Background
Nellie Pietila was born on January 8, 1932, in Eagle River, Wisconsin, United States. She is the daughter of Samuel and Dorothy (Keck) Peters.
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Nell's Story: A Woman from Eagle River (A North Coast Book)
(With its desperate acts and dire consequences, Nell Peter...)
With its desperate acts and dire consequences, Nell Peters's tale of a woman's life in northern Wisconsin is a remarkable story, full of the sense and sound and flavor of a time and place rarely visited in books. Nell's tomboy childhood, her businesslike initiation into sex on the eve of her departure for the WACs in 1951, her resulting pregnancy and return home to a life sharply at odds with small-town conventions, her struggle to keep her twin sons, and her disastrous sexual liaisons with men and women alike are recounted in this funny, gritty, and wildly candid book. With its desperate acts and dire consequences, Nell Peters's tale of a woman's life in northern Wisconsin is a remarkable story, full of the sense and sound and flavor of a time and place rarely visited in books. Nell's tomboy childhood, her businesslike initiation into sex on the eve of her departure for the WACs in 1951, her resulting pregnancy and return home to a life sharply at odds with small-town conventions, her struggle to keep her twin sons, and her disastrous sexual liaisons with men and women alike are recounted in this funny, gritty, and wildly candid book.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0299144747/?tag=2022091-20
1995
Santa's Slays (The Rose Huntingford Series Book 2) - Kindle edition by Nell Peters. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
(An abandoned baby, tragically killed and a series of murd...)
An abandoned baby, tragically killed and a series of murders committed by Santa - a happy Christmas isn't looking likely for DCI Rose Huntingford and her squad of detectives. While there appears to be no connection between the fit young men who have died, an identical message left after each crime suggests otherwise. Can the link be found in time to prevent further deaths? On a personal level, Rose feels the need to reclaim a proper life before it’s too late, dangerously unaware that it’s already much later than she thinks – a killer whom she put away the previous year has escaped from a secure mental institution and is intent on revenge. Only Rose’s head on a platter will do...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006ARMUHI/?tag=2022091-20
2011
Double You (The Rose Huntingford Series Book 1) - Kindle edition by Nell Peters. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
(Rose Huntingford is far from a DCI stereotype; she’s all ...)
Rose Huntingford is far from a DCI stereotype; she’s all the ‘F’s – fat, forties, frustrated and fantasising about a job where she’d never again have to look at a dead body or haul herself out of bed before dawn. She longs to vegetate between coffee and lunch breaks and get herself a proper life before it’s too late. But then people start dying - three victims in less than twenty-four hours. Rose and her team become entangled in a plot that involves sadistic murder, identical twins, a pseudo religious sect, the trading of human lives on a global scale and extreme danger for anyone who tries to stop the perpetrators. Unsure of whom she can trust and lacking without support from her senior officer, can Rose identify the pivotal motive behind the crimes before the body count increases and she is measured for an XL body bag?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0061BWGVS/?tag=2022091-20
2011
By Any Other Name eBook: Nell Peters: Books
("Twists abound as love blossoms amongst the dead bodies i...)
"Twists abound as love blossoms amongst the dead bodies in a genre-crossing novel with a dark undertow all its own." Marika Cobbold, best-selling author Emily Kelly cannot believe her luck when she is employed as companion to wealthy old Sir Gerald Ffinche. (OK, luck had nothing to do with it – but all’s fair in love and job-seeking, right?) She soon settles in chez Ffinche and builds an excellent rapport with Sir Gerald – but it’s his son Richard who really interests her, and they quickly become inseparable. However, it seems their happiness has enraged someone closely associated with the family, and a series of tragic events is set in motion. Subtle clues are left to incriminate Emily and when she determines to expose the real culprit, she is spoiled for choice. As the body count mounts, Emily and Richard – and the police – are perplexed. They’re clearly looking for someone who projects a mask of sanity to the world whilst being dangerously disturbed: but who? With a whole shoal of red herrings and a plot that veers from the almost cosy to a taut psychological thriller, By Any Other Name is an enthralling, chilling whodunit.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q34BA6K/?tag=2022091-20
2014
The Call eBook: Nell Peters: Books
(One very ordinary afternoon after school, teacher Christo...)
One very ordinary afternoon after school, teacher Christopher Salmon is kidnapped at gunpoint by Gabrielle, to save him from being blown up when his building explodes - and nothing will ever be ordinary again....
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013KOJETA/?tag=2022091-20
2015
Hostile Witness eBook: Nell Peters: Books
(Hostile Witness is the mesmerising new psychological thri...)
Hostile Witness is the mesmerising new psychological thriller by Nell Peters. When her husband leaves her and their sons to shack up with a younger model, Callie Ashton thinks she’s hit rock bottom. She’s wrong. Already unemployed and struggling to hold everything together, Callie’s life goes into freefall when she stumbles across the murder of a neighbour. The killer soon becomes intent on despatching Callie too, wrongly assuming she can identify him. Despite her new man being the officer in charge of the investigation, Callie's in great danger – and it soon becomes clear the murderer isn’t too worried whom he kills or maims in his quest to eliminate her. No one is safe and the killer seems to know her every movement. Soon, with no resolution in sight, Callie feels she has no choice but to take matters into her own hands…but at what cost to her safety – and sanity?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0191NJIMC/?tag=2022091-20
2016
Nellie Peters Pietila
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Nell Peters
Education
Pietila graduated from high school in her hometown of Eagle River in Wisconsin.
Career
Pietila started her career at Simpson Electric, where she still works at the ran shipping department. Since 1995, she is also a freelance writer.
During 1951 and 1952, Pietila served in the Women’s Army Corps. of the U.S. Army.
Achievements
Works
book
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Nell's Story: A Woman from Eagle River (A North Coast Book)
(With its desperate acts and dire consequences, Nell Peter...)
1995 -
Double You (The Rose Huntingford Series Book 1) - Kindle edition by Nell Peters. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
(Rose Huntingford is far from a DCI stereotype; she’s all ...)
2011 -
The Call eBook: Nell Peters: Books
(One very ordinary afternoon after school, teacher Christo...)
2015 -
Santa's Slays (The Rose Huntingford Series Book 2) - Kindle edition by Nell Peters. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
(An abandoned baby, tragically killed and a series of murd...)
2011 -
By Any Other Name eBook: Nell Peters: Books
("Twists abound as love blossoms amongst the dead bodies i...)
2014 -
Hostile Witness eBook: Nell Peters: Books
(Hostile Witness is the mesmerising new psychological thri...)
2016
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Nell's Story: A Woman from Eagle River (A North Coast Book)
Membership
Pietila is a member of the American Legion and Disabled American Veterans.
Connections
Pietila married Martin Pietila, whom she then divorced, on December 10, 1955. She lives with her 6 children: Mike, David, Marilyn, Shannon, Martin Jr. and August.
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American
Career
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1951 - 1952
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1995 - present