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Peg Herring
Peg Herring

 Peg Herring is the author of the critically acclaimed Simon & Elizabeth Historical Mysteries, the award-winning Dead Detective Mysteries, and the intriguing Loser Mysteries, as well as standalone contemporary mysteries and women's fiction. Peg lives in Michigan with her husband of many decades.

She is also Maggie Pill, who writes cozy mysteries such as the Sleuth Sisters, Cats & Crimes, and Trailer Park Tales.

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Aunt Marge

Tranquil Peace or Death Trap?

Gwen Trobert is a mess: grief-stricken, drug-dependent, and convinced her husband is cheating. When Aunt Marge, a woman she hardly knows, offers to let Gwen stay at her farm in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Gwen sees it as a chance to reflect on the future and heal herself.

But Marge's farm, Giiwe, is a place of...

Sister Saint, Sister Sinner

How do years of sharing everything, from genetics to hairbrushes, result in people so different from each other?
Three sisters raised in Michigan follow completely different pathways. The oldest, Nettie, threw away every advantage she had when she was still in her teens, and her mystified parents and siblings watched in horror as she spent years...

Deceiving Elvera

This compelling story focuses on friendship, love, loss, and the life-changing power we gain by helping others. Spanning the decades from the 1960s to the present, the events play out in two primary locations, Thailand and Michigan’s Mackinac Island.

On a cruise ship in the Gulf of Thailand, passenger Elvera Tharp, known as Miss E, has a...

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No, It Isn't Done Yet Not the cover. Not the manuscript. Not the

Not the cover. Not the manuscript. Not the pre-publication hoopla. None of it is done. But I'm working on it.

The plot premise: Tonnie Berndt wakes to find that she's been "missing" from the world for some time. Dealing with one surprise after another, some good, some tragic, she becomes involved in a cold case murder that happened while she was comatose. It soon becomes clear that someone wants her to go missing again; this time for good.

The progress: The story's been edited for content,...

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Who Can Save Us? History shows us that societies tend to flourish until

History shows us that societies tend to flourish until their size and variety create problems that are, or at least seem, insoluble. Because no one can agree on what should be done, leaders begin "kicking the can down the road," talking a lot and solving nothing. Citizens don't like it, and many begin to look for a leader who promises solutions. A person comes along who says, "I can fix it!" or even "ONLY I can fix it." The solutions promised might be poorly designed; they might be dumb; they...

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The Murder Mystery That's Killing Me!! A long time back, maybe ten years, I

A long time back, maybe ten years, I had an idea for a mystery: a woman wakes from a long coma to find her world is completely different. I worked on it and liked it, but at the time I was under contract to two different publishers for series, so I didn't have the time I wanted to make the story work.

Late in 2024, I found the MS in my files and thought, "I could update this." I did. I love it. But my editor pointed out some flaws that needed work. And more work. And more work.

I love this...

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