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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

New Release -- THE FLIGHT OF LYDIA GRIMM by Richard Prosch

Jo Harper Book 9


Jo Harper and her sidekick, Frog Beemer, are on their way to the movie in small-town Willowby, Wyoming. Beautiful Hollywood heroine, high-flying Lydia Grimm, is Jo’s role model—and she’s sat through Lydia’s latest movie, Wings Aflame! countless times. The only thing that can stop Jo and Frog from sitting through it again is the real thing—wings aflame—right over their heads!

Fantasy becomes a flaming reality on the Wyoming range as a burning airplane falls from the sky, and Jo and Frog grab their horses and ride to the scene of the disaster to help.
But when Frog returns to Willowby for help, Jo is held at gunpoint by the German pilot who has survived the crash!

All bets are off when Jo learns that her captor is involved with the very star she idolizes—Lydia Grimm! Lydia’s in danger, but it’s up to Jo to figure out why—and she’s determined to get to the bottom of this deadly mystery.

Will Frog return with help in time to save Jo? Can Jo unravel the mystery she’s caught up in? With a madman on the loose, Jo has no choice but to join in THE FLIGHT OF LYDIA GRIMM…

EXCERPT:

     “I’d swear that was the sound of a gasoline engine,” said Frog. “Listen! There it is again.”
     “It is a gas engine, but it’s no car,” said Jo, grinning.
     She pointed to the sky.
     “An airplane!” said Frog.
     It was extremely rare to see an airplane in the clear sky above Willowby, but to see one at night, just after she’d been talking about flying, was an exciting change of pace from a typical weekend night. Jo watched the dimly lit shadow putter along the blue horizon. Jo couldn’t help but think how lucky she was to be growing up in such a time as this, when, after centuries of trying, people flew through the air like birds.
     And just like that, something that sounded like a loud firecracker went off above them and the airplane motor started to whine.
     “It’s coming down! The airplane is coming down,” said Jo, pointing at a spark of light falling out of the purple night toward the dark shadows of nearby Autograph Rock. “She’s on fire!”
     “She?”
     “Hurry! Grab a horse and let’s ride!”
GET THE ENTIRE JO HARPER COLLECTION! Books 1-4 are available in the FINDING THE SKY set, and ON SOLID GROUND contains books 5-8! You will want them all!
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10 comments:

  1. Rich, I love these Jo Harper tales. I really marvel at your imagination and how you come up with so many wonderful adventures for Jo and Frog to get in to! We're so proud to have these stories and you here with us at Painted Pony Books!

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    1. Thanks, Cheryl! The next three are well underway, taking Jo and Frog rapidly into the burgeoning 20th century! Look for "Last Wytch Park" next!

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  2. Got the book. Looks like a fun one. I look forward to reading it. Best wishes on the success of THE FLIGHT OF LYDIA GRIMM.

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    1. Thanks, Zina! Drop a line and let us know what you think!

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  3. I too have this book. So looking forward to another Jo Harper story. This sounds awesome. Wishing you the best. By the way after I was done reading the 2 you sent me, my granddaughters loved reading them.

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  4. Thank you, Bev! And thank you for passing them on to your granddaughters. We need to do all we can to keep the young generations reading!!!

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  5. Congratulations on your new release, Richard. I wish you every success.

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  6. Richard,

    I take my hat off to you, and other writers, who have the creative juices to write series stories. I have a 12-year-old granddaughter who is a voracious reader. Like Beverly, I will point my granddaughter toward Jo Harper.

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    1. Thank you, Kaye! Please let us know what your granddaughter thinks of Jo's adventures!

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