Re-issue of The Broken Hallelujah 50 years since the end of Vietnam War
New Cover coming in May Free e-Book May 22-26
Wonderful Brentwood Women Mystery Series Launch
Friends and Fans Came Out to Celebrate with Us
I always love seeing friends and book lovers. We celebrated my fun new Brentwood Women Mystery series and the first two books at Levi Rollin's new nosherie--Salt & Sugar. Thanks to Levi and Sue Butler for hosting our brunch and book rollout!
Special Dinner Series Launch
Thanks to my University of Houston Friends
Dr. Paul Chu, prominent superconductivity scientist and his wife noted banker May hosted a small group dinner to honor the release of my Brentwood Women Mysteries. I was so honored by their kindness and interest in all my books. Heartfelt thanks to them and Sue Butler for helping organize the event.
Photo caption (l to r) Dr. Paul Chu, me, Susan Butler. in back: May Chu, Sharon Colbert, Paul Colbert, Troy Christensen and Bruce Burger, and Don Waterman.
Thanks to you all.
People are Talking and Reading My New Book
Book Blogs Highlighting Victoria's Book
Deadly . . . as a Walk in the Park is featured in two major book review blogs with more to come.
Books Blog
Books Blog (207,000 subscribers) tagged Deadly as an October/November read. Click below to see their entry. This group is in the United Kingdom!
Fresh Fiction
Fresh Fiction (5,200 subscribers) just listed Victoria's book on their November Reads listing. Click below to read their recommendation:
Get Your Copy
You can pick up Victoria's story, Deadly . . . as a Walk in the Park, at Amazon along with Book #1, Deliver Us from Evil . . . and the Six O'Clock News. Both are available free on Kindle Unlimited.
Sights & Scenes of Brentwood Women Mysteries Launch Party
Cozy Series with Rambunctious Furry Friends
Brentwood Women Mystery Series #1 and #2
Join me for Deliver Us from Evil . . . and the Six O'Clock News and Deadly . . . as a Walk in the Park. Hildy Brentwood defies her university bosses to find her friend's killer. Her mother Victoria rallies her family to find the hit-and-run driver who killed her friend today and perhaps her husband 20 years earlier.
Now Available
Brentwood Women Mysteries #1 & 2
Brentwood Mysteries #1 & 2 are now available on Amazon to great reviews!
In Deliver Us from Evil...and the Six O'Clock News Hildy proves her friend was not guilty of murder-suicide.
Victoria takes the lead in Deadly...as a Walk in the Park and links her friend's hit and run to her husband's death 20 years earlier.
Brentwood Women Mystery #3
Murder...from Time to Time
Take one bored and pregnant investigative reporter confined to her bed. Add her wildly creative mother and grandmother. The result is a cold case from 100 years ago. Grace sets out to solve the murder of her great-great-grandmother, a pioneer reporter in 1928 Houston, unaware it will bring a killer to her doorstep.
Best Audiobook Award
My amazing audio team at BJS Voiceover created a compelling and chilling audiobook. Not surprising it was picked at the Gold Medal winner from BookFest. Thanks to Brent Schraff and Heather Setzler for their extraordinary work.
2024 BookFest First Place Audiobook
BookFest
Our Story
The BookFest Awards honors authors who create outstanding works of fiction and nonfiction. Books are judged in categories based on genre, theme, and aesthetics. Entries will be vetted by an initial team, then the final places will be determined by an elite team of experts in the literary and entertainment world.
Our Story
Our Story
The Broken Hallelujah tells the story of Martin Carter lost in Vietnam in 1969 and his granddaughter Robin determined to bring him home while her grandmother can still honor him.
Multiple Award Winner
Multiple Award Winner
The Broken Hallelujah was again honored with a national award. The 2024 Book Fest Contest just recognized the audiobook as the best in the nation for overall production and quality.
Thanks to Brent Schraff and Heather Setzler, the audio version is a tour de force audio play.
I hope you all take the opportunity to download it from Audible. It is available on Amazon at
2023 IPPY Bronze Medal Winner
The Broken Hallelujah has been awarded a Bronze Medal for Military/Wartime Fiction in the 2023 Independent Publishers Book Awards.
The awards were created to recognize the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers, and bring them to the attention of book lovers around the world.
2023 Page Turner Finalist
The international Page Turner Awards has one goal – to change the lives of as many writers as possible. Page Turner Awards gives unpublished writers and published authors the chance to get their fiction story or non-fiction book recognized by successful authors snd high-calibre industry professionals.
Finalist International Book Award
Now in its 20th year, The Best Book Awards are one of the largest mainstream book award competitions in the United States.
Fiction: Cross-Genre
Winner
The Last Professional by Ed Davis
Artemesia Publishing, LLC
Finalist
The Broken Hallelujah by Wendy Adair
Bungalow Books Publishing
Bridging 50 Years
THE BROKEN HALLELUJAH is a story of truth and lies over five decades. A granddaughter's quest to find her grandfather lost in Vietnam will bring peace and hope to herself and her family.
The Broken Hallelujah is a heart-wrenching tale of family, the lasting impact of lies and the human consequences of truth.