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About the Book:
Private investigator Veronica
"Ronnie" Ingels teams up with Deputy Dawson Hughes to find a geeky
radio broadcaster's missing wife and young daughter. They fear the woman and
child were taken by Islamic terrorists as revenge against the husband's
pro-Israel, conspiracy theory broadcasts. The investigation takes Ronnie and
Hughes from a manicured Connecticut estate, to interviews with an elitist
A-List society crowd, and run-ins with cranky local police detectives. Then they
plunge deep into the seamy, drug-riddled underbelly of the fashion world, with
the specter of international terrorism hovering.
Hughes has recently been promoted to
lieutenant in the Taylor County, Texas Sheriff's Department. He's on leave on a
special assignment with Authorized Operations (AO), a clandestine,
quasi-government agency operating out of a sea-side mansion in Hither Hills,
NY. The only thing is, many powerful politicians, and government big-wigs claim
Authorized Operations doesn't exist.
Ronnie is furious at both Hughes and
the broadcaster for waiting thirty-six hours to start the search. She knows the
longer it takes, the less chance there is of finding the child alive. The
problem is, radio talk-show host Ed Harper has been hoping-against-hope that
his pot-smoking, model wife is on one of her 'esoteric experiences' and has
simply taken the child while she romps for a few days. He doesn't want to
seriously consider the other, more hazardous possibility… that his radio
broadcasts have angered some very dangerous people.
Nike, what do
you love about this book?
I loved
building tension, and creating plot twists in this one…and there were quite a
number of conundrums. I thoroughly enjoyed dishing out turmoil, not to mention
mayhem to Ronnie and Dawson. Keeping them on their toes was such fun