Broccoli Casserole
(Recipe Compliments of Douglas Graham)
2 pkg. frozen chopped broccoli (cooked) or any other veggie you like
1 can sliced water chestnuts
1 med. onion, chopped
1 can cream of mshroom soup
Mix all and put into casserole dish. Sprinkle with 1 cup crushed Ritz crackers. Sprinkle with 1 cup cheese. Melt 1 stick of butter and drizzle over dish. Bake 325 - 350 degrees 25 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.
Three Trailers Down – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat & Think With Your Taste Buds – Desserts
‘Sammy
collapsed on the bed. The girl was next, with a shot under her exposed
chin. The young man…the magnum hollow point destroyed his brain stem
and nervous system. All three were dead in less than ten seconds. What
Will had to do now was get away without being recognized. He
unhurriedly walked back out the front door, locking it before pulling it
firmly closed. He was sure it would take a couple of days before
anyone was interested enough to check or notice that no one from this
apartment had been seen for a while. He opened the trunk of the car and
was putting his equipment back in the case, separating the silencer
from the pistol. After putting the case in the canvas
backpack, he took off the gloves and threw them in the trunk. Someone
behind him said, “Hi there.”
If you’ve had the pleasure of reading Smoke and Murders,
you may have been left wondering what happened to some of its
characters. Well, wonder no more. Vinyard’s corrupt police Lieutenant
Bill Kenny is still up to his tricks. When his wife Camilla takes up
with mob connected restaurant owner Louie Russo, Bill decides to add a
bit more corruption to his already full plate and free himself of
anything or anyone that doesn’t fit into his plans. He just didn’t
expect State Police Inspector “Bear” McNutt to take notice of his
activities and everyone knew what a pain Bear could be. Especially
after what he had done to Adam Brackett. Remember him? He was the one
Bear insisted had killed his best friend and family in Smoke and
Murders.
If you
remember, Judge Roy Ragland took in the drifter Harry as a handyman but
the Judge’s wife Lillian has her own agenda for Harry but has a loose
end or two to take care of first. Can she turn this orphan into a silk
purse? She sure hoped to and decided the best place to give it a try
was the exclusive Bondurant Lodge. And that is where we meet a few more
characters as the stories continue.
Amanda Bondurant, 16 and
bored, had just met the man of her life. He was older but that didn’t
matter. He had a car and he would get her out of this hick town where
her life had been so ‘perfectly’ dictated. She would just leave
her family and their money behind and start her new life with Will.
Little did she know, her new love had just completed a paid hit on one
of the mob’s most
feared men…Sammy The Shark.
Newberry
Suggs decided to settle down on the outskirts of Vinyard so he
purchased a trailer park. Other than the traditional fighting between
spouses, the usual drunkenness and the occasional discipline of the
kids, Suggs Trailer Village was fairly quiet. That is until a beautiful
young lady driving a Cadillac convertible moved in. It seemed to
Newberry that she was running from someone or something and when people
came around asking about her, he knew there was a problem. But who is
this beauty that lives Three Trailers Down?
Three Trailers Down can be read as a standalone book but I really recommend you read both books – Smoke and Murders 1st and then Three Trailers Down, to get the full benefit of the story. So
come on Graham and update us on what has happened to our surviving characters since Three Trailers Down.