Linda Rae Blair

Raleigh artist, Linda Rae Blair, has traveled the U.S. extensively. With a family history of Scots-Irish immigrants to the U.S. around the time of the revolution and as a 13th generation direct descendant to John Alden & Priscilla Mullins, pilgrims of Mayflower fame, she has always been a lover of history. She combines these into sagas that are interesting to history buffs and lovers of romance and mystery.

She has spent many happy hours in Virginia Beach during off-season when the winds blow hard and cold and the salty air whips at the weather-protected palms. This is the locale chosen for Preston Andrews Mysteries series. Locals and visitors alike will find many familiar frames of reference in this series.

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• Necromancer on March 13, 2010
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  A great story that keeps you reading. I knew, of course, that not every hero in the story would make it through to the end...what would a good book do without a little pathos...and read each page dreading the demise of a character of which I had become so fond. While this genre is new to me, I greatly enjoyed the story. I'll have to give more of it a try!
  
• Heather Farm on Aug. 31, 2011
  
  A sweet little ghost story. The only problem was that I wanted more! I wasn't ready for it to end. Definitely going to have to have more Dorte!
  
• Smashwords Style Guide on Sep. 15, 2011
  
  The new and improved version is so much easier to use. Thanks to Mark et al for all the hard work on our behalf! You're the best and so is the Guide!
  
• Dead of Knight-A Jack Staal Mystery on Sep. 16, 2011
  
  I love Staal, character flaws and all. The story was gritty, intriguing, and kept you tied to it through the end. Lots of really good reading and I would highly recommend it. Had it been edited better, I would have easily given it a 4 Star! There were a few too many word usage errors for me (to/two/too on/one) that simple spell checks don't catch. As a writer, I am more aware of such than the average reader may be. HOWEVER, it did not ruin the story which was very nicely done. I will definitely read another in the series!
  
• Liquorice Twists on Sep. 22, 2011
  
  I just LOVE the way Dorte can take you in one direction and just second later end the story with a quick twist in the other direction! She's a master a these quick little twists of murder and mayhem. A definite "to be read" for anyone with a wicked sense of humor and a love for murder mysteries. Each tale take but a few paragraphs and on to the next. Prepare for liquorice whiplash!
  
• Fall Leaves and the Black Dragon on Nov. 03, 2011
  
  I enjoyed this journey with Willy. The story is well constructed and certainly keeps the reader glued to the spot. Willy suffers the world's worst day and nightmares and is forced by his own unwillingness to discuss them and the embarrassment they cause him to stifle his problem. It is sad to think that a child had no where safe to turn--until Kenny! When Kenny comes into the story, the friendship between these two misfits is heartwarming and solid. However there are one or two things that took some of my personal enjoyment out of it. There were quite a few editing issues that should have been caught (many small words missing, usually articles or adverbs that stilted the reading for me). It was also comma-starved. But these issues tend to catch my attention more than the average reader and definitely should NOT keep one from enjoying this story. It has its gripping moments, it's humorous moments, periods of frustration with the lack of understand from Willy's parents. Don't want to create a spoiler, so I'll just say that the ending was a surprise to me. The author tied up all the loose ends.
  
• The Portal Between on Nov. 09, 2011
  
  This novel had all the possibilities of a really good read but was a little disappointing. I wanted to find myself enjoying the "other world" and it's characters but it fell flat. The mysterious place inside the oak doesn't have a name, doesn't have enough buy-in in the beginning for you to care about what is going on there. I would have liked to have really cared about the other world and what happened there. It just didn't quite get me there. The author waited until the end to give you anything to care about, and it was just too little too late. Then there is the relationship between Kate and Sam which I found unnecessary to the story. They could have been sisters, close childhood friends--but the author made them lovers which isn't my preferred reading material. If this is something you enjoy reading, you'll care deeply about these two characters and their friend Lily. There's is a very tight relationship brought to the breaking point. Them, you will care about. Another problem I had was the emotional distance between Sam and her children. There also seems to be some distance between the author and these abandoned children. The two children who were abandoned appear to have gotten through all this with no emotional scars, while Kate's child is affected. I fear this is unrealistic and leaves me concerned for them more than Kate and Sam. All in all, it just wasn't my "cup of tea" although I did feel it had great possibilities--it just didn't deliver.
  
• Between on Nov. 09, 2011
  
  What exquisite torture! Have the tissues ready--lots of tissues. This is a beautifully written, well thought out novel that takes you on an emotional roller coaster. You have no choice but to hang on until the ride is over. You absolutely will not put this one down! I love stories of Scotland and France--have written one myself--so how could I have passed this one up? I couldn't! And I am so glad that I didn't. Well crafted, a tale of life and death set against historic Scotland and Paris and more modern Northwestern United States. The writer has you breathing in the mists surrounding an historic castle, walking the streets of a far from welcoming Paris and sharing of lives. Don't miss this one!
  
• Tales From the Deed Box of John H. Watson MD on Jan. 24, 2012
  
  If you love Sherlock, Dr. Watson, Lestrade and the rest of the 221b Baker Street gang, you're going to love this! Mr. Ashton has woven stories in the Conan-Doyle tradition so that you won't know where Conan-Doyle's Sherlock leaves off and where Ashton's Sherlock begins. Truly a masterful addition to the Holmes legacy of wit, sleuthing and surprises! I'm hoping there are a lot more stories hidden away in Dr. Watson's deed box.
  
• The Charity Shop on Feb. 10, 2012
  
  Short, Quirky, Great Read! Dorte's writing style is so unique! If you like quirky characters with even quirkier names, a mystery you'll never figure out on your own, all provided in a minimum of words and greatest of skill--well you cannot go wrong with this one, or for that matter, any of her novels. Here she has used some of her characters from "The Cosy Knave" and given them another mystery to solve. Rhapsody Gershwin and Officer Penrose are, once again, left to their own devices to solve a murder (no overtime will be paid to solve crime in this village this weekend). So, they do just as instructed and solve it! No spoiler here--what else would Rhapsody and Penrose do?