I'm out visiting again today.
- You'll find me doing a book spotlight at my Crooked Cat friend Nik Morton's blog
- and I've also been answering some fantastic interview questions at Shani Struthers
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Meanwhile on here it's also.....
book spotlight day!
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My friend Zanna Mackenzie has come to share news about PRECIOUS - Book 2 in her Amber
Reed CCIA Mystery series. I really enjoy Zanna's writing and look forward to reading more about Amber's sleuthing. Her new book is sitting on my kindle pile right now!
When you see an intriguing tagline that states
- “Romantic comedy meets celebrity murder mystery”- I just want to find out exactly what that's about.
...and when you see her wonderful cover, that also makes me want to read as well.
so...what is Precious about?
When
celebrities need a crime solving quickly and discreetly they call in the
specialists, the Celebrity Crimes Investigation Agency, otherwise known as the
CCIA…
Who
would want to murder former pop star Flynn Garrison?
That’s
exactly what Amber Reed, the Celebrity Crimes Investigation Agency’s newest
recruit, needs to find out.
She’s
desperate to get to grips with her first assignment and prove she’s up to the
job but there’s a lot at stake… and it’s not only her new career that’s on the
line.
Is
mixing business and pleasure ever a good idea? Will her relationship with
fellow CCIA agent Charlie survive the challenge of the two of them working
together?
And
then there’s agent extraordinaire Martha, a man-eating six foot blonde goddess,
also assigned to this murder investigation, who clearly has designs on Charlie.
Trying
to uncover who killed Flynn and why whisks Amber from glamorous red carpet film
premiere, to learning Scottish dancing at a Highland party in a grand country
house - and the distinct possibility of becoming the murderer’s next victim.
Can
Amber solve the case and still keep her relationship with Charlie on track?
Find
the book on Amazon
Here's a little teaser to get you interested...
“Ah,
good, you’re back.” Bethan, the woman who owns the B&B, says as we dash
into the entrance hall, dripping rain all over the carpet. She’s standing
behind the little reception desk and next to her is a stunningly attractive
woman in jeans and a close-fitting jumper, a suitcase at her feet. “I was just talking to Martha here about how
you were both down at the beach with the murder victim.”
Strange
– does she usually welcome guests by telling them about bodies washing up on
the local beach?
“It
hasn’t been confirmed as murder,” Charlie says, following me inside, head down
as he pulls off his wet coat. “Not officially.”
The
beautiful woman steps forward, ignores me and envelopes Charlie in a hug,
catching him off guard. “Charlie!” she squeals excitedly. “It’s ages since we’ve worked together. So
good to see you again!”
Did
she just say “work together”?
I
watch as Charlie hugs her back, meeting my questioning gaze over her shoulder.
“Martha,
what are you doing here?” he asks once she’s eventually disentangled herself
from him.
“The
agency sent me to help you out with this case.” Martha casts a dismissive look
in my direction. “They wanted their best agents working up here. So,” she
shrugs her shoulders in a here-I-am way, “they sent me to work with you. I understand
this is Amber’s first case and we don’t want her getting all overwhelmed on an
important job like this do we?” She giggles and pushes a hand through her long
honey-coloured hair.
They’ve
sent Miss Beautiful CCIA Agent to work with Charlie. I’ll probably be relegated
to fetching her cups of coffee and typing up her paperwork.
“Anyway,”
Miss Beautiful continues, “the boss wants a thorough investigation and expects
us to be on this godforsaken island for a while so I’m told the guys back at
base have arranged a rental cottage for us all to share. If you want to get
packed and meet me back down here then I’ll lead the way to our new home. Ten
minutes OK?”
Fantastic.
Not
only do my new employers not trust me to do my job, they send another agent, a
very beautiful one with a superior attitude, to work with Charlie and me on
this case.
Oh,
and we all get to share a rental cottage together as well.
I
was so wrong when I thought this day couldn’t get any worse…
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Zanna
Mackenzie lives on the Derbyshire/Leicestershire border with her husband, 4
dogs, a vegetable patch that’s home to far too many weeds and an ever expanding
library of books waiting to be read.
Being
a freelance writer and editor of business publications is her ‘day job’ but, at
every opportunity, she can be found scribbling down notes on scenes for
whatever novel she’s working on. She loves it when the characters in her novels
take on minds of their own and start deviating from the original plot!
Find
out more about Zanna at:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZannaMacKenzie
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/zanna.mackenzie
Amazon
Author Page - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zanna-Mackenzie/e/B00BKY1A18/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
Thank you for sharing your 'Precious' news with us today, Zanna. Wishing you mega sales for all of your books!
Slainthe!
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