Where Is She Now?

“I love reading romances with a dash of murder. That makes Renee Kumor’s River Bend Chronicles a favorite of mine. This is Book 16 in the series. I’ve read (and enjoyed) them all!”
-Martha Griswold, Online Critics Corner

The James County/River Bend Investigation Unit is focused on finding little Holly Hardesty. She wandered away from her mother and brother one springtime afternoon. In the dark of night, the searchers are tramping through lowland getting close to the river having worked for hours as a drizzling rain fell. They hear a child giggle in the darkness. Mars rushes through the mud and reeds to find the girl safely protected by a hobo. In appreciation for his assistance in finding Holly, Teniquia offers to help the hobo reconnect with his family. She persuades him to stay in town and invites his wife and daughter to come to River Bend. The reunion is all Teniquia expected. In the meantime, Nancy Rawlings has returned to town asking her old flame, Mars, to help her recover from her mental health crisis – the crisis where she tried to shoot him a few months ago. Her return threatens the relationship Mars has been developing with Trina Hardesty and her children. The gang soon learns that Nancy hasn’t changed. She has only one reason to be in River Bend. Murder! But who will be the victim?

Renee Kumor has lived in North Carolina for over thirty years. The setting for the River Bend Chronicles series reflects her early life in Ohio and her later years in western North Carolina. She was a stay-at-home mom for several years developing a personal ethic of community service. Through the years as her children aged, she became active in the political and non-profit life of the community. After eight years as a county commissioner, she returned to non-profit service and began writing a monthly column for the newspaper on non-profit management and service issues.