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William Shakespeare and the Italian Book Club?

As the author ofAlicia Allen Investigates–a legal crime trilogywith a strong Italian cultural theme and a female protagonist who is Anglo-Italian–I was intrigued and keen to discover more about Dr. FedericoConforto and hisItalian Book Club. A few months ago, my publicist Marlan Warren suggested the club to me, and I found its website impressive. But whenI chanced upon an interview in the Huffington Post(2/24/14) with Dr.Conforto, entitled “The Italian Book Club is looking for the next William...

A Model Murder – Book of the Day EReader News 16 December 2014

A Model Murder is a fast-paced mystery that draws scary, sometimes hilarious, parallels between alpha males in strip clubs and law firms.
This first book in the Alicia Allen Investigates Trilogy introduces Alicia Allen, a 29-year-old London Anglo-Italian lawyer whose desire for Pringles is matched only by her desire to solve crime. When her neighbor—a beautiful aspiring Australian model—is found raped and murdered before she can pick up her first paycheck at a sleazy “hostess” club, Alicia ign...

Murder in Hand: Italian International Corruption, Puccini & Dead Probate Lawyers…

Alicia Allen Investigates 3

PROMOTION
On Dec. 13 through Dec. 14, Murder in Hand is free via Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) Select program. Please click here.


I’m delighted that MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW’s December 2014 issue of its online magazine “Reviewer’s Bookwatch” features a review of “Murder in Hand“.
Here’s the review:
“Lawyers aren’t the most popular people, Miss Allen…” – Murder in Hand
In her cerebral legal mystery, Murder in Hand, Celia Conrad pulls her feisty half-Italian London Pr...

Full Reading Guide for Murder in Hand (Alicia Allen Investigates Book 3) as listed on LitLovers…

Following on from my last post here is the full reading guide (see below) for Murder in Hand as featured on LitLovers. To go to LitLovers please click here.

Alicia Allen Investigates 3

Murder in Hand (Alicia Allen Investigates Trilogy, 3)

Celia Conrad, 2012

Barcham Books

352 pp.

ISBN-13: 9780954623340

Summary

This third book in the Alicia Allen Investigates Trilogy finds Alicia Allen—the half-Italian/half-British London solicitor with such a passion for justice it would make even Portia envious—sleut...

LitLovers Reading Guide for Murder in Hand (Alicia Allen Investigates Book 3)

If you have been reading my recent posts then you’ll know that the LitLovers site features reading guides (including discussion questions), book reviews, author bios and plot summaries and far more besides. Consequently, I am delighted that Murder in Hand has now been added to the site.
So my thanks once again to Molly Lundquist for including Murder in Hand in the listings for book clubs and featuring the reading guide for the book. To read the listing please click on the image below or click...

Full Reading Guide for Wilful Murder (Alicia Allen Investigates Book 2) as listed on LitLovers…

Following on from my previous post, if you are someone who is in a book club or wants to set one up or just someone who loves reading and books, then I recommend you check out LitLovers.
LitLovers features reading guides ( including discussion questions), book reviews, author bios and plot summaries and far more besides.
The site was created by Molly Lundquist, a former English instructor who “loves to read and can’t stop talking about literature.”
Many thanks to Molly for including Wilful Murde...

LitLovers Reading Guide for Wilful Murder (Alicia Allen Investigates Book 2)

if you are someone who is in a book club or wants to set one up or just someone who loves reading and books, then I recommend you check out LitLovers.
LitLovers features reading guides ( including discussion questions), book reviews, author bios and plot summaries and far more besides.
The site was created by Molly Lundquist, a former English instructor who “loves to read and can’t stop talking about literature.”
Many thanks to Molly for including Wilful Murder in the listings for book clubs and...

Discussion Guide Questions for Murder in Hand (Alicia Allen Investigates Book 3)

Alicia Allen Investigates 3

Following on from my last post here are the discussion guide questions for Murder in Hand. As always, please contact me with any comments – all contact details are listed below. And thank you for reading this post!
Celia Conrad

Questions for Discussion – Murder in Hand

1. How much do you feel Alicia’s Italian background and the “importance of family” influence her attitude in her personal dealings with the people she meets?

2. How did you feel about Alicia’s reaction to...

Murder, Intrigue & Corruption: Latest review of Murder in Hand (Alicia Allen Investigates Book 3) by Celia Conrad

My especial thanks to Marlan Warren for her detailed review of Murder in Hand (below) which was first published on the Open Salon blog on 12 November 2014.
“Murder in Hand”: Italian Probate, Puccini & Dead Lawyers

Lawyers aren’t the most popular people, Miss Allen…”
—Murder in Hand

In her cerebral legal mystery,Murder in Hand, Celia Conrad pulls her feisty London Probate/Estate lawyer heroine, Alicia Allen, deeper into the quagmire world of unscrupulous attorneys, the unfortunates who work with...

Talent in the Spotlight…A Model Murder

Celia Conrad @Iwrite2b

I was delighted that A Model Murder was featured on the homepage of humanmade.net as Talent in the Spotlight. To read further details please click on the image above.

All three books in the Alicia Allen Investigates crime trilogy are available in paperback and as Ebooks (all formats).

To purchase the books from Amazon please click on the book titles below:

A Model Murder

Wilful Murder

Murder in Hand

The books are also available to purchase from:

Smashwords

or you can buy directl...