The Family That Stays Together by Deborah Plummer Bussey

Pop culture provides the context for what influences the characters in the story. The Sister Nun mysteries also include a great deal of pop culture. Maybe that says something about me having a problem with life moving too quickly and my desire to stop the age clock! OMN: Into which mystery genre would you place your books? DPB: My books are cozy mysteries with psychosocial themes. Kathy will always be 44 and Tina has always just turned 50. Although they grow personally they never age in the series. Kathy becomes a little less naïve and Tina appreciates life lessons in a very different way. Together, the sisters grow personally in the stories.

The character Tina is inspired by my gregarious sister Simone Alisa who is actually a designer for rap artists in Atlanta so I am getting to know that character very well. As a psychologist and former nun I enjoy getting to find out how Kathy is both like me and not like me as she comes alive on the pages.

The sister sleuths continue in the series with other familiar characters. The sisters could not be more different in personalities but they work well together to prove that a suicide was really a murder in They Still Call Me Sister and an accidental death was not an accident after all in The Family That Stays Together. She solicits the help of her gregarious sister, Tina, an interior designer in Atlanta with primarily rap musicians as clients. Photo provided courtesy of Deborah Plummer Busseyĭeborah Plummer Bussey: Kathy Carpenter is a former nun and practicing psychologist, who always finds out something in her therapy practice that she must bring to light without breaking confidentiality. Omnimystery News: Introduce us to the characters in your mystery series. We recently had the opportunity to chat with Deborah about her series. Deborah's second 'Sister Nun' mystery featuring former nun and practicing psychologist Kathy Carpenter is The Family That Stays Together (Half Dozen Publications July 2013 trade paperback). We are delighted to welcome mystery author Deborah Plummer Bussey to Omnimystery News today.

The Family That Stays Together by Deborah Plummer Bussey