Power in the Blood is the first novel in a series featuring Lettie Sue Wolfe, a forensic artist specializing in facial reconstruction for identification purposes. She has been widowed and has returned to southern Indiana to live close to two nonagenarian neighbors. They find themselves knee-deep in murder and mayhem in their seemingly peaceful community which they inhabit with greedy businessmen and religious snake handlers.



Released by SterlingHouse Publisher in July, 2005.


Trade Paperback/Price $12.95. ISBN 1-56315-365-3

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May can be the deadliest month, especially the first weekend. This anthology surrounds one of the world's greatest sporting events, the Kentucky Derby. Stories by nine members of the Ohio River Valley chapter of Sisters in Crime.



Brenda Robertson Stewart was born near Bedford, Indiana and moved about 20 miles north to Bloomington when she was nine. Both of these areas are in beautiful, rolling hills which geologically speaking, are made up in large part of limestone and sinkholes. Limestone from this area adorns buildings throughout the United States and is known around the world. Oolitic limestone, for which the tiny Lawrence County town is named, has been found in only one other spot on earth in China. 		Brenda's first mystery series which begins with Power in the Blood, takes place in these scenic hills.

She is a forensic artist specializing in facial reconstruction, and has been a figurative sculptor for over 30 years, specializing in Native Americans and other ethnic groups. Brenda's short story, Anonymous, was published by Silver Dagger Mysteries (an imprint of Overmountain Press) in the anthology, Derby Rotten Scoundrels, in 2004.

Power in the Blood was a finalist in the 2003 St. Martins contest for first traditional mysteries.

Brenda is a member of the Original Doll Artists Council of America (ODACA), the United Federation of Doll Clubs (UFDC), Sisters in Crime International, Sisters in Crime - Ohio River Valley Chapter, and the Speed City Indiana Chapter - Sisters in Crime.