Publications

Introducing Sarah McKinney, lawyer and international mediator. Celebrating the conclusion of a case in London, Sarah is hit by a stray bullet. When she meets the intended target,  she is drawn into a criminal intrigue that follows her home to Decatur, Georgia.

"A suspenseful, intelligent debut"

Kirkus Reviews

An offer to help her mentor locate his estranged daughter takes Sarah McKinney to the Dordogne region of rural France. There, she uncovers a troubled history that parallels her own. To rescue the woman she has come to find, she must confront danger as well as her own demons.

CLUE AWARD WINNER!

"Sharp and well-paced"

Chanticleer Reviews

“Nothing much happens in Britain during the week between Christmas and New Year.” Sarah McKinney’s plan for a cozy vacation turns towards terror when she travels to Britain for the holidays, and becomes embroiled in the search for a link connecting apparently random deaths.

CLUE AWARD WINNER!

"A great job of plotting, characters and use of language!"

Amazon 5 Star Review

Red Wheelbarrow Writers' anthology Memory Into Memoir includes Marian Exall's prize-winning tale about her year living in the South of France.

Available on Amazon for US and UK readers.

In 2017, the theme of the Whatcom Writes annual anthology was forgiveness. Marian Exall's short story Pipestone Canyon reflects on this essential ingredient in a long marriage. 

In 2019, Exall's submission was again included in the anthology. Memorial pays homage to a World War II hero, and his daughter, now 92, who honors his memory.

Discovery is Whatcom Writes theme in 2020. Exall writes about discovering that her mother misled her in Losing My Irish Grandfather.

READ "MEMORIAL" AND "LOSING MY IRISH GRANDFATHER" BY CLICKING ON THE TABS AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.

Exall's contribution to this collection  

recounts the experience of a would-be emigrant from Liverpool in 1912—her grandfather. 

Available on Amazon for US and UK readers.