Superstition Victim (Rollin RV Mystery #3)
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A rustic campground in the shadows of Arizona’s Superstition Mountains is anything but peaceful for Walt and Betty Rollin, full-time RVers hoping for tranquil hiking and a good deal on a new RV. What they find instead are secrets buried deeper than the Lost Dutchman’s legendary treasure… secrets so valuable someone is willing to kill to keep them. Local law enforcement seems unable to help, leaving Walt and Betty to do all they can—no matter what it takes. This is the third installment in the Rollin RV Mystery series which RVers and non-RVers alike have called “page-turning,” “engrossing,” and their favorite way to stay up past bedtime.
“Superstition Victim is a fascinating read. Add first-hand information about living the full-time RV lifestyle, stir in danger and adventure that always follows [Behrens’] main characters, and a tasty mystery is served up to the reader. Ramping up the danger in this plot keeps the reader’s eyes glued to the pages. I could not put it down even at the end,” wrote Margo Armstrong, author of For Women Only: Traveling Solo in Your RV, and 9 other books on the lifestyle.
Yuma Baby (Rollin RV Mystery #2)
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A little girl in the back of a car, a lost stuffed toy in the desert, a frantic mother missing a child… they all seem related, but can Walt and Betty Rollin stay out of trouble themselves long enough to make the connections—before someone ends up dead? Retired, living and traveling full-time in their RV, Walt and Betty are hoping to relax under the winter sun in Yuma, Arizona, until word of their third grandchild’s birth summons them to snowy Ohio. But a chance encounter with a troubled young couple changes everything—and forces them to re-evaluate what “family” really means
Marcella Gauthier, in her review for Escapees Magazine (read by more than 50,000 Escapee Club members) wrote, “The main book selection in this issue is from a favorite author of the RVing community, Ellen Behrens. We wait breathlessly for another Rollin RV mystery with Walt and Betty Rollin… [T]his one keeps you on the edge of your seat wondering what will happen next. About the time you think you have it figured out, she throws in another plot twist. By the end of the book, you will begin to suspect everyone, even people who were completely unable to be the killer. Then Ellen surprises you when she reveals the real killer. Don’t peek at the end! Following Ellen’s trail of crumbs, as Betty and Walt try to solve the mystery, is delightful.”
Pea Body (Rollin RV Mystery #1)
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Betty and Walt Rollin are bird watching at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, avoiding Talkative Ted and Clingy Caroline, their overbearing neighbors at the RV “resort” where they’ve been staying. When Betty spots a very non-avian body at the edge of a far pond, she and Walt are drawn into the investigation. What they discover threatens to uncover long-held secrets that could ruin local reputations, and plunges these retired, full-time RVers up to their necks in the deep sand of local politics and passions.
Sherry Fundin, at her Fundinmental blog, wrote, “If you are looking for an adventure, Pea Body by Ellen Behrens is a fun and entertaining cozy mystery that shares the wonders of nature, the characters of a small, seasonal coastal town on the outerbanks of North Carolina, the danger of greed in the hands of those that will do anything to get what they want, and the freedom and drawbacks of a home on wheels.”
About the author
The daughter of artists, Ellen Behrens was raised in Clyde, Ohio, the setting for Sherwood Anderson’s “Winesburg, Ohio,” which might explain why stories captured her at such a young age. After several years of doing other things — from selling souvenirs to cleaning apartments — and completing a bachelor’s degree at Denison University in Ohio, she returned to campus at Bowling Green State University where she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing.
She’s the author of four novels (“Superstition Victim,” “Yuma Baby,” “Pea Body” and “None But the Dead and Dying”), a short story collection (“Road Tales: Short Stories About Full-Time RVing”), and a nonfiction book. Her short works have appeared in numerous periodicals and a few anthologies, and her nonfiction articles have also been widely published.
A former fiction editor for Mid-American Review, an internationally-recognized literary magazine, she’s led numerous workshops, presented at conferences and readings of her fiction across the country.
Ellen is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Women, and Who’s Who in Education. In 1993 she was awarded an Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Grant.