Maggie Thom's Blog - Posts Tagged "thriller"

Captured Lies needs your vote. It is up for the Rone Award in the Best Suspense/Thriller Category through InDtale Magazine. This is a free magazine that does a lot to help small and indie published authors.

I received an email from InDtale Magazine, who reviewed Captured Lies about two months ago - "Maggie Thom writes a fast-paced thriller laced with romance that keeps the reader interested and on edge..." So I'm asking for your help.

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Here's part of the email they sent me:

This is to inform you that your book’s genre is open for voting beginning tomorrow (Friday)! It will only be open for votes for exactly one week, so it is extremely important that you let all your friends and fans know! We would hate to think a superior quality book was lost only because people were unaware of the time limit, so we are including the link for voting so you can pass it along!

http://www.indtale.com/rone-awards/20...

The finalists in this round will then be read and judged by a group of professionals in the industry to determine the very best in indie and small published books of 2012. They will then be awarded the prestigious RONE award, itself, at the formal ceremonies, August 9th, at the Golden Nugget Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Thank you. Captured Lies is under the Best Suspense/Thriller category. You must first sign up at InDtale and then you can vote. It's a great, free magazine. I really appreciate your support. Voting opens today, May 17th and closes Thursday night, May 23rd.

Click here to vote: http://www.indtale.com/rone-awards/20...

Thank you for helping me achieve my dream!

How did I come up with tangling family secrets and lies with drug trafficking and a black market for organ donors - willing or not - for Tainted Waters? Check out my interview with Starla Faye on Two Talk Books... http://wp.me/p2ydBl-rx

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"A darkly ominous crime thriller... terse narrative and crisp dialogue... tautly written but richly detailed..." - Kirkus Reviews

(If you like thrillers, this one is soooo good.)

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The Making of Tainted Waters

The title, Tainted Waters, makes you think of something sinister, doesn’t it? Or at least I hope it does. I have to say when I was coming up with this book, I was having some pretty sinister plot ideas and yet it all started so innocently…

I think the thing about being an author is being open to what is around you and combine and twist things together that may not really be meant to go together.

My family and I went camping at a lake. People do that all the time, so nothing new or big deal there. We arrived at this lake that we’d never been to before and really chose it because we wanted to do some canoeing but didn’t want to have the hassle of motorboats. Motorboats and canoes really do not go well together, at least in close proximity. Anyway, so we arrive at this lake which turned out to be a good two hour drive and we were only expecting it to be about an hour and a half. Okay so we can live with that. It is a sunny warm day, there are a few other campers but ultimately it’s quiet. It’s perfect. We find a nice secluded, treed area, close to the water. We immediately unload and hit the lake. We are taking turns going out in the canoe and just playing in some blow-up boats we’d got for the kids. It was a fun day. We only stopped long enough to eat. At about 9:30 that night we crashed, tired and ready for a good night’s sleep.

Well that wasn’t to be. At about 10:30 p.m. I was awakened by the sound of a large truck rumbling by on the gravel road. I didn’t think much of it, just waited for the truck to go by and then nod off. Only then another one came. And then another. And another. All night long big trucks bounced up and down that road. At some point I became aware that there was also a large plant nearby as I could clearly hear it.

What? How had we missed all this during the day? I have no idea... http://bit.ly/1fgUyTs

I wanted to introduce you to my latest novel, Deceitful Truths, that I am hoping to have published by December 2013. This novel is kind of a sequel to Captured Lies. I say kind of because there is some follow up from Captured Lies but there is a whole new story as well. Also you can read this novel on it’s own without having read Captured Lies and still understand what is going on. Reading Captured Lies first would enhance reading Deceitful Truths but is not necessary. So without further adieu, here is the basis of what Deceitful Truths is about.

Deceitful Truths

Synopsis

He created a legacy that no one could imagine…

Tarin has lost a week of her life. She doesn’t know what happened but not long after she returns to work she is suspended from her job. Confused and pregnant, she quits her job and agrees to marry Stephen, only to be thrown into a whole new nightmare. Desperate, she grabs her son and moves far, to get away from her abusive husband. Finding a job with Knight’s Associates as their assistant, half way across the country helps her to feel safer and more secure. Thrilled at getting the job, not only because she will be able to help them solve cyber crimes but because she can use their resources to find her own answers, specifically, who tried to destroy her life.

