The Family That Stays Together by Deborah Plummer Bussey

Enlisting the help of her gregarious sister, Tina, they set out to prove her patient was murdered. In They Still Call Me Sister, former nun and practicing psychologist, Kathy Carpenter, knows something is off when a patient is found dead and it’s claimed a suicide. As you can imagine being a former nun, writing great sex scenes would not be my strong suit although, who knows, I may make that a stretch goal as a writer. I am squeamish about blood and gut stuff and I can’t imagine crime scenes let alone write about them realistically.

In cozy mysteries violence and sex are downplayed or treated humorously. As a psychologist, understanding the psyche and motivations of the characters is important to me as a writer thus, the stories have more background and character development than typical mysteries that are more driven by plot. Pop culture provides the context for what influences the characters in the story.

The Sister Nun psycho-social mysteries include a great deal of pop culture. Together these amateur sister sleuths uncover suicides and accidental deaths as murders. Her gregarious sister, Tina, helps her to uncover the truth. In Sister Nun psycho-social mysteries, psychologist and former nun, Kathy Carpenter always finds out something in her clinical practice that she must bring to light without breaking confidentiality. What genre do you write and why? The Sister Nun cozy mystery series were inspired by my family, my former life as a nun, and my life as a psychologist after I left the convent. She defined for me a direction that, up until that time, was not in my full awareness. I often think back to her words when I am writing and especially when I have published something. I wondered what it was that she noticed about my actions that made her believe that I was a writer. I noticed that you like to write.” I was flabergasted that she knew that. When she handed it to me she said, “This is for you, Debbie. Ford, brought a gift of a notebook for me to one of the meetings. When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I was a very active girl scout when I was in elementary school and my scout leader, Mrs.

The Family That Stays Together by Deborah Plummer Bussey