Happy to see that my dear friend and colleague Alison E. Bruce has a
new book out! Many readers have been waiting for this continuation of
the Carmedy and Garrett series. Alison writes PI thrillers, and believe
me, this one will stay with you long after you finish it.
Alison gives us the backstory today. Read on!
Murder, Death, Kill*
(Or what happened earlier.)
By Alison Bruce
A crime novel doesn’t always need a murder. Death isn’t
always a crime. And kill is often an empty threat.
The Carmedy and Garrett series started with the death of Joe
Garrett, retired police detective, and senior partner in the detective agency,
Garrett Investigations. Even though his death wasn’t a crime, it influenced the
investigations of two other murders, and not just because his business partner,
Jake Carmedy, and his daughter Detective Garrett were involved. (Deadly
Legacy)
Kate inherited half her father’s detective agency which she
decided to rename Carmedy and Garrett Investigations, as a gesture of goodwill
to her new partner. She was given an extended leave of absence from the City
Police so she could decide whether to be a police detective or a private
investigator, and to wrap up her father’s estate. Her boss, who also happened
to be her father best friend and her godfather, facilitated her leave and referred
a client to her in the next Carmedy and Garrett mystery.
Someone was killing cats with a poison dart gun. The
Neighbourhood Watch wanted help finding the feline assassin. Killing cats is
also not murder, though a few of the cat owners might have been driven to
murder if they found the culprit on their own. However, looking at her father’s
old case notes, Kate found a connection between her current case and a domestic
violence case that ended the career of one of her father’s rookies.
Was Kate looking for connections because she missed her
father? (Deadly Season)
In Deadly Art, Kate will be dealing with one of the
hardest parts of the death of a loved one, the part where life goes on. And,
because this is mystery is a MDK, life ends too.
*MDK, Murder Death Kill, is my most indelible take-aways
from the movie Demolition Man, even more than the shells and Taco Bell becoming
a fine dining establishment.
Deadly Art is available in ebook at:
Google https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=cR1kEQAAQBAJ
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/deadly-art-book-3-carmedy-garrett-mystery-series
ibooks http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6747012239
Kindle https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCDNH97B
Barnes&Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/deadly-art-alison-bruce/1147678637ISBN
978-1-9994277-6-4