Graham, who owns Knight’s Associates along with Guy, finds himself swamped. As Guy is...
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Chapter One

She opened her eyes. Or at least she thought she had. That was her intention. But everything was black. Maybe it was still dark out. She tried again. This time there was a fuzzy blur… a shadow… a stray bit of light… and a voice. But as quick as it all came, it left.

Sometime later she became aware of sounds and sensations. Everything was still dark. She had no sense of who she was or where she was. There was a sensation of being but not of knowing anything else. It was just blank. Something brushed over her body; it was light, delicate really but something she had no real idea as to what it was or where it was coming from. She recoiled inside, pulling back, trying to shrink more into the deep, dark hole that seemed to be her companion. Fear was like a living, breathing monster wrapping her in its cloak; capturing her in a web she felt helpless to get out of.

A very distant part of her brain screamed at her, to get the hell away… to move… to do something… but it was so far away, so faint. She could feel the desperation but could barely grasp what it was telling her to do… or why. She tried to wade through the enveloping darkness to reach it. But she couldn’t move. She was trapped in a tiny black cave with nowhere to go… nowhere to hide… with nothing to see. The panic which had been so remote a moment ago was suddenly all there was. The harder she fought it, the more she fell down the dark well. She had no sensation of self, no meaning of who she was. There was heaviness but she didn’t know anything beyond the little gloomy hole that she seemed to inhabit.

She made a sound. Or at least she thought it came from her but when she couldn’t repeat it, she wasn’t sure. Something moved, maybe even touched her. She couldn’t be certain. There was a tiny sense of pain but then it receded, taking the anxiousness with it… and then there was nothing.
Sounds filtered into her little world.

“Now… do it.”

“She’s…”

Only snippets of their words drifted into her consciousness. She wanted to ask what the two men were talking about. Who they were talking about? And where was she? Who she was?

She felt a gentle breeze waft over her, a strange sensation like it wasn’t happening to her. She wanted to call out but remembered that the last time she’d made a sound or tried to, everything had disappeared. This time she kept quiet. She waited. Slowly more things started to come to her.

She was laying spread eagled on a bed. At least that was her assumption as it was something soft and cushiony, anyway and she felt exposed. Cool air brushed over her skin...
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Hi. I'm doing a cover reveal today for Deceitful Truths, organized by Girls Heart Book Tours.



Blurb-
He created a legacy that no one could imagine...
Tarin has lost a week of her life. She doesn't know what happened but not long after she returns to work she is suspended from her job. Confused and pregnant, she quits and agrees to marry Stephen, only to be thrown into a whole new nightmare. Desperate, she grabs her son and moves across the country to get away from her abusive husband and to avoid her unforgiving father. Thrilled at getting the job at Knights Associates, where she'll help them solve cyber crimes but also be able to use their connections and resources to find her own answers. Who stole a week of her life? And will they return to steal the secret she is now protecting?
Graham and his partner Guy, can't keep up with the demand. They are being flooded with requests at Knights Associates, where they offer a combined service of private investigator and that of solving cyber crimes. It appears that someone wants to get their attention as not only have they been hacked but Guy's family business, Caspian Winery, seems to be under attack as well. Hiring an assistant seems to be the answer but when Graham discovers she's been accessing their high-security accounts, he realizes the cause of their predicament might be closer then he thought. Is there new assistant behind the problems they're having? If she's so innocent why does someone want to abduct her?
Tarin and Graham discover that although they don't trust each other, they are forced to work together to solve several seemingly unrelated crimes that may lead to one disastrous conclusion. Can they figure it all out before Tarin's nightmare plays out? An eighty year old woman pays with her life? Or before Tarin learns a truth that may seal her fate and be the one secret that will keep her and Graham apart as neither one of them may be able to forgive or forget...
(Standalone but is a Sequel/Companion Novel to Captured Lies)

