood elite turn what was supposed to be a relaxing vacation for Tempe and Hutch into a puzzling whodunit. While a storm brews outside Tapper Lodge, tempers flare inside as everyone with motive and opportunity tries to point the finger elsewhere. Meredith has created in Tempe Crabtree a character who is strong and savvy. Between the lines of a smartly crafted mystery is woven Native American culture and spiritualism. This is a series that will continue to please."

--Sandy Tooley
When the Dead Speak, Nothing Else Matters, Restless Spirit

"...Crabtree is a strong character and the mixture of Native American religion with her husband's Christianity makes a useful blend. Her husband is made very human, as we sympathize with his feelings of disappointment that Crabtree must investigate the case instead of spending deserved holiday time getting away from it all..."

--Luke Croll http://www.hildbede.freeserve.co.uk/faq.htm-alt.books.dean-koontz FAQ 

"Springville author Marilyn Meredith has done it again. Hot on the heels of the release of the third novel in her series of Tempe Crabtree murder mysteries earlier this year, she's brought out her fourth book in the line.

And in doing so, she has continued to provide a sharp, page-turner of a novel that keeps the reader engrossed from first page to last.

As in her previous works in the series, the new book, INTERVENTION, follows the life of Meredith's law enforcement heroine, deputy Tempe Crabtree--a young woman of Native American heritage, who as a widow with a teen-age son, has married a minister, Hutch Hutchinson.

A subplot in the novels deals with Tempe's quest to find greater understanding of her native roots and culture and her attempts to reconcile those beliefs with the Christian code of her pastor husband.

...Meredith has taken her characters ... to a resort area ... for a romantic weekend retreat, and find themselves instead embroiled in a deadly situation.

...For those who have become devotees of the Crabtree books, this story will not disappoint. And for any interested in sampling the series, this would be as good a place as any to start.

That's because the author is careful with each new story to define her heroines and other characters' past and personality sufficiently in each to make the reading the books in order unnecessary to the enjoyment of the plots."

--Darla Welles, Porterville Recorder