KNOWING Blog Tour: Interview with Author Laurel Dewey

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Today we speak with crime author Laurel Dewey about her latest suspense novel, Knowing.

***Read on to find out how you could win one of three copies of Laurel’s first Jane Perry novel, Protector. (US only)***

About the Author

Laurel Dewey

Laurel Dewey was born and raised in Los Angeles. She is the author of two nonfiction books on plant medicine, a Silver Spur nominated Western novella, hundreds of articles, and three other novels in her Jane Perry suspense series, Protector, Redemption, and Revelations along with the Jane Perry novelettes An Unfinished Death and Promissory Payback and the story collection Unrevealed. She is also the author of the novel Betty’s Little Basement Garden.

Contact: Website | Twitter | Facebook

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Go on, hook us: tell us about Knowing in one sentence.

Knowing forces the reader to question everything they think they know about their world … including what they can see as well as what lies beyond the veil of their “reality.”

How much do you have in common with your character, Jane Perry?

We’re both very stubborn people. And just like Jane, when I need to research a subject, I dive into it with passion and don’t let go of it until I’ve wrung it dry. We both like sautéed shrimp and we both tend to eat it out of the pan it was cooked in when we’re by ourselves. And just like Jane found Hank, I found my perfect fit with my husband. [And yes, my husband is somewhat similar to Hank….]

How much of Knowing is fiction, and how much is inspired by real-life events?

This question is coming up a lot lately. The entire book is fiction but I spent over one year researching and studying some very disturbing subject matter, including trauma based mind control, military experiments, ancient esoteric belief systems and other facets of “the unseen” world that operate around us.

Sum up your current work-in-progress in no more than 10 words.

Allowing my imagination to take a vacation, until inspiration hits.

Any books you’re looking forward to in 2013?

I’m not sure what’s coming out this year, but I have a stack of books next to my bed that I haven’t had a chance to dig into because I’ve been too busy writing books. They range in subject matter from the mind/body connections to how to build better organic soil. It doesn’t get more eclectic than that!

QUICK-FIRE QUESTIONS

Favourite book? Tie between To Kill A Mockingbird and an obscure one, When You Can Walk On Water, Take the Boat.

Favourite author? There is NO way I could pick one. I’m a Gemini, and we Gemini people could never pick a favorite anything. There’s far too much to choose from.

Personal catchphrase? “It is what it is.”

Weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten? That’s easy. A ground up, FRESH cow thyroid. And no, it wasn’t a dare.

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Thank you, Laurel.

Now here’s more information about her latest book:

Knowing

Knowing

After the life-altering ending in the third Jane Perry thriller, Revelations, Jane Perry takes time off from the job to find the missing part of herself she never knew existed. But her journey is quickly hijacked when a wanted criminal, Harlan Kipple, steals her car. Kipple — accused of the heinous murder of a prostitute in a seedy motel — is on the run and desperate to stay that way. Jane’s personal plans take a back seat as she tracks down her stolen ride and discovers through an unusual source that Kipple may be innocent and is being framed by a nefarious group. When she trails Kipple and confronts him, every belief she ever had about this world and the next is put to the test.

Kipple, who by his own admission is not the “brightest bulb in the box,” received a heart transplant seventeen months ago. His life changed from the moment he woke up in the recovery room. In fact, he’s not so sure where he ends and his heart takes over. As strange as that sounds to her, Jane cannot deny what she witnesses after spending just two days with Kipple. It becomes clear that nothing is what it appears as Jane is drawn into a deep rabbit hole with dark webs and darker crevices that force her to operate on the other side of the law. With the police hot on Kipple’s tail and a devious faction intent on finding him first, Jane is caught in the middle and realizes that solving this crime could have fatal consequences.

With themes as diverse as immortality, regeneration, resurrection, transformation and death, author Laurel Dewey tackles this latest Jane Perry novel with originality and plenty of suspense. “Finding yourself” takes on a whole new meaning in Knowing.

Purchase Links: Amazon US | Amazon UK | Barnes & Noble | Indie Bound

Giveaway! (US only)

Laurel is giving away copies of her first Jane Perry novel, Protector, to three lucky readers. All you have to do to be in the running is to fill in the Rafflecopter below — good luck!

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Source: J.C. Martin, Fighter Writer