Mystery Friends: Sharon Marchisello
- daphnesilverbooks
- Sep 14
- 3 min read
lf you love mysteries, then you'll love meeting my mystery author friends! This month I'm excited to introduce you to Sharon Marchisello, yet another awesome Level Bestie with me and author of TRAP, NEUTER, DIE, the first in the Deelo Myer Cat Rescue Mystery Series. Her latest Giovanna Rogers mystery, Murder at Leisure Dreams - Galapagos, also just came out this past July from Sunbury Press!
About Trap, Neuter, Die:
DeeLo Myer, newly transplanted from Los Angeles to Pecan Point, Georgia, gets sentenced to forty hours of community service with the local humane society. She’s paired with the judgmental Catherine Foster, a Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return (TNVR) guru who prefers feral cats to people. During DeeLo's first night on duty, she and Catherine are led by a cat to the strangled body of a local bookstore owner.
The cop who investigates seems less concerned with solving a homicide than with Catherine’s violation of an antiquated animal ordinance rendering TNVR illegal. The following evening, when he arrests Catherine for violating the said ordinance, and then holds her as a suspect in the murder, DeeLo vows to prove Catherine’s innocence and get the ridiculous law changed. How hard could it be? She enlists her boyfriend/boss and the resources of his law office. Her quest for justice and legislative change leads her to high-profile members of the community, some of whom have motives for murder.
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About Sharon:
Sharon Marchisello is the author of the DeeLo Myer Cat Rescue Mysteries, beginning with Trap, Neuter, Die (2024) from Level Best Books. Her other mysteries were published by Sunbury Press: Going Home (2014) and Secrets of the Galapagos (2019). Besides novels, Sharon has published short stories in anthologies and online magazines; one was a 2022 Derringer finalist. She has written travel articles, training manuals, screenplays, book reviews, and a nonfiction book (Live Well, Grow Wealth - 2018). She earned a Bachelor's degree in French from the University of Houston and a Master's in Professional Writing from the University of Southern California. She is an active member of Sisters in Crime, the Atlanta Writers Club, and the Hometown Novel Writers Association. Retired after 27 years with Delta Air Lines, Sharon now lives in Peachtree City, Georgia. She serves on the boards of the Fayette Humane Society, Hometown Novel Writers Association, and the Friends of the Peachtree City Library.
Tell us the name of your main characters. If you had to describe them in only three words, what would they be?
DeeLo Myer: accidental cat rescuer
Is there something your protagonist can't live without? What and why?
DeeLo loves her cat Manny. He's an excellent judge of character.
Who would play your character in the tv/movie version of your book?
Amanda Seyfried
Does your sleuth have a pet? If so, what's their name and animal type? If not, what kind of pet would they love to have?
Yes, she adopted Manny, the bookstore cat, after his owner was murdered. Manny's former owner took him to a memory care facility as a therapy cat. When DeeLo tries to follow in her footsteps, disaster ensues.
If your sleuth was giving a tour of your town/setting, where would they take the reader to first? Why did they choose that spot?
She would probably take them to Leonardo's restaurant for some good Italian food. She'd insist they sit on the patio overlooking the nature preserve.
Any other fun things we should know?
I hope people will learn something about pet overpopulation and Trap/Neuter/Vaccinate/Return as a way to help control it. But I also want them to enjoy the mystery.
Now, let's find out a little about you! Who or what first inspired you to write mysteries?
I had a professor at USC who encouraged me to write mysteries, although I didn't try one until several years later.
Where do you do most of your writing? Do you have any rituals or must-haves?
At home on my computer
Rapid fire questions!
Tea, coffee, or something else? Coffee in the morning; tea at other times; wine in the evenings
Cats, dogs, or another animal? Cats (but I also love dogs and many other animals)
Dream vacation spot? The Galapagos Islands
Favorite time to write: morning, afternoon, nighttime? Morning
A random fact about you that might surprise readers? I'm a Master Gardener, although you wouldn't know it if you looked at my yard
Lastly, where can readers connect with you?
I don't have a newsletter but I'm on Facebook. X, and Instagram.
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