What do you think of the cover?
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Hi. I just wanted to let you know that Tainted Waters has been nominated for Book of the Year at Turning the Pages Books. Yay! Whoohoo as I do my little happy dance – it might not be pretty but it’s fun. :)

Anyway now I need your votes. Here is the link http://bit.ly/1bOLKlD

The books are in alphabetical order, so if you scroll down, way down, you’ll find Tainted Waters. Once you click on it, scroll to the bottom and click continue. It will then take you to a second page and you can vote on it by category. The three categories that Tainted Waters is up for are:

Romance

Suspense

Thriller

Just click on Tainted Waters under one, two or all three categories (you can vote under all three of the categories) and then click on continue. Again the books are listed in alphabetical order under each category (which are also listed in alphabetical order). And you’re done.

Thank you for helping me and being a part of my journey. Big hugs for your support.

If you haven’t stopped by Turning the Pages before, here’s there website: http://www.turningthepagesbooks.blogs...

They put out a couple of really good magazines. Worth checking out.

She hugged her son tight...


Well today is the day, Deceitful Truths is published – whoohoo! I can’t believe it. Yay! Yay! Yay! Okay I’m now pealing myself off the ceiling.

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Hey Deceitful Truths is currently on tour, starting today for the next month. I hope you'll help me thank the blogs by stopping by some of them. Be sure to enter your name in the draw. The book tour was organized by Girls Heart Book Tours. Here is the list of stops. It's going to be a busy month but whoohoo! it's fully booked.



Tour Schedule

March 24th-
Girls Heart Books Tours- Schedule
Kelly P’s Blog- Excerpt/Spotlight

March 25th-
Big Girls Heart Books- Top Tens

March 26th-
Romance Bookworm’s Reviews- Dream Cast
Bawaka's Book Fair - Excerpt

March 27th-
We Stole Your Book Boyfriend- Playlist

March 28th-
Turning the Pages- Book Soundtrack

March 29th-
Book ‘Em North Carolina- Guest Post

March 30th-
Pretty in Pink Books & Reviews- Book Soundtrack and Dream Cast
Book Lunatic Ramblings- Excerpt/Spotlight, Playlist

March 31st-
The Pleasure of Reading Today- Review , Excerpt/Spotlight

April 1st-
Turning the Pages- Playlist

April 2nd-
Indy Book Fairy- Book Soundtrack

April 3rd-
We Stole Your Book Boyfriend- Excerpt/Spotlight

April 4th-
Bookmarks, Spoilers, and Happily Ever Afters- Excerpt/Spotlight, Top Tens

April 5th-
Gone Insane Will Be Back Later- Review , Author Interview, Excerpt/Spotlight, Dream Cast, Book Soundtrack, Playlist

April 6th-
Movies, Shows & Books- Book Soundtrack

April 7th-
My Devotional Thoughts- Book Soundtrack, Dream Cast

April 8th-
The Avid Reader- Excerpt/Spotlight, Dream Cast, Book Soundtrack

April 9th-
Big Girls Heart Books- Review

April 10th-
Turning the Pages- Excerpt/Spotlight

April 11th-
Sun Mountain Reviews- Book Soundtrack, Dream Cast

April 12th-
Bookworm Betties- Excerpt/Spotlight

April 13th-
KJ Reads a Lot- Review

April 14th-
Kimber Leigh Writes- Book Soundtrack

April 15th-
Paperrdolls- Top Tens

April 16th-
Kristina’s Books & More- Dream Cast

April 17th-
That Bite’s Book Talk Reviews- Playlist

April 18th-
Big Girls Heart Books- Author Interview

April 19th-
Lindsay & Jane’s Views and Reviews - Excerpt/Spotlight

April 20th-
Sweet Treat Reading Reviews- Book Soundtrack, Dream Cast

April 21st-
Turning the Pages- Dream Cast

April 22nd-
We Stole Your Book Boyfriend- Dream Cast

April 23rd-
Booklover Sue- Excerpt/Spotlight

April 24th-
Lindsay & Jane’s Views and Reviews- Playlist

April 25th-
My Family’s Heart Book Reviews- Excerpt/Spotlight