Vivian Lawry is currently working on a novel, two collections of linked short stories, and a murder mystery series.
Broken Vessel is the story of a woman who strives to win her father’s approval, her husbands’ love, and God’s blessings. Thoroughly nice, helpful, and cooperative, she avoids confrontation, puts everyone else’s needs above her own–and makes some startlingly scandalous choices. What will be her life lessons?
Almost Family is memoir-based fiction, a collection of linked short stories. The people are rooted in Appalachia, struggling against poverty, striving for a better life–sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking, always determined. Currently under consideration.
Different Drummer is a collection of off-beat fiction. Currently under consideration.
Second Chances: A Chesapeake Bay Mystery. In this second book in the series, a seemingly unrelated string of crimes and apparent accidents plague faculty, staff, and trustees of West College. From the time a trustee goes overboard during a storm on the Chesapeake until Nora Perry is attacked in her home, the pieces of the puzzle refuse to make a picture until Nora and Hendrick van Pelt put jealousy aside, focus on finding answers, and give Frank Pierce the evidence he needs to make an arrest.
