Margaret Lashley
Thanks to fans like you, I’ve become the best-selling author of the Val Fremden Mystery Series, Freaky Florida Mystery Adventures, and Mind's Eye Investigators. Wow! I'm so grateful!
If you love snarky underdogs who’ve been thrown under the bus by life but keep coming back for more, you’ll love the main characters Val Fremden, Bobbie Drex, and Deanna Young. They’re some of the most unlikely heroes you’ll ever run across!
I have to admit, as an aficionado of the absurd, nothing is funnier to me than the downright lunacy of life itself. Whenever I need inspiration, I just go outside. (Okay, in Florida, finding crazy is pretty much a given.)
But why my obsessive passion for underdogs? Well, it takes one to know one. Like the main characters in my novels, I haven’t lead a life of wealth or luxury. In fact, as it stands now, I’m set to inherit a half-eaten jar of Cheez Whiz…if my siblings don’t beat me to it. During my illustrious career, I’ve been a roller-skating waitress, an actuarial assistant, an advertising copywriter, a real estate agent, a house flipper, an organic farmer, and a traveling vagabond/truth seeker. But no matter where I’ve gone or what I’ve done, I’ve always felt like a weirdo.
I’ve learned a heck of a lot in my life. But getting to know myself has been my greatest journey. Today, I know I’m smart. I’m direct. I’m jaded. I’m hopeful. I’m funny. I’m fierce. I’m a pushover. And I have a laugh that lures strangers over, wanting to join in the fun. In other words, I’m a jumble of opposing talents and flaws and emotions. And it’s all good.
I enjoy underdogs because we’ve got spunk. And hope. And secrets that drive us to be different from the rest. So dare to be different. It's the only way to be!
Margaret is a native of Florida and lives in sunny St. Petersburg.
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The Val Fremden Midlife Mysteries
From Book 1: A Midlife Meltdown Leads to Southern-Fried Mayhem in this Hilarious Accidental Thriller!
(An Amazon Best Seller in Eight Mystery & Humor Categories!)
After being duped out of her life savings in Germany, Val Fremden retreats home to Florida with more than just her pride in tatters. At 45, she’s broke, divorced, and virtually unemployable. Starting over will be tough enough as it is. But when her only friend suddenly turns up dead, Val begins to seriously wonder if the world is out to get her.
Maybe it is ….
The sugar-white sands of Sunset Beach attract weirdos like mosquitoes to a bug zapper. So when the will of Val’s friend makes the local newspaper, lunatics and con artists stumble from their beach shacks to scuffle for a piece of the leftover pie.
Determined to find her friend’s true heir, Val reluctantly turns to three crackpots for help—a drunk, a redneck, and a snarky beach bum. Working at odds with each other, their bumbling investigation attracts the attention of a hot cop. He quickly gets into the fray and under Val’s skin. Whether it’s in a good way or bad only time will tell. Because sometimes, it’s not until you reach the bottom of the barrel that you find out who your true friends are.
Love your mysteries with a side of snide? The Val Fremden Midlife Mysteries are for you! Get set for a wickedly witty slide down the social ladder with a surprising cast of unexpected misfits!
