Posted by Bob Terreberry

ROTARIAN IS HERO OF BOOK

“It took me a long time to get this book through the process,” said Rotarian Bob Terreberry, Greater Jamestown AM, New York. “Writing it was the easy, fun part of the publishing process.”  Bob provided his Rotary meeting’s program and told his fellow Rotarians about his writing project that had just come to fruition.  “I’ve been reading mysteries for years,” said Terreberry, “and, seriously, it was fun writing one.”  Pictured (left to right) is Bob with club president Steve Hayes.
         
Murder at Maple Springs debuted in October of 2016 and Terreberry explained how he has been enjoying the hustle of getting the book into the hands of the readers.  He has performed on “the library circuit” and is just beginning to visit with book groups that have all read his first attempt at writing a full length novel.  “The discussions with these reading groups is instructive for me and we all have a good time hashing over the characters and the story line,” said Terreberry.
      
Murder at Maple Springs, set in an actual location on Lake Chautauqua in Southwestern New York State, is the first book in the “Colin O’Brien Maple Springs Mystery Series”.  In this debut novel, a summer resident of this “beauty spot on Lake Chautauqua” is found dead in her cozy lakeside cottage and Colin O’Brien, a retired teacher and The Springs newest homeowner gets involved in the solving of this crime.  Colin becomes the “deputy in residence” in The Springs and partners with Sheriff Joe Green and his crime scene team, along with getting help from his wife, Vonny, and other community members, to find the murderer and to return Maple Springs to its safe and laid-back reality.
       
Terreberry has been a Rotarian since 1992 and currently enjoys the status of Honorary Rotarian because of his personal longevity (he’s old) and his time as a Rotarian.  He has been active with youth exchange programming; Bob and his wife, Irene, have housed five exchange students over the years and their daughter, Elle, was a Rotary Exchange Student to Brazil.
 
“Colon O’Brien is a Rotarian,” said Terreberry.  “In the novel he attends meetings, it’s part of his retirement routine.  Colon loves his meetings and all of the club activities.  Me too.”