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Read The Good Lie

I don’t often recommend books on the BLog, but sometimes something special comes along.

Robin Brande and I have been friends for many, many years. When we first met (way back in 2002!), she showed me a book she was working on. It was, quite frankly, amazing. I was blown away by it and couldn’t wait to see it published.

Well, time went by and Robin published a bunch of books, but never that first one. People thought it was too dark.

And it probably was/is.

But we like dark, don’t we?

And now we can read that book.

Maybe it’s like any story you think you know. You like to go back to the beginning and see if it really happened the way you remember. Back before the death, disaster, betrayal, lies, the lawyers, the perjury, your little brother accusing you of murder—

Lizzie Aimes has been raised to be honest. Pure. Obedient.

But right now she seems to be the only person playing by those rules.

When her family life disintegrates around her, Lizzie must draw on her deepest resources to protect herself and the one she loves.

Even if it means destroying someone else in the process.

Seriously, if you dig my books (especially Boy Toy), you just have to treat yourself to The Good Lie. It’s excellent, disturbing, dark stuff.

You can read the opening chapter for free on Robin’s site.

And you can buy it here:

Smashwords
Kindle
Kindle UK
Kindle Canada
Other international Kindle stores
Nook

Also available in paperback.

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Preorder Blood of My Blood & Lucky Day!

I’ve been getting a lot of email lately asking when/how folks can preorder Blood of My Blood and/or Lucky Day. Foolishly, I imagine that by posting this information here, I won’t get any more of those emails. But let’s face it: I will.

In any event, to help y’all out, here’s a relatively comprehensive list of links to help you preorder the prequel and the finale to the Jasper Dent trilogy…

Blood of My Blood

Amazon (Hardcover and Kindle)
Barnes & Noble (Hardcover and Nook)
iBooks
Indiebound (Hardcover — support your local bookstore!)

Lucky Day

Amazon (Kindle)
Barnes & Noble (Nook)

Please note that Barnes & Noble mistakenly lists Lucky Day at $2.99. The actual price is $1.99. This is being fixed, and if you preorder now at $2.99, you’ll only be charged $1.99 when you get the book in April.

 

Memory Monday: Perfect Batman

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Today is Your “Lucky Day”

When I first announced Blood of My Blood, I also mentioned Lucky Day, the e-only prequel novella that looks back four years before the start of the series. And now here is the cover and the description!

This is the story of the small town sheriff who captured one of the world’s most ruthless and cunning murderers.

It all started with Dead Girl #1 and Dead Girl #2, the first killings in the sleepy town of Lobo’s Nod in decades. Two murders: just a coincidence, or something more sinister? One thing’s for sure — it was definitely inconvenient in a year when Sheriff G. William Tanner, a mourning widower, had to run for reelection.

With a trail gone cold, it’s only luck that links the murders to the most notorious serial killer in memory. And in a town like Lobo’s Nod, the killer must be someone Tanner already knows….

A prequel to the New York Times bestselling thriller, I Hunt Killers.

Lucky Day will hit e-tailers on April 1!

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