Barrie Summy: I So Don’t Do Mysteries

Editor’s Note:  This is the 50th and final interview of the First Book series.  Thanks to all the writers for participating, and I wish you the best of luck with all your books.  The site will remain online.  For some final thoughts, check out this post on my personal blog.

Title:  I So Don’t Do Mysteries
Author:  [...]

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Bill Loehfelm: Fresh Kills

Title:  Fresh Kills
Author: Bill Loehfelm
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Hardcover: 336 pages
ISBN: 978-0399155314
1. First off, congratulations on the big novel sale! Give us the elevator pitch. What’s your book about?
FRESH KILLS is a contemporary noir thriller, set in Staten Island, NYC, about an adult son’s violent reaction to his abusive father’s unsolved murder. It’s a character-driven story that follows the [...]

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P.J. Hoover: The Emerald Tablet

Title:  The Emerald Tablet
Author: P.J. Hoover
Publisher: Blooming Tree Press
Hardcover: 304 pp
ISBN: 9781933767130
1. First off, congratulations on the big novel sale! Give us the elevator pitch. What’s your book about?
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THE EMERALD TABLET is the story of five kids who find out not only are they from a hidden continent under the Pacific Ocean called Lemuria, they aren’t even [...]

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