I am a retired English and English as a Second Language teacher. I have BS and MA degrees from the University of Minnesota. I have always been a reader and a storyteller and enjoy writing books that explore how people respond to life-changing events. Love, Faith, and the Dented Bullet is my first published novel. The Class Assignment is Murder, a mystery, is my second. I live with my husband Steven in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
I am available to lead book group discussions about Love, Faith, and the Dented Bullet and/or The Class Assignment is Murder. You may get in touch with me through the Contact page.
Carolyn Kleinman
Love, Faith, and the Dented Bullet
Love, Faith, and the Dented Bullet blends historical fiction with a sweet romance. Through letters and diary entries, we learn how Jacob, a Polish Jew, survives World War II and in 1947 falls in love in Pennsylvania with Anna, a Mennonite farm girl. Both harbor secrets and guilt. They forge a strong bond as they learn how to forgive and be forgiven.
Available from the publisher, Sunbury Press. Also available through your local bookstore, Books-a-Million, and Amazon. ISBN: 978-6200064-67-2 (softcover).
The Class Assignment is Murder
Some Murder Stories Never Die –
It is the summer of 2019, and Hannah Stein, an English professor at a college in Lancaster County, PA, is hunting for an unusual topic that will intrigue three apathetic students. Hannah suggests that her students join her and examine an old local murder case that has troubled her for years. Her students will glean material for their research papers, and Hannah hopes she will find answers to her nagging questions. But not everyone thinks this investigation is a good idea. Ethan, Hannah’s handsome neighbor, wants Hannah to stop meddling with the past and concentrate on him. However, Hannah, a widow in her forties, cannot abandon her probe just to please a man. Much to Hannah’s surprise, her inquiry pulls Hannah and her students down dangerous paths. In addition, this investigation resurrects dark childhood memories that cannot be ignored. When Hannah was five years old, she witnessed her mother’s murder but was unable to identify the killer. Hannah Stein never dreamed a simple class assignment would both uncover and generate so many murders.
Available from the publisher, Sunbury Press. Also available through your local bookstore, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, and Amazon. ISBN13: 979-8-88819-122-4 (paperback).
Podcast about Love, Faith, and the Dented Bullet plus The Class Assignment is Murder
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