b'Sylvia Nobels Arizona MysteriesBy Bob Roloff, The Arizona DuuudePART 1 You can follow Bob Roloff on Facebook.T he goals of Arizona mysterygot my chance to sit down and get my writing career writer Sylvia Nobel are tostarted later in life. I thought about where I wanted entertain her readers, keepto set my stories. I knew I wanted to write mysteries them riveted to the page andbecause I had loved them from the time I was a kid. I showcase the majestic beauty ofwanted to showcase the state of Arizona. So I started Arizona. She maintains a legionlooking for a town that would be the hub, the base for Full Line of theFencing Arizona forof loyal fans that have been following the adventuresmy female lead, Kendall O\'Dell. I had always wanted to of her feisty female reporter, Kendall ODell, since thebe a journalist but life got in the way and I didn\'t get a Highest Quality Products Over 50 Years! publication of her first novel in 1998. Her current novelchance to follow that career path. So, I lived vicariously Benevolent Evil has just recently been published and herthrough this character. I found that with fiction you have fans along with new readers are now consuming thea license to do things like fictionalizing a town so I had carefully researched, thrill-packed adventure based onthe freedom to create new places. Otherwise, you have true events.to be historically correct or readers will find something A Full-Service Residential & Commercial Fence Company That first book Deadly Sanctuary won the Arizonawrong. For instance, I changed the name of Wickenburg to Castle Valley. Book Publishing Associations Best Mystery of 1999 and was made into a movie starring Dean Cain andI found that one of the most fascinating parts of Sylvias At Elrod Fence Company, we understand the basic needEric Roberts (Julia\'s brother). 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They canceled my entire the needs of ourbecause it was so hot.stories they have to tell. book tour, so I missed the whole spring and summer. I customers, whileusually have my fall signings, but now I just don\'t know. providing the highestWhen the family arrived here the first time, they endedI went through days and days of research, trying toIt all comes down from corporate. quality custom gatesup in Tempe but then ventured north looking for houses.find that ranch because most of them were gone. There and fence productsAs they drove on old Scottsdale Road, she recalledused to be so many ranches around the Phoenix area.It just amazes me to see all the work and travel Sylvia puts at competitive prices. her mom saying, This is the Arizona I remember, theI remembered visiting Bumble Bee Ranch a couple ofinto each new mystery. Thats why I opted to do a second WOOD/PRIVACY FENCING If you need a customSaguaros and open desert." Thats how they ended up inyears before when I was researching my book Forbiddenpart of this article in the October issue of Arizona Real Cave Creek. That was in 1961 and it was very tiny thenEntry. I thought that it would work, and it was not tooCountry Magazine. There are just so many interesting Wood fencing and privacy fencing by Elrod Fence Companygate or fence, contactwith a population of maybe four hundred people. Sylviafar from Black Canyon City.factors about Sylvia\'s writing technique that still need toin Cave Creek/Phoenix, Arizona can majorly augment yourus today to build thenoted that her first summer was very uncomfortable butbe discovered.home or business. plan of your dreams. she learned to love the place. I asked Sylvia if it was difficult to find material for a story. She replied, No, because I write mystery novels,Books in the Kendall O\'Dell mystery series are:Sylvia started writing when she was seven and noted, II look for something that intrigues me and I never runBenevolent Evil, 2020; Forbidden Entry, 2015; Seeds of (480) 595-7528ElrodFenceCo.com always knew that was what I was going to do. So manyout of material. I can\'t write anything any weirder thanVengence, 2006; Dark Moon Crossing, 2002; The Devil\'s years went by and many things happened but I finallywhats already in the paper or whats on the news. TruthCradle, 2000; Deadly Sanctuary, 1998.ArizonaRealCountry.com September 2020 11'