We will be discussing his important book, Vanished. This is a work of fiction about human trafficking. Though it's fiction, Mark doesn't hold back from tackling this heartbreaking topic.
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We met with Sandra Nikolai on January 26th to discuss her newest paranormal mystery, The Red Hoodie!3/9/2024 Sandra is a regular in the book club. If she publishes a book, she's coming to visit! We had a great time chatting about her fabulous new series! See below for bio, cover art and link for purchase. Mystery author Sandra Nikolai weaves ordinary characters into extraordinary, life-threatening situations, using the premise that evil often lurks in familiar places. Her popular, fast-paced mystery series featuring ghostwriter Megan Scott and investigative reporter Michael Elliott has earned international reviews from fans who love the challenge of solving heart-pounding whodunits with realistic and tightly knit plots. Her Amber McNeil Mystery series features a psychic consultant working with police investigators on cold case files.
A graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Sandra grew up in this cosmopolitan city and later moved to Ottawa, capping off a career path in sales, finance, and high tech. Sandra has published a string of short crime stories, winning awards along the way, including an Honourable Mention in the Canadian Writer's Journal short fiction competition. Sandra has been nominated for Favourite Author of the Year at the 2020, 2021, and 2022 Ottawa Awards presented by Faces Magazine. Visit Sandra's website and sign up to receive her latest book news and exclusive offers. Books in the Megan Scott/Michael Elliott Mystery series: False Impressions (Book 1) Fatal Whispers (Book 2) Icy Silence (Book 3) Dark Deeds (Book 4) Broken Trust (Book 5) Cold Revenge (Book 6) Books in the Amber McNeil Mystery series: The Missing Slipper (Book 1) The Red Hoodie (Book 2) Click here to head to Amazon! Chris Frost's first Christmas mystery, The Killer's Christmas List, was just released, and we met with him to talk writing process, new publishing house, and all things murder and mayhem! See below for bio, cover art and link for purchase. By the way, this book isn't available in the US yet, so we got the "royal" treatment from Chris with early release copies from the UK!! Chris Frost grew up in Northern Ireland and now lives in the appropriately-named Marple. He is the author of ten crime books, including the Erika Piper trilogy and The Stonebridge Mysteries. He is a scriptwriter, and a regular voice on The Blood Brothers Podcast and Friends Of The North. He is a fan of football, heavy metal and dogs.
Click here to head to Amazon! Ivan Scott is a book club favorite we keep bringing back to discuss his wonderful romances! Yes, I said romances in the deep, dark den of murder books! We'll always cross over to the light side for Ivan Scott! Please see below for bio, cover art and link for purchase. Ivan Scott's road to being a published author is sometimes as crazy as the stories he writes. Scott has written ever since he was in elementary school and finally was able to put together three books, all romantic fiction, that look at the romance we have for each other as well as for life. He has Dyslexia, so that is a struggle at times with his writing, but as he tells his two children, whom both have Dyslexia too, "Never use your challenges as an excuse. Use them to achieve greatness." His first book was rejected 303 times, but he didn't take no for an answer and decided to self-publish and has never looked back. Writing the story, formatting it, creating the cover, and doing all the marketing seemed like a daunting task, but as he says, "When you have passion and persistence, nothing is impossible." He lives with his beautifully saucy Redheaded wife, two troublemaking kids, and a Rat Terrier named Beesley in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs. To learn more about Ivan, please visit his website. Click here to head to Amazon!
This was our second book club discussion with Lewis, and a bit of a departure for us from crime to western with suspense and some criminal activity. Lewis is a master in the western genre! Experience and knowledge cannot be faked, and Kirts is at expert level! Please see cover art and a link for purchase below. Click here to head to Amazon!
Simon's legal thrillers are brilliant, and Nothing But The Truth is NO exception! Please find his bio, cover art and link for purchase below. Simon Michael, often referred to as “the British John Grisham”, is the author of the best-selling London 1960s Charles Holborne series, featuring his antihero barrister, an East End villain made good but struggling in his West End profession. Simon was published in the UK and the US in the 1980s and returned to writing when he retired from the law in 2016. The Charles Holborne series, The Brief, An Honest Man, The Lighterman, Corrupted, The Waxwork Corpse, Force of Evil and the latest, The Final Shot, have all garnered strong reviews for their authenticity and excitement. Simon’s tales from the Bar and the plots for his novels are based on his criminal practice, his life and that of his own family. Refugees from the Spanish Inquisition, the Michael family arrived in the Port of London in 1492 and remained in the East End for the next 450 years. Simon believes himself to be the only member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple formerly to have been a council labourer, a van driver and a gardener. Once qualified he practised as a barrister for 37 years, working at the Old Bailey and other criminal courts, defending and prosecuting a wide selection of murderers, armed robbers, con artists and other assorted villainy. The era about which he writes, the 1960s, was the “wild west” of British justice, a time when the Krays, the Richardsons and other violent gangs fought for control of London’s organised crime, and the corrupt Metropolitan Police beat up suspects, twisted evidence and took a share of the criminal proceeds. Simon weaves into his thrillers real events of the time, the cases on which he worked, and his unusual family history. If you would like to hear when the next book is out or other Holborne-related news, you may sign up for his newsletter at: http://www.simonmichael.uk/newslettersign-up/ Click here to head to Amazon!
