Steve Lindahl
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The Fish Pond Legacy is Steve Lindahl's ninth novel. His other novels are: Motherless Soul, White Horse Regressions, Hopatcong Vision Quest, Under a Warped Cross, Living in a Star’s Light, Chasing Margie, Woodstock to St. Joseph’s and Ginger’s Shoes.
Steve’s short fiction has appeared in Space and Time, The Alaska Quarterly, The Wisconsin Review, Eclipse, Ellipsis and Red Wheelbarrow. Chasing Margie, Ginger’s Shoes, and The Fish Pond Legacy make up what Steve calls his Lake Hopatcong Island Trilogy. Chasing Margie is set on Raccoon Island, Ginger’s Shoes is set on Halsey Island, and The Fish Pond Legacy is set on Bertrand Island. |
Steve served for five years as an associate editor on the staff of The Crescent Review, a literary magazine he co-founded and nine years as the Managing Editor of Flying South, a literary magazine sponsored by Winston-Salem Writers. He loves to read as much as he loves to write and has posted hundreds of reviews on Amazon, Goodreads and Librarything
Steve is married to Toni Lindahl, a pastel artist. They currently reside in North Carolina, but still spend time each summer at Lake Hopatcong, NJ. They have two adult children, Nicole and Erik, and one grandchild, Ava.
Steve is married to Toni Lindahl, a pastel artist. They currently reside in North Carolina, but still spend time each summer at Lake Hopatcong, NJ. They have two adult children, Nicole and Erik, and one grandchild, Ava.
Motherless Soul
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Past Life Mystery
Emily Vinson's entire life was impacted by the loss of her mother when she was 2 years old. At 82 Emily contacts a hypnotist hoping to draw out hidden memories and discover as much as possible about the short time she spent with the woman who gave her life. Glen Wiley, the hypnotist, teaches her more about herself than she had expected. He helps her bring out memories of many past lives, including an experience that took place on a smoke filled battlefield. All of Emily's lives have had the same tragic outcome, the loss of her mother at a young age. Her soul is caught in what Glen calls circularity, meaning that the tragedy will occur again and again unless she can break the pattern. She and Glen must revisit her past lives and use what they learn to find the other souls who are part of the circle. They must use the past to change the future. Emily's stubborn desire to know her mother is realized in intricate and unsettling ways no one could have imagined possible. 
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White Horse Regressions
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Past Life Mystery
White Horse Regressions is the story of a group of individuals destined to share their lives with one another throughout time, be it in ancient China during the Han dynasty, in 19th century London during Jack the Ripper's reign of terror or in a small town rocked by murder in present-day Vermont. It's been almost a year since Hannah Hersman's girlfriend was killed and the police still have no leads, no suspects and no one in custody. Undeterred and longing for closure, Hannah calls in Glen Wiley, a renowned hypnotist, as a last resort. Glen quickly discovers that in a past life Hannah was a prostitute in Victorian London named Rose and her girlfriend was Annie Chapman, a victim of Jack the Ripper. In fact, many of Hannah's friends and acquaintances were similarly connected to her, not just in then London but in multiple lives and multiple places throughout history. And, in all these incarnations, their existence is tied to a murderous plot that Hannah and Glen must uncover to ensure their future lives can avoid the pain and misery of losing their loved ones. 
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Hopatcong Vision Quest
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Past Life Mystery
Two drownings occur in Lake Hopatcong within days of each other, with similar circumstances. Diane is certain the deaths of her mother and of Ryan's wife were not accidents, despite the results of the official investigation. What she doesn't suspect is that the trail to the justice she seeks runs through a past life she and her friends shared hundreds of years earlier. With the help of a hypnotist, Diane, Ryan, and Martha look into their hidden memories. They learn that they lived in a Native American village on the shores of the waters that later became the lake they love. Oota Dabun, Diane's counterpart in her past life, always dreamed of having a vision quest, a rite normally reserved for the young men of her village. This Lenape woman reaches for her dream in an unusual and compassionate fashion which teaches Diane a great deal about the capacity of the soul they share. Diane discovers relationships as well as repeating events, both of which provide clues that might lead to the justice she's after. Along the way she learns about life, love and the strength of the human soul. 
