Celebrate Lit Blog Tour - The Gold Digger by Liz Tolsma (Review & Guest Post & Giveaway)

Men Are Disappearing in LaPorte, Indiana
Book 9 in the True Colors series--
Fiction Based on Strange-But True History
Fiction Based on Strange, But True, History

In 1907, shy but loyal Ingrid Storset travels from Norway to support her grieving sister, Belle Gunness, who owns a farm in LaPorte, Indiana. Well-to-do widow Belle, who has lost two husbands and several children, provides Ingrid with enough money to start a small business. But Ingrid is confused by the string of men Belle claims to be interviewing for her next husband. When Nils Lindherud comes to town looking for his missing brother, who said he was going to marry Belle, Ingrid has a sinking feeling her sister is up to no good.

Genre: Christian/Historical/Suspense
Release Date: December, 2020

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My Review

They came to the gold digger one by one...

I'm going to be honest, in my estimation The Gold Digger has topped all of the other True Colors books as the most chilling... Seriously, I was reading it all by myself late at night and I got so creeped out that every shadow and every creak of the settling house had me jumping and I had to lay it aside until morning. Well done author Liz Tolsma! She seriously got to me!

I had actually heard of Belle Gunness and her heinous crimes before, though I'd forgotten her name and the location, so I knew things would get quite gruesome before the end. What I didn't expect was how quickly I got caught up in the stories of the fictional characters. There were several times when I was so emotionally involved in their losses and pain that I had to remind myself Ingrid and Nils weren't even real. That all of the obvious signs, the missed opportunities, the clues, were all fiction.

Needless to say, I was totally impressed by Liz Tolsma's engrossing writing skills and her ability to drop me so effectively into The Gold Digger and LaPorte, Indiana of 1907-1908. This may be the 10th True Colors book but with titles like this one I can tell you that the series is only getting stronger...

Tell Tale Book Reviews gives The Gold Digger by Liz Tolsma a 4.5 Bark rating.

(I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are entirely my own.)

More from Liz

This story was so much fun to write, and the research was so interesting. It has to rank up there with one of my favorite books to write. That’s what makes my job the best around.

There are a great number of characters in The Gold Digger who are historical. Many of the places I mention are also historical. I had the pleasure of spending a day in LaPorte, Indiana, to research the book and take some pictures they had in the museum there. Research is one of my favorite aspects to writing. I could have spent much, much longer losing myself in the museum and in the archives. Good thing my cousin, who I was staying with, called me to let me know that it was getting dark and she had dinner ready, otherwise who knows how long I would have been there. Probably until they kicked me out!

One thing that the people of LaPorte would want you to know is that they really are nice people and that their town is a nice town. Lots of good people have been born there or have lived there over the years, including Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, William Mayo, who founded Mayo Clinic, and William Scholl, who found Dr. Scholl’s. They kept emphasizing to me while I was there what a great place LaPorte is. Judging by their friendliness and helpfulness, I would have to agree.

To help you better visualize the characters and setting, here are some photographs of the real people and places that appear in The Gold Digger.

Enjoy the book!
Liz

Liz Tolsma

Liz Tolsma is a popular speaker and an editor and the owner of the Write Direction Editing. An almost-native Wisconsinite, she resides in a quiet corner of the state with her husband and is the mother of three. Her son proudly serves as a U.S. Marine. They adopted all of their children internationally, and one has special needs. When she gets a few spare minutes, she enjoys reading, relaxing on the front porch, walking, working in her large perennial garden, and camping with her family.

It's Time For A Giveaway!

To celebrate her tour, Liz is giving away the grand prize of
a $25 Amazon gift card and copy of The Gold Digger!!

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