Flashes Of Glory

About The Book Carlyle Hudson is a 50-something woman everybody calls Lyle. She speaks for herself in the opening paragraph of the women's detective mystery, For Glory: “I deal with other people by keeping secrets. Bottom line: I do not like people knowing what I do for a living, how much money I make, my age, or marital status. The answers—gamble, six to seven figures (depending on how well the cards fall), fifty, and not interested in marriage—always raise more questions. Even well-intentioned people seem to feel entitled to that information, which irritates the hell out of me. So I lie. It entertains me, keeps my energy positive and my creativity high.... I think of it as acting. All good poker players act. I am a very good poker player.” Violent if threatened, Lyle doesn’t know quite what to make of her life. She likes men, they like her. Lyle returns to Kansas from San Francisco after the death of her mother to encounter two mysteries: one from her mother’s past, and one right in front of her. Who is the source of the ominous demands that she “Pay Up”? This poker mystery is popular fiction, chick-lit poker for boomers. It will delight women's detective mystery readers.