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Under a Warped Cross
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Historical Fiction
A thrilling adventure set in medieval Ireland, Britannia, and Scandinavia, Under a Warped Cross tells the story of Abigail, Goda, and Waso, three siblings raised in the home of an Anglo-Saxon hog farmer. The medieval Catholic church is struggling to overcome pagan beliefs still prevalent in Britannia, so when Abigail, the youngest of the three, is wrongly accused of incest, the priests make an example of her. This tragic event changes all their lives as Goda and Abigail run off together and Waso begins a quest to find them. Along with Waso, Goda, and Abigail, the novel follows the life of a young, Persian woman, Stateira, who has led a hard life since she was sold by her father. The story also tells of Jolenta, whose life experiences have motivated her to help victims of church abuse, a former monk, Elfgar, who works with Jolenta when he's sober, and Duette, Jolenta's daughter, who has reached the age where she must make decisions about the direction of her life. Under a Warped Cross paints a picture of life in the middle ages within a plot filled with fury, sin, and violence, but also love, determination, and strength. 
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Living in a Star's Light
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Historical Fiction
Growing up in a gold mining camp outside 19th century San Francisco makes life seem hard until Lotta Crabtree arrives to sing and dance on a makeshift stage. Her greatest fan, Walter Cain, the young son of an alcoholic miner, not only finds himself caught up in her music, but soon discovers their lives are fated to be connected. Walter is forced to grow up quickly, learning about life, from the whiskey bars and brothels of the California Gold Rush era to the lights and music of the New York theater scene. Living in a Star’s Light follows the true life of the American actress, Miss Lotta Crabtree. In the late 19th century, Lotta was one of the wealthiest and most admired entertainers in America. The novel also presents both a fascinating picture of America’s history and an intriguing story of love and adventure. 
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Woodstock to St. Joseph's
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Historical Fiction/Spiritual
Gregory Hedden and his adult daughter, Corinne, are climbing the steps of Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montreal, praying for a miracle cure for his terminal cancer. Corinne feels responsible for the tragic accident that took her mother's life. She also feels guilt over what is happening to her father and is determined not to lose him, too. While they pray, their lives flash by, from the 1969 Woodstock Festival, where Gregory falls in love, to daily life in a Hudson Valley commune, where he raises his daughter with a great deal of help from his friends. After her mother's death, young Corinne hears her voice in sandcastles and windchimes but can only make out a few words, leaving her confused. This is a story about people who start out seeking answers in the drug culture then move on to a more spiritual way of approaching life. It's also about love, loss, and non-traditional family. 
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Chasing Margie
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Historical Fiction/Mystery
Howard and Emma Gladstone are at their summer lake house in the early twentieth century, when their daughter, Margie, disappears. The police suspect she’s been kidnapped, but there is no ransom note. Despite an enormous effort on land and underwater, no sign of Margie is found. Yet the search continues, pursued at first by Howard then by his descendants. Ninety-five years later, in 2018, Sarah Duncan meets a woman who claims to have discovered DNA evidence indicating Sarah is descended from the missing Margie Gladstone. Sarah is a lower middle class, thirty-year-old woman, who lives paycheck to paycheck. Her life consists primarily of working at a clothing store and taking care of her senile mother. Could she obtain a small portion of the Gladstone fortune? What would the money mean to the quality of her life? How can she find out if any of this is possible? And most importantly—what happened to Margie? Chasing Margie: A case that wouldn't stay cold is set at Lake Hopatcong, NJ and in New York, spanning the years from 1923 to 2019. 
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Ginger's Shoes
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Cozy Mystery
"Find Ginger's shoes." Nancy says those three words to her daughter on the day before she dies. And with those words a bloodless mystery begins, one which contains a treasure left by a famous actress/dancer from the nineteen thirties, a love triangle with a twist, the deathbed wish, and a path to uncover secrets about a family that will change Nancy's daughter's life forever. Ginger's Shoes is set by Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey-a beautiful body of water with a fascinating history. 
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The Fish Pond Legacy
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Historical Fiction / Mystery
On day one at the McAllister Detective Agency, Kaylee Rees was shocked to learn Lindsay Fraser, the woman who had been such a brutal bully back in their high school days, was the principal suspect in the first case she was assigned. With this event, a tale woven from a story of revenge begins. The Fish Pond Legacy is a mystery and a slow burn romance, a tale about intertwined lives that unravels as two women navigate a shared history binding them together in unexpected ways. It's set near Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey's largest lake, from 1952 to 2025 and shows how events in one generation can affect the lives of people two generations later. 
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