Remember when McAlpin’s and Shillito’s were popular stores in Cincinnati? When bell-bottoms, tie-dye T-shirts and maxi dresses were the latest fashions? When life was “groovy” and sometimes “heavy,” and the police were called “the fuzz”? Right on. This is the world of "Roses are Red, Diamonds are Blue," a new historical suspense novel by Hillsboro resident Donna Alice Patton.

Remember when McAlpin’s and Shillito’s were popular stores in Cincinnati? When bell-bottoms, tie-dye T-shirts and maxi dresses were the latest fashions? When life was “groovy” and sometimes “heavy,” and the police were called “the fuzz”? Right on. This is the world of "Roses are Red, Diamonds are Blue," a new historical suspense novel by Hillsboro resident Donna Alice Patton.