Blog Tour: THE BOOKER by Kevin R. Doyle
THE BOOKER
Kevin R. Doyle
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GENRE: Mystery
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BLURB:
SamQuinton hadn't thought much about the entertainment business for several years.His days as a minor celebrity were part of his past, which was fine with him.But when a Hollywood producer walks through the doors of his gym and offers tocreate a TV show around his life, Sam doesn't say no right away.
Thenthe producer's partner ends up dead in her hotel room, and Sam has to put onhis private detective hat to straighten things out. It doesn't take long torealize the TV offer may not have been exactly what it was cracked up to be.Suddenly, a whole lot of seemingly bad folks are gunning for Sam. Forget hisbudding Hollywood career. He has to do everything possible to keep himself andhis client alive.
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ExcerptThree:
I’d only made it three steps inside before they both lookedover at the same time. Nichols waved me over.
I’d barely known Wendy Truell, but the faintness of ouracquaintance didn’t matter. It’s still a shock to see someone seemingly in theprime of life with a bullet hole in their face.
She had on a silk crimson robe with black piping and, as faras could be told, nothing else. She was slumped so her head rested on thepillow at the end of the couch. Except for the blood and gore around her, shecould have stretched out to take a nap.
Far as I could tell, it was a single shot. The front of herface wasn’t too messed up, except for the entry wound, with most of the damageapparent from where the slug or slugs exited the back of her head.
A highball glass containing some sort of mixed drink sat onthe coffee table next to an open laptop with a blank screen.
The originally green couch pillow was drenched in red.
“Jesus,” I said.
“Nichols tells me you knew the woman,” Santiago said by wayof greeting.
“More like met. I probably spent a grand total of forty-fiveminutes with her, if that.”
Santiago jerked his head, and the three of us walked backout into the hallway and down a ways to talk in private.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Aretired high-school teacher and former college instructor, Kevin R. Doyle isthe author of five novels in the Sam Quinton mystery series, all published byCamel Press. He’s also written four crime thrillers, including And the DevilWalks Away and The Anchor, and one horror novel, The Litter, along withnumerous short horror stories published in small magazines over the years. Thefirst Quinton book, Squatter’s Rights, was nominated for the 2021 Shamus awardfor Best First PI Novel. A lifelong Midwesterner, Doyle currently resides inMissouri and has loosely based the city of Providence in the Quinton books onColumbia.
Website:http://kevindoylefiction.com
Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/kevindoylefiction
Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Booker-Sam-Quinton-Mystery-Book-ebook/dp/B0FDCZ1NJC/ref=sr_1_1
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