Powers Trace III

It’s begun. The new book is started and, for now, it’s called POWERS TRACE III (no subtitle yet). The town has added a few folks and the construction work is complete but nothing has really changed much. It has managed to retain it’s neighborly feel, fending off attempts by fast-food and big-box stores to “modernize” the environment.

Five years have passsed since the last book and the police team remains unchanged, although older and wiser now. Sophie returns from the Police Academy, a full-fledged cop with arrest powers, and looks great. She has lost weight and gained a figure but she still has an attitude to be reckoned with. Most of the regular town people are still there with a few new characters wandering in and out. One is Riley Abbot and his dog Tulip. I’m using TWITTER, the social networking program, to introduce Riley and others as I flush them out. You can follow this on the Blog. Check the right side of the page for the latest Tweet.

It’s taken some time to get the feel of the new story but I think I have a handle on it now. It will be somewhat different from the first two books with less bloodshed and more character interaction. As in life, good people are asked to take on new rolls forcing others to step forward to fill the void. Small town politics evolve. History replays it’s ugly side as it can only in the South.

These are “Beginning” things and, as I find with every book, the characters may or may not agree and take off on their own path. I may just follow along this time and see what they have in mind. If nothing else, it keeps me on my toes.