We had a great time discussing the book and getting to know J.C., and she just released her fourth book in the series, Within the Pines. Find her bio, cover art and link for purchase below. J.C. Fuller is the author of The Rockfish Island Mystery series. A lover of all things mystery, especially thrillers and whodunits, she is excited to share her imagination with her readers and is currently working on expanding the series. She lives in Washington state and is a nature lover, enjoying the outdoors with her family whenever possible, and lives at home with her two faithful companion dogs, who also keep her feet warm when she's writing. Please enjoy Black Bear Alibi (Book 1), The Push (Book 2), False Findings (Book 3), and Within The Pines (Book 4). Click here to head to Amazon!
Ivan’s latest redhead is caught up with a man who wasn’t supposed to go to Heaven just yet - and she’s alive and well. Find Ivan’s bio, cover art for the new release and link for purchase below. Ivan Scott's road to being a published author is sometimes as crazy as the stories he writes. Scott has written ever since he was in elementary school and finally was able to put together three books, all romantic fiction, that look at the romance we have for each other as well as for life. He has Dyslexia, so that is a struggle at times with his writing, but as he tells his two children, whom both have Dyslexia too, "Never use your challenges as an excuse. Use them to achieve greatness.” His first book was rejected 303 times, but he didn't take no for an answer and decided to self-publish and has never looked back. Writing the story, formatting it, creating the cover, and doing all the marketing seemed like a daunting task, but as he says, "When you have passion and persistence, nothing is impossible." He lives with his beautifully saucy Redheaded wife, two trouble-making kids, and a Rat Terrier named Beesley in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs. To learn more about Ivan, please visit www.ivanscottbooks.com Click here to head to Amazon!
Chris is a book club fave, and we had a great time catching up and discussing his noir PI book! Irving Ash is fabulous old-school investigator! Below are his bio, cover art, and a link to grab a copy of his book. He also has a cozy series call the The Stonebridge Series and a gritty series with DI Ruth Piper. Chris is a brilliant writer, so don’t miss out! Chris McDonald grew up in Northern Ireland before settling in Manchester via Lancaster and London. He is the author the Erika Piper series, the Stonebridge Mysteries and Little Ghost. He is a script writer, husband, father to two beautiful girls and a regular voice on The Blood Brothers Podcast. He is a fan of 5-a-side football, heavy metal and dogs. Click here to head to Amazon!
Next up for the KC Reads book club: Serial Dater by K.T. Jayne. We’ll be flying over this Sunday to talk about this psychological thriller. A troubled man entering the dating field after the tragic loss of his wife. What could go wrong? See below for bio, cover art, summary and link for purchase. As an indie-award nominated filmmaker and lecturer in film, K.T. Jayne wrote and directed several short films that screened in art house cinemas and festivals across the UK and Europe. Exploring ideas of fractured identities and loss of self, her psychological thrillers laid the foundations for the themes that she comes back to in Serial Dater: a gripping original take on a serial killer thriller with a stunning twist. Born in Cheshire, K.T. Jayne now lives with her husband and son in Surrey. To find out more, or to contact K.T. Jayne, visit kt-jayne.com "Gets you hooked from the start. Keeps you guessing to the end."
Who can you trust if you can’t trust yourself? When Scott McCabe’s wife dies tragically he almost loses his mind. And his son. Three years later he’s a struggling lone parent to six-year-old Jae, who longs for a new Mum. So reluctantly, Scott lets his best friend talk him into online dating. And from the minute he publishes his profile, Scott has made his Date with Fate. Underneath his casual exterior Scott is a man with a tormented conscience, a potholed memory and a vivid imagination. Is he plagued by guilt about Sally’s death, or is it something that runs much deeper? Scott doesn’t know, any more than he knows what he does when he loses time. And Scott loses a lot of time. When the girls he dates disappear one-by-one, he begins to doubt his sanity. And as police suspicion falls to him, he doesn’t know who he can trust. Least of all himself. A dark and totally gripping page-turner of a psychological thriller that delivers a killer twist. Click here to head to Amazon! |