Summer Reading List

Books by Lyn Elizabeth Ayre

“Fragments of a Shattered Soul Made Whole”—

A young girl suffers unimaginable trauma. She turns to alcohol to numb the pain and confusion. She gets clean and goes on to have an amazing life of travel, a career as a singer/entertainer, children and grandchildren, creativity and purpose, and a beautiful twenty-nine-year relationship with one of the best people she’s ever known.

Follow the lives of Susan Miller and Iain McClintock as they navigate love, intrigue, sorrow, and mystery. Available on Amazon as an e-book or a paperback.

“Murder on Belcut Mountain” book I — who doesn’t like a good mystery or a heart-pounding romance? Now you can have both. This book has everything you could ever want—two assailants, several victims, three detectives, severe health issues, and a few romances steeping and brewing on the periphery.

What if a woman is murdered in a desperate attempt to shut her up but then she is immediately stabbed eight times with her own carving knife by a different perp who also takes a hank of her blonde hair as a trophy? What if this is not the first time he’s done it? What if this has happened all over the United States and Canada, and no one knows because his victims’ details are in files in cold case boxes in some warehouse somewhere. What if he leaves no forensic evidence as a clue to his identity?

The scenic setting of the fictional town of Artson, 45 minutes east of Newport, Oregon, is a vibrant backdrop to the activities of our two lead detectives, Iain McClintock and Susan Miller. They couldn’t be more different, yet they work so well together. When he goes out of town on family business, George O’Donnell steps in and partners with Susan who discovers she is on the trail of a serial killer. Romance blooms as the dead bodies pile up. Iain’s love for his wife, Rosie, deepens as they join forces to fight an unseen foe and come to terms with a devastating medical diagnosis. 2021

“Murder in River’s Bend” book II — Andrew Qiáo was murdered—twice! Police Detectives Susan Miller and Iain McClintock sift through the evidence and grill suspects for their alibis and motives. Are they looking for one or two killers?

Through good police work the investigation escalates until there are only two under the microscope. Then one of them disappears and the hunt begins.

Susan Miller and George O’Donnell fell in love in book I, Murder on Belcut Mountain. In this book, Murder in River’s Bend, that love deepens, and they marry.

Rosie McClintock is coping with her progressing PPMS (primary progressive multiple sclerosis). Ellen McClintock has met her soul mate and moved back home to create a career in music. Iain McClintock does not agree with her choices.

You’ll never guess who else has fallen in love.

Lots of complexities and subtleties in this romantic suspense, “Murder in River’s Bend”— three love stories, a forest fire, a near-death experience, poison from another continent, a funeral, and a wedding. 2023

Know somebody who’s struggling with grief? My book, “Waking Up to the Life Left in Me” is available on Amazon as an e-book or a paperback. 2022

… A heartfelt book of prose and poetry on loss and grieving; acceptance and hope; and freedom and joy. One of the worst things that could ever happen to me happened. I didn’t want to stay here without my beautiful husband and our wonderful life together. But I’ve come through it and now, though I still miss his smiling face, I have a good life with a solid purpose. Writing it down helped me to survive.

Are you a poetry lover? My newest book “rhythm & rhyming spirit” 2023 is now available on Amazon.

A writer’s job is to evoke emotion so that people have a touchstone; something to relate to; to remember in times of need; or to focus on. In this volume, there are poems about love, nature, weather, spirituality, grief, and living a simple life.

It’s become my practice to handle grief, humour, hurt feelings, insight, joy, and love through poetry. These are the poems I wrote in 2022.

I hope you’ll find something of interest here as you while away the hours this summer.

Love Lyn