"A vivid imagination and a love of mysteries gives Elk River woman the urge to write."

"All it takes is a shard of pottery, a scarf blowing in the wind, a walk along the beach, or listening to a live band to get Marlene Chabot's imagination going."

Her sixth mystery novel Death of the Pickle King, the third in the Mary Malone series, required  research including a tour of a pickle plant. Luckily, the Gedney Pickle Plant is located in Chaska, MN.