The Rocking Horse
by Gloria Zachgo
Every year at the Kansas Authors Club convention, I make a point of meeting and getting to know someone I’ve never met before. In Coffeyville this year, I was able to share a table at breakfast with new Kansas Authors Club member and new author, Gloria Zachgo, and her husband Ron. Bonus! A new member to add to my writing friend collection and an autographed book.
Gloria's first novel, The Rocking Horse, is available through Create Space. It can also be found on Amazon.
The story takes place in Kansas and completely passes my test for a Kansas book. The author obviously knows the state and appreciates its people. It was easy, as a reader, to settle into a setting that was at once familiar, though fictitious.
The Rocking Horse is a story of suspense and mystery. It examines the effects on a small town of a decades-old, brutal murder, and the characters, who are immediately likeable, finally get some closure. As happy as endings can get in a story that starts out with such violence, this one is tops.
I thoroughly enjoyed Gloria’s first novel and am looking forward to seeing what she comes up with next.
*reposted from my previous blog entry on 3/23/2013 TS
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