If you like the Maggie Sullivan and the Murder Mutts series,
here are a few interesting tidbits you might enjoy.
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Dayton Police History Foundation
Photos and lively tidbits including the capture of notorious criminals John Dillinger and Bugs Moran. Read More
Historical Fiction Authors
High-quality historical fiction e-books from writers around the world, interviews and more. Read More
The Graflex Speed Graphic
This is the camera that Maggie’s shutterbug friend on the evening paper carried everywhere. This was the camera that captured an era. Read More
Career girls from the Greatest Generation, including the author’s mother.
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From Chairs & Dead Horses to a Recap Tire Monopoly
History comes to life through individual stories. This two-part guest post by retired Dayton police sergeant Stephen C. Grismer gives a wonderful...
America’s WWII Blackout Cars
by M. Ruth Myers While working on my current Maggie Sullivan mystery, I wanted to make sure when World War II blackouts went into effect in the...
Music Helps Ohio City Face First Christmas of WWII
Imagine how hard it must have been for American families and communities to maintain any semblance of Christmas spirit in 1941. The Dec. 7 attack on...
FDR, James M. Cox both influenced 1940s Dayton, Ohio
By M. Ruth Myers Although the Maggie Sullivan mysteries are set in the 1940s, two powerful men often mentioned in them — FDR and newspaperman James...