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This is the place to find the latest news about Mary and the new cozy mystery Clouds Over Bishop Hill.
You may connect with Mary by email or through her Facebook author's page.
Clouds Over Bishop Hill is a cozy mystery unfolding in a Bishop Hill that is both familiar and unfamiliar to those who have visited the Illinois state historic site. This Bishop Hill is a small town lacking in windmills but packed with intrigue as Shelley Anderson, a young Knox grad, is pressed into finding Olof Krans's last portrait, a painting that has been hidden away for over ninety years.
A cloudy cross in the early morning sky and a half-remembered dream jog the memory of an elderly woman and sends her off in a stolen minivan straight into the path of Shelley. Shelley has her return home to Bishop Hill interrupted by the near collision and the discovery of the body of a well-liked woodworker. Centenarians make poor detectives, so it is up to the younger generation to continue the mission to recover the painting. Shelley pounds the brick sidewalks of Bishop Hill as she navigates between museums and restaurants trying to determine if the old woman's dreams are real or not. If there is a painting to be found, how dangerous will it be to actually discover it? After all, it had to have been hidden for a good reason in the first place. Clouds Over Bishop Hill by Mary Davidsaver offers the reader a look into a not-your-average small town. She spins history into an entertaining mystery with present day relevance. Bishop Hill, after all, is in Illinois, a state undergoing an epic struggle to keep things like museums open and functioning. How to get your book:Clouds Over Bishop Hill is available in paperback and Kindle edition at Amazon.com. Use the button below for a quick link.
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REVIEWSI was eager to read this novel. I am very glad that I did. The book is well written--great plot and character development. By Susan Collins
A good mystery "who done it" in an interesting setting, Bishop Hill in Illinois. I've been there, and that made it even better for me. By Janet A fast-paced story with the characters encountering greed, deception, murder, and some romance, too. The main character, Shelley Anderson, embarks on a character arc that leaves her changed and more grateful for her hometown. By Jodie Toohey Very well written with an intriguing plot line. I enjoy mysteries and found this to be an exceptionally good one. By Gail Ripka It kept my interest with trying to solve the mysteries to the end of the book. By L Miller I love mysteries, all types of mysteries but the ones I am passionate about are the ones that harken back to the English mysteries – like Agatha Christie. This book is like one of those mysteries only with a modern spin. I LOVED it. By Rosemary K Clark The author did a wonderful job of bringing notes of area places such as towns, names of highways, businesss in Bishop Hill as well as places near by. I enjoyed the plot of a stolen painting belonging to Olaf Krans. By Irma M Krantz From the very first sentence, I was hooked. It is a page turner with believable characters who pull you into their story. By Trisha Georgiou I really enjoyed reading Clouds Over Bishop Hill. The mystery is revealed slowly to keep your interest. There is a potential romance that might develop and subtle humor. By Doris I really enjoyed this book. Throw in a mystery, a possible budding romance, vivid imagery, and written so that you just want it to keep going and I was hooked! By Patrick Pieper If you look up and see a cloud cross in the sky, it is only the first sign that you must read Mary Davidsaver’s debut novel, Clouds Over Bishop Hill. A suspected murder, mysterious painting, centenarian’s dream, and intergenerational lineage weave this rich wile largely driven by a meticulous yet delicately restrained imagery of the historical and character complexities of the Swedish prairie colony. ...where art history meets local lore. By Robin Throne Davidsaver's debut is a treasure. There are plenty of twists and surprises to keep the action moving, the characters are a hodgepodge of quirky but likeable individuals, and the writing is smart and strong. You'll find yourself staying up all night just to find out what really happened to that lost Olof Krans painting. By Misty Urban Media highlightsWVIK 90.3 FM
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LIST OF EVENTSBook event dates for 2018:
Dec. 1: Christmas Market in Bishop Hill, Prairie Arts Center, in the Colony Blacksmith Shop, 11 am.-4 pm. Nov. 24: Christmas Market in Bishop Hill, Prairie Arts Center, in the Colony Blacksmith Shop, 11 am.-4 pm. Oct. 2: Children's Literature Festival, River Center, Davenport, IA. Sep. 29: Agriculture Days in Bishop Hill, Prairie Arts Center, in the Colony Blacksmith Shop, 11 am.-4 pm. Sep. 24: Henry Co. Genealogy Soc., Kewanee Public Library, 1:30-3:00 pm. Aug. 26: Happy Second Birthday to COBH! Aug. 21: West End Book Club, Fairmount Public Library, 6:30-7:30 pm. Local author! Aug. 20: Zion Lutheran Church, Davenport, IA, 9:30-10:30 am. Aug. 11: Art in the Garden, Quad City Botanical Center, Rock Island, IL, 10 am.-4 pm. Admission $8 Adults, $4 members & youth. Aug. 10: Sleepy Hollow Garage Sale, 1450 W 39th St, Davenport, IA. Not sure about time. Jul. 28: River Lights Bookstore, Dubuque, IA, 1-3 pm. Jun. 23: Folk Arts Fest, First Lutheran Church, Rock Island, IL. Mar. 22: Warren County Public Library, Monmouth, IL, 6:30 pm. Mar. 14: Guest post on Sweet T, blog site for Southern Writer's Magazine. Map
Mary Davidsaver is a graduate of the University of Iowa who lived in Bishop Hill, an Illinois state historic site and a national historic landmark for twenty-four years. She wrote for local newspapers and won an Illinois Press Association first place feature photo award. Since returning to Iowa she has won two Iron Pen first place awards, was the first local writer to win the Great River Writer's Retreat contest, and was honored as an Outstanding Literary Artist by the Midwest Writing Center.
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