{"id":1556,"date":"2018-05-24T11:42:01","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T11:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2018-05-24T11:48:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T11:48:34","slug":"review-grounds-for-remorse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/?p=1556","title":{"rendered":"Review: Grounds for Remorse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/51f7sx7ymmL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1577\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/51f7sx7ymmL-184x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/51f7sx7ymmL-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/51f7sx7ymmL.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a>If you like your characters quirky and fun Tallie Graver will become a favorite. Misty Simon\u2019s Grounds for Remorse is a funny, lovely, cozy mystery. The second in the Tallie Graver series, this book is engaging and full of Misty Simon&#8217;s trademark humor and cleverness. Told in <\/span>first<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> person, the novel follows Tallie as she solves a locked door murder mystery and tries to keep her best friend Gina, out of jail. The novel is well written, engaging, and clever, the solution to the mystery\u00a0satisfying. If you are new to the series, this book works very well as a stand-alone, but do yourself a favor and go back and read the first in the series. \u00a0Tallie is a classic armchair sleuth and if cozy mysteries are your thing then this book is a fantastic addition to that tradition. A great summer novel, perfect for a tall glass of tea and front porch reading.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Wall-Pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1573\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Wall-Pic-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Wall-Pic-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Wall-Pic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Wall-Pic.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Misty Simon loves a good story and decided one day that she would try her hand at it. Eventually she got it right. There\u2019s nothing better in the world than making someone laugh, and she hopes everyone at least snickers in the right places when reading her books. She lives with her husband, daughter and two insane dogs in Central Pennsylvania where she is hard at work on her next novel or three. She loves to hear from readers so drop her a line at <a href=\"mailto:misty@mistysimon.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" shape=\"rect\">misty@mistysimon.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_E0115-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1409 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_E0115-2-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_E0115-2-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_E0115-2-768x851.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_E0115-2-924x1024.jpg 924w, https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_E0115-2.jpg 1838w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 127px) 100vw, 127px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brenda Murphy writes short fiction and novels. She loves tattoos and sideshows and yes, those are her monkeys. \u00a0When she is not loitering at her local tea shop and writing, she wrangles two kids, one dog, and an unrepentant parrot. \u00a0She\u00a0reviews books,\u00a0blogs about life as a writer with ADHD and\u00a0publishes\u00a0photographs on her\u00a0blog<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/\">Writing While Distracted.\u00a0<\/a>You can find her\u00a0on Facebook by clicking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Writing-While-Distracted\/262144007322848?ref=aymt_homepage_panel\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brendalmurphy.com\/\">www.brendalmurphy.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Books available at<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Brenda-Murphy\/\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ninestarpress.com\/authors\/brenda-murphy\/\">NineStar Press<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Both-Ends-Whip-Brenda-Murphy-ebook\/dp\/B07CTD758C\/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1526915115&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=both+ends+of+the+whip+by+brenda+murphy#customerReviews\">Both Ends of the Whip<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Brenda-Murphy\/\">ONE \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Brenda-Murphy\/\">Sum of the Whole\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Brenda-Murphy\/\">Dominique and Other Stories <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-top-left-radius: 2px; 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