The Skeleton at the Old Painted Mill by Celia Miles

If you want to sit back with a good book and push all the turmoil of the world news out of your mind, you want to read the latest book by Celia Miles, who writes and works in Asheville, NC. Her mysteries are popular and her fan base keeps growing. Celia is drawn to old mills here in Appalachia and around the world. They become settings for much of her writing.

Here are some of her titles found at 

https://celiamiles.com/

• A Thyme for Love
• ThymeTable Mill
• Mattie’s Girl: An Appalachian Childhood
• Sarranda 
• Journey to Stenness
• Sarranda’s Heart: A Love Story of Place
• The Body at Wrapp’s Mill: A Marcy Dehanne Grist Mill Mystery 
• The Body at StarShine Mill: A Marcy Dehanne Grist Mill Mystery 
• Sarranda’s Legacy: 3rd installment of Sarranda’s saga
• The Skeleton at the Old Painted Mill: A Marcy Dehanne Grist Mill Mystery 

Glenda Beall, left, and Celia Miles, right

She writes in various genres, and her fiction—all women-oriented—reflects her interests in old grist mills and Neolithic sites around the world.

She attended Brevard and Berea Colleges and has graduate degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill and IUP in Pennsylvania. She taught at Brevard College and retired from Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College as an instructor.