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Feb 25, 2013

Guest Post Blog Hop

Take it away Becky Hall!

What is your working title of your book (or story)? I didn't do it!

Where did the idea come from for the book? It happened to me as a kid (Sort of)

What genre does your book fall under? picture book

Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition? no clue.I am not good at movie stars.

What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?Beth is excited about the first big storm of the year but everything gets turned upside down when she is misunderstood.

Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency? Agent

How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript? About a half hour to an hour

What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?Recess Queen (Cuz it takes place at recess)

Who or what inspired you to write this book? I saw a title that triggered the memory.

What else about your book might pique the reader's interest? big snow storms

Feb 4, 2013

The Disciple of Las Vegas by Ian Hamilton

$50 million lost in a fraudulent land deal. A family feud or something more?

Forensic accountant Ava Lee is brought in by her partner Uncle to recover the money. Lee is smart, quirky and tough and when she’s done with the ‘how’ she’s left with a question. Why? The answers will take Ava across the globe on the trail of a multi-million dollar offshore swindle and will test her powers of persuasion along with her ability to kick butt to the limit.

Complicating matters are a control freak CEO, a slimy cabinet minister, the contract placed on Ava’s head by a previous target and a budding relationship with assistant trade commissioner, Maria Gonzalez.

A lightening-fast highly enjoyable read.

So many books...

With Tball in the can-for now I have a ton of blurbs to write.

The Silent Wife which if, like me, you got really bent out of shape by the ending of Gone Girl is a brilliant and surprising treat.

Raw Head and Bloody Bones by Jack Wolf (this is not going to be for everyone, so far I'm enjoying it)

The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extance (spelling?)

Last but so not least the new series by Ian Hamilton based around forensic accountant Ava Lee. The first book, Disciple of Las Vegas (out now) elbowed its way to the top of my stack and didn't disappoint the second, Wild Beasts of Wuhan (June) I should have read and blurbed by the end of the week.

Feb 1, 2013

Man In The Empty Suit, Sean Ferrell

He is a nameless time traveler, a genius who at 18 built a time machine and went to observe history’s most important events.

When history doesn’t match the hype he decides to have a party for his various selves. These yearly booze ridden affairs take a dark turn when version 39 (the suit) finds version 40 (the body) dead. There’s only one suspect, himself!

Paradoxes and conspiracies abound as the suit tries to solve his own murder and hopefully prevent it.

Ghost Man, Roger Hobbs

In this corker of a debut novel Hobbs introduces us to ‘Jack’ (not his real name) Jack is a Ghostman, he has skills some of us would consider supernatural. He has never seen the inside of a prison because he is too good at his job for that.

Jack has been carrying a Malaysian marker around for the last five years and it’s about to be called in.

Sent to Atlantic City to untangle a casino heist gone sideways, Jack finds the FBI circling and a local crime boss who thinks he owns everything, including Jack. These are merely distractions because Jack’s got less than two days to find the stolen money before the job blows up in his face, literally.

Speaking from Among the Bones, Alan Bradley

The inhabitants of Bishop’s Lacey are divided by the vicar’s intention to raise the bones of Saint Tancred. The church organ is playing up and the organist has vanished without a trace.

Flavia’s world is also being shaken to its foundations, she’ll witness miracles, raise the spectre of her beloved mother and give the vicar’s wife a heart attack (or two) in the process. Flavia’s on the trail of an ‘adamas’ but someone may have beaten her to it.

February treats

The excellent Ghostman, Roger Hobbs' debut novel, Flavia's back in Speaking from Among The Bones and a sprinkling of sci-fi from The Man in the Empty Suit. Enjoy