I've hit the big time with my Lorna Barrett nom de plume. Bookmarked for
Death,
second in the Booktown Mysteries, hit the New York Times Bestsellers List, while
the first, Murder is Binding, finished 2008 as the #4 bestselling mass market
paperback on the Indiebound Bestsellers List. Bookplate Special, the third in
the series, debuted at #20 on the Times in-print list. Chapter & Hearse,
fourth in the series, will be published on August 3, 2010.
The first book in the Victoria Square Mystery series, A Matter of Murder, and written
under the name Lorraine Bartlett, will debut on February 3, 2011. The
second book, The Walled Flower, will follow in February 2012. Here's
a teaser:
Young widow Katie Bonner discovers the body of Ezra Hilton, who ran the local
artisan cooperative like his own fiefdom. Katie has little reason to mourn Ezra,
who convinced her late husband to invest in the Artisans' Alley
before he was killed. Ezra's will makes Katie the controlling partner in the
enterprise--much to the chagrin of his nephew, who comes to town hell-bent on
collecting money as quickly as possible...and barely arrives before one of the
vendors also ends up dead. The entire co-op is in an uproar, and it seems like
the detective in charge of the investigation does everything except investigate
the murder. Everyone from the village's lawyer to the Internet
entrepreneur had motive to want Ezra dead, and it's up to
Katie to find out who before more of her vendors die.
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Young widow Katie Bonner discovers the body of Ezra Hilton, who ran the local
artisan cooperative like his own fiefdom. Katie has little reason to mourn Ezra,
who convinced her late husband to invest in the Artisans' Alley
before he was killed. Ezra's will makes Katie the controlling partner in the
enterprise--much to the chagrin of his nephew, who comes to town hell-bent on
collecting money as quickly as possible...and barely arrives before one of the
vendors also ends up dead. The entire co-op is in an uproar, and it seems like
the detective in charge of the investigation does everything except investigate
the murder. Everyone from the village's lawyer to the Internet
entrepreneur had motive to want Ezra dead, and it's up to
Katie to find out who before more of her vendors die.