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Wendy Tyson Essay

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Wendy Tyson is a former therapist, lawyer, and author whose thrillers and mysteries who draws a lot of inspiration for her thrillers and mysteries from her former career. Wendy has written several novels spread across several series including the Allison Campbell Mystery Series, A Greenhouse Mystery Series, and A Delilah Percy Powers Mystery Series. Killer Image the first novel in the Campbell series was so good that Examiner.com named it best mystery novel for book clubs. Another popular series of hers is the Greenhouse Mystery Series the first novel of which was A Muddied Murder, a critically acclaimed novel that went on to become a bestseller. Professionally, Tyson is affiliated with International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime. She …show more content…

Her novels particular her mysteries are more of cozy mysteries with little on screen sex or violence. However, she incorporates important themes of whole foods, humane treatment of animals and organic farming in her narratives to remind people of the beauty and importance of sustainability. Overall, her mysteries are about strong women such as Megan Sawyer that fight against all odds to become successful in their careers and in their societies. The women in her novels may take several definitions when you think of them in terms of their strength. They overcome some of the most extraneous of circumstances, and histories, and work hard to make something of themselves. Megan the lead in the A Greenhouse Mystery is similar to many of Wendy Tyson’s other leads such as Allison Campbell of the Allison Campbell Mysteries, and Delilah Percy of the A Delilah Percy Powers Mystery series. The women are just getting their lives on track with their careers booming only for everything to come tumbling down. The leads are for the most part lawyers or detectives who are forced back into investigations when they get embroiled in a murder mystery they has nothing to do about. Showing incredible strength and determination, they overcome some overwhelming odds that include juggling a variety of things such as limited financial means, local politics, and investigations into mysterious murders. They do this while they are facing up to their own emotional scars that constantly haunt their

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