Kris Neri





Bill
48 books | 211 friends

Rowena
2,735 books | 3,254 friends

Inspire...
4,290 books | 4,994 friends

Amy Nag...
1 book | 159 friends

Angela ...
1,457 books | 4,583 friends

Andrea
1,544 books | 2,050 friends

Larissa...
533 books | 465 friends

Margaret
3,851 books | 3,220 friends

More friends…

Kris is following 112 people

Kris Neri

Goodreads author profile


url

born
The United States
gender
female

website

twitter username

genre

member since
October 2011


About this author

I write the Agatha, Anthony, Macavity and Lefty Award-nominated Tracy Eaton mysteries, featuring the daughter of eccentric Hollywood stars, REVENGE OF THE GYPSY QUEEN, DEM BONES' REVENGE, REVENGE FOR OLD TIMES' SAKE and the latest, REVENGE ON ROUTE 66, which takes place in the quirkiest spots along the Southwestern Route 66.

I also write a magical mystery series featuring fake psychic Samantha Brennan and genuine Celtic goddess/FBI agent Annabelle Haggerty, HIGH CRIMES ON THE MAGICAL PLANE, which received a Lefty Award nomination for Best Humorous Mystery, and the latest, MAGICAL ALIENATION, which also received a Lefty Award nomination and won the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award.

I've also published some sixty short stories, which have appeare...more


I’ve been asked the question many times, as I’m sure other authors have as well: what was your worst book event?

No contest. My worst signing occurred in the months after my second book, Dem Bones’ Revenge, was published, at an LA-area Barnes & Noble. I’d rather not get more specific than that because, although the store in general did nothing wrong, some employees didn’t acquit themselves t... Read more of this blog post »
0 comments
Twitter_icon  • 
Published on June 01, 2013 09:51 • 8 views • Tags: book-em-mysteries, book-signings, mysterious-galaxy, southern-california
Average rating: 3.98 · 181 ratings · 49 reviews · 15 distinct works · Similar authors
Revenge of the Gypsy Queen
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions
Dem Bones' Revenge
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions
High Crimes on the Magical ...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2009
Revenge for Old Times' Sake
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
Magical Alienation
4.75 of 5 stars 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011
Revenge on Route 66
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013
Never Say Die
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings2 editions
The Rose in the Snow
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
Dem Bones Revenge
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Devil's Gambit - Devil's Due
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 2 editions
More books by Kris Neri…
Revenge of the Gypsy Queen Dem Bones' Revenge Revenge for Old Times' Sake
Tracy Eaton (3 books)
by
3.7766990291262137 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 103 ratings
High Crimes on the Magical ...
Samantha Brennan and Annabelle Haggerty (1 book)
by
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 19 ratings

Upcoming Events

No scheduled events. Add an event.

Dem Bones' Revenge (Mystery & Thrillers)
1 chapters   —   updated Nov 22, 2011 03:40pm
Description: When the cops catch mystery writer Tracy Eaton's mom, Hollywood legend Martha Collins, alone with the bloody remains of celebrity litigant Vince Sperry -- holding nothing but a lame excuse -- Tracy leaps to her mother's defense, despite her own publication woes. Only Martha seems determined to impede Tracy's attempts to clear her. That just convinces Tracy that her mom has pulled a doozy this time, even if Tracy can't see how anything Martha does related to Sperry's murder. Not that other suspects don't abound -- but those scare Tracy even more. Was Martha right? Had Tracy's stuffy lawyer husband, Drew, settled his career-making lawsuit with a bullet? Or did her dad, aging Hollywood heartthrob Alec Grainger, decide to end an old feud once and for all? All roads lead to the past, to one Hollywood scandal after another. Will Tracy's digging clear Martha? Or will she unearth something that's sure to slam the cell door shut on her exasperating, but well-loved, mother?
Revenge of the Gypsy Queen (Mystery & Thrillers)
1 chapters   —   updated Nov 22, 2011 03:30pm
Description: Meet Tracy Eaton, the beleaguered daughter of eccentric Hollywood stars. Tracy is no stranger to wacky people, especially within her family. So when her sister-in-law's wedding becomes a three-ring-circus, Tracy takes it in stride, even when the bride is kidnapped. Her snooty, bickering in-laws refuse to call the police and insist on paying the ransom, but Tracy knows that if justice is going to prevail, it will definitely need her help. Because...the groom takes to ridingaround in a gangster's bulletproof limo; sweet, loveable Uncle Philly -- a conman if there ever was one -- has disappeared and there are strange happenings at the engaged couple's upscale restaurant, The Gypsy Princess. It will take all of Tracy's innate noisiness and nerve to get to the shocking truth -- and the Eaton family secret. So much fun it ought to be a crime!
High Crimes on the Magical Plane (Mystery & Thrillers)
1 chapters   —   updated Nov 21, 2011 03:39pm
Description: Imagine the surprise of scam psychic Samantha Brennan—when she encounters the real thing—that’s right: an honest-to-heavens Celtic goddess, hidden beneath the steely exterior of FBI Special Agent Annabelle Haggerty. Yet Annabelle’s magical powers might not be enough when America’s sweet and sexy movie star, Molly Claire, is made the centerpiece of a gangland siege that brings the City of Angels to its knees. And if Annabelle and her family of deities are no match for the Demon of Darkness that she believes is masterminding LA’s own Armageddon—-what chance does a poor little fake like Samantha have?
Revenge for Old Times' Sake (Mystery & Thrillers)
1 chapters   —   updated Nov 01, 2011 11:47am
Description: Free-spirited Tracy cheers when her stuffy husband, Drew, loosens up enough to rearrange the nose of his boorish boss, Ian Dragger. But Drew's timing couldn't be worse. When Dragger is found floating face down in the Eatons' pool, deader than disco, Drew is the one that wily Detective Patti Garcia zeroes in on as her prime suspect. Still, Tracy expects to clear her sweetie in short order. But that's before help arrives -- in form of her own mother, over-the-top movie actress Martha Collins, and her rigid-with-dignity mother-in-law, Charlotte Eaton. And when the mothers get together, the fireworks go off. Obstacles mount higher when Drew's ex-flame, attorney CeeCee Payne, deals herself into the game. But CeeCee's peculiar behavior raises too many questions. Does she want Drew back? Or is revenge what CeeCee's after, as her actions threaten to condemn him to a life behind bars. When the bodies in the pool start stacking up like timber in a logging camp, Tracy knows nothing less than her wildest antics will do. But as the blows keep coming Drew's way, Tracy fears that even her craziness won't be enough to save him.
Magical Alienation (Mystery & Thrillers)
1 chapters   —   updated Nov 01, 2011 11:41am
Description: When fake psychic Samantha Brennan heads to Sedona, Arizona, as the spiritual adviser of the aging bad boy of rock, Rand Riker — she never expects to uncover the most shocking secret the government has kept for the last sixty years: the truth about the being in the spaceship that crashed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. But questions abound in Sedona in the days leading up to an awesome harmonic convergence, which sends Sedona’s mysterious energy off the charts. Such as why Rand defends the most reviled man in the country, militia guru Normal Frankly, accused to trying to kill Arizona’s charismatic senator, Kenny Campbell. Or why Kenny’s real definition of family values doesn’t jibe with what he claims in the photo ops. Even Samantha’s favorite partner in crime, goddess-in-hiding Special Agent Annabelle Haggerty of the FBI wrestles with the most destructive paradox of her life. With gods and goddesses wielding unimaginable powers, and the shape shifting rock people twisting the very surface of the earth, as Sedona heads into the darkest night the planet has ever seen, Samantha wonders which, if any of them, will survive it. But she should know by now that when Celtic gods are involved, nothing is ever as it appears.
More of Kris’s writing…

Kris's Recent Updates

Kris Neri is now friends with Carolyn Hart
4769417
19863452
"Thanks for friending this mystery & paranormal author, Glenna. I hope you'll consider adding my books to your to-read list. Great to connect here....more "
Kris Neri made a comment on Alyssa's profile
20457571
"Thanks for friending this mystery & paranormal author, Alyssa, especially since we both live in AZ. I'm in Sedona. I hope you'll consider adding m...more "
Kris Neri made a comment on W.s. Gager's profile
3333747
"Thanks for friending this mystery & paranormal author. Good to connect with you here. Always great to connect with other authors.

Kris

Kris Neri
Rev...more
"
5794023
"Hey, Carol. Good to connect with you here.

Kris

Kris Neri
Revenge on Route 66
"
Kris Neri made a comment on Judi Maxwell's profile
"Judi, thanks for friending this mystery & paranormal author. I hope you'll consider adding my books to your to-read list. Great to connect here. I...more "
Kris Neri rated a book 4 of 5 stars
The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
Kris Neri said "yes" to attending Writing Workshop & Signing
416592
date: June 10, 2013 07:00PM
location: Mysterious Galaxy - San Diego, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA, The United States
description: In addition to signing copies of REVENGE ON ROUTE 66, I'll be presenting a writing workshop, "Creating Memorable Characters."
Kris Neri wants to read
Good As Gone by Douglas Corleone
Good As Gone
by Douglas Corleone (Goodreads Author)
More of Kris's books…

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
Supernatural Fict...: New release: MAGICAL ALIENATION 1 3 Nov 22, 2011 02:20pm  
Supernatural Fict...: Lets talk about dogs! 197 68 Jun 09, 2012 06:18pm  
Alecia Stone
“Mortals cannot perceive me with the physical eye whilst in my pure form unless it is of my choosing, for it would result in fatality, which leaves the question as to why you are an exception.”
Alecia Stone, Talisman of El

6625 Supernatural Fiction Readers — 1219 members — last activity 15 hours, 4 min ago
This is a group for people who enjoy all types of supernatural fiction (scary or not), set in our own world: ghost stories, vampires, witches and sorc...more
1357 Cozy Mysteries — 3518 members — last activity 14 minutes ago
For those who love a good cozy mystery while curled up on the couch with a cup of coffee/tea/cocoa and maybe a dog/cat next to them. Please be kind an...more
17216 Witches, Weres, and Vamps, Oh MY! — 1547 members — last activity Jun 15, 2013 03:51pm
Let’s not forget Fairies, Ghosts, Djinn, Angels, Demons and everything else Paranormal! If you are into Paranormal Fiction this is the group for you. W...more
42847 All Mystery news & DirtCheapReads — 571 members — last activity 1 hour, 25 min ago
This is an open group for anyone who enjoys reading and/or writing mystery/suspense. Find, read, and review the best in mystery and suspense! Author pr...more



Comments (showing 1-13)    post a comment »
dateUp_arrow    newest »

message 12: by Richard

Richard Godwin Hi Kris thank you for accepting.


message 11: by Linda

Linda Atnip Hi Kris,

Thanks for your kind comment about my bio photo. As you can see, I also delve into the kingdom of magic and the faerie world. I look forward to checking out your work, and invite you to consider my latest, "Conversations with Mr. Kiki."

All the best to you,

Linda


message 10: by Mike

Mike Bove Kris, Best wishes for a successful and fun time tomorrow at The Poisoned Pen event.


Penelope Marzec Thanks for your friendship!


message 8: by Kris

Kris Neri Hey, Simon. Good to connect with you here.

Kris


message 7: by Simon

Simon Hi Kris!!!


Harlequin Books Hello Kris, it is a pleasure to meet you.


message 4: by Kris

Kris Neri I just signed up for it. Thanks, Beth. Good to connect with you here, as well as RL, too!

Beth wrote: "Hi Kris,
Thanks for befriending me here as well as in real-life! Have you signed up for the Goodreads author program?"



message 3: by Beth

Beth Hi Kris,
Thanks for befriending me here as well as in real-life! Have you signed up for the Goodreads author program?


message 2: by Kris

Kris Neri Right back attcha, Darynda!

Darynda wrote: "So good to see you on GR, Kris!!!"


Darynda Jones So good to see you on GR, Kris!!!


back to top