My novel, A Splintered View, is a modern-day thriller strung together with elements of humor and romance and then firmly knotted on top with family roots and faith in God. Set in the fictional town of Sienna Springs, Texas, Deputy Sheriff Daniel Yohner is given the task of solving a double murder. The murdered victims are the son and daughter of two powerful men, the Mennonite Elder, Josiah Behrtager, and County Judge Bradworth T. Warner, who each have their own secrets. Daniel must return to the Mennonite settlement where he was born and face his own demons. When he uncovers the clandestine operation that led to the murders, he also comes to know his own heart and renews his faith in God. Dolores McConnell Young is a native Texan and grew up on a cotton farm in the same West Texas region as the setting of her novels. Although she acquired the knowledge to drive a tractor and start an irrigation siphon hose, she much preferred to sit in a corner and become lost in a good whodunit novel. When ask to describe herself, she jokingly says, "I'm left-handed, wear glasses, and I was a middle child." Influenced by an artist mother and grandmother, she grew up seeing everything in magenta, tangerine, and turquoise. Her goal in writing was to paint a scene on paper as vivid as they did in oils. She lives in Lubbock, Texas, and has two children.