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Published: 08 October 2018

Special Thanksgiving Day Breakfast for the Homeless Gets TV Coverage in Minneapolis

   The Thanksgiving Day Celebration kicked off early in the morning on Thurs., Nov. 22 with a special breakfast for the homeless at The Salvation Army’s Harbor Light Center in Minneapolis.

   In addition to receiving a nice meal, each attendee was given what is sure to be a much appreciated gift… a personal care kit donated by Threshold to New Life, a 501c3 charity whose mission is to help people experiencing gaps in their life, and keep them from becoming homeless. Organization founders Richard Bahr and his wife, Carla, are among the volunteers who regularly help serve breakfast to the homeless people who seek assistance at the center.

   That morning, Richard also shared some of the stories in his new book, Those People, The true character of the homeless, which features a collection of stories about some of the homeless people he has encountered over the years.

    KARE Television/Minneapolis covered the event. Bahr was also interviewed on the Faith Radio network show, Afternoons with Bill Arnold, on Wed., Nov. 21, and on Nov. 26, KSTP Television ran a story about Bahr and his book.

   Learn more about Those People at www.richardbahr.com/those-people-book. 

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Published: 21 November 2018

Minnesota Author’s Latest Mystery Wins its 7th Book Award

   It’s a lucky seven for Twin Cities mystery writer Marilyn Jax’s latest novel.

   The week of Nov. 18, the Minnetonka novelist learned her latest title, The Ploy, has been named winner of the Best Fiction category of the 2018 Best Book Awards and also Best Mystery in the Beverly Hills Book Awards. The book has also won recognition in five other award programs, including the Benjamin Franklin and Eric Hoffer awards.

   The Ploy  begins with the death of protagonist Claire Caswell’s best friend in a horrific car crash in Miami. She refuses to believe the police findings that driver error was to blame, and is convinced that what happened to Charlotte was no accident. 

   So, Caswell and her longtime partner, Gaston “Guy” Lombard, set out on a painstaking investigation with only a hunch to go on and some seemingly random clues found at the crash scene. They soon learn Charlotte isn’t the only woman who bought a car at the same Miami Porsche dealer to die in an accident shortly after driving off the lot in her new vehicle. The plot thickens.

   Jax says the story, which took a little more than two years to research and write, was inspired by a conversation she had with one of her fans who works in the automotive industry. “He had said to me, ‘You know, the person who manages the finance department at a car dealership gets so much information about a buyer, he or she can do major damage if they are unscrupulous.’” 

   The Ploy is the fifth book in the Caswell & Lombard series Jax kicked off in 2007 with the release of The Find, a story set in Miami, the Caribbean and London. Jax is also the author of Road to Omalos, set in Crete; Sapphire Trails, set in Montana; and Never in Ink, set in Italy, Switzerland and France. Combined, her novels have now won 32 national and international book awards. 

   “I am humbled to have received such amazing recognition for each book in my Caswell & Lombard series,” said Jax, who is currently hard at work on Book 6 in the series. I Heard Everything is set for release in 2019.
   For more information about Marilyn Jax and her books, go to www.MarilynJax.com.