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Melinda Richarz Lyons     
 
  Melinda Richarz Lyons earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of North Texas and has been a freelance writer for over 40 years. Her work has appeared in many publications, including True West, Nashville Parent, Cats Magazine, Reminisce, Frontier Times and Cincinnati Family Magazine.
 
She was the co-recepient of the Academy of Western Artists Will Rogers Award for Best Western Song of the Year in 2004, and is the co-author of the book, WOOF: Women Only Over Fifty, recently published by Echelon Press.
 
Ms. Lyons' most recent work appears in FWA's Collection #1-From Our Family To Yours and Chicken Soup for the Soul: True Love. 
 
 
 
 
 
Murder at the Oaklands Mansion
 
  
Brooks Martin and his eccentric Aunt Mandy are always looking for a different adventure.  They shiver among giant ice sculptures, sweat through a nerve wracking movie audition, and scream on the Smoky Mountain Rampage.  Their second place win at the Tennessee State Fair Sweet Treat Team Championship nets them a hundred dollars and a spot on a local television show.
 
But they never guess that their greatest adventure will involve murder.  As rifles crackle during a reenactment at their favorite Civil War historic sight, a bloody stranger shakily grabs Brooks, thrusts a scrap of paper at him, gasps a few words...and dies!
 
"Just a kid and an old lady," they decide to try to solve the Murder at the Oaklands Mansion by using their research skills, knowledge of history, and bending the truth just a little.  Their journey takes them from a stack of dusty old books and an antique dresser, to a wild car chase and a brush with death for Brooks.
 
Along the way, they find danger and excitement as they search for answers to the questions: "Who was that stranger? Why did he grab Brooks? Why was he murdered and...who did it?"