Wheat Harvest Mystery Novel (Release date delayed)

Custom harvester, Bart Carsten, has been on the wheat harvest trail for 27 years, but he is about to have one season unlike any before. Operating harvest equipment worth nearly a million dollars, and running a crew of 5 young men always has potential problems with accidents, pranks or rebel testosterone, but this season brings out a dark side of young men that Bart has never seen. His life, and the lives of others, are forever changed.

Click here to read Chapter 1 of this novel. It takes 10-15 minutes.

About the author:

As a second-generation custom harvester, David Stoops spent more than 30 years in custom wheat harvesting from Texas to the Dakotas and Montana . In the early 90s, at times there were three generations of Stoops in the crew.

In 1993, he and his wife, Teresa, moved to Kirkland, Washington where they began college teaching at Northwest University, a private Christian university, Teresa in Education, and David in Business. 1999 brought their teaching to Vanguard University in Costa Mesa , California . Teresa subsequently taught at Azusa Pacific University and recently retired as Dean of Education at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix , Arizona.

The Stoops own and manage the 1895 Tarlton House Bed and Breakfast in Hillsboro, TX. Further information is found at the website, http://www.1895TarltonHouse.com.

David writes and speaks, and operates a daily inspiration website via the Internet called Morning by Morning, at http://www.mbm7.com .

The release of the book has been delayed. No firm date is forthcoming from the publisher. The book publisher was purchased by another publisher, which has revised the operation of the company. Any update information will be posted to this page, when available.

By mail, write:

Harvest Mystery
211 N Pleasant St
Hillsboro, TX 76645

Custom wheat harvesting began during WWII as a solution to the labor shortage. It continues today, because the process is built on solid economic footing. The hundreds of custom harvesters and the millions of farmers make this nation the most productive agriculture of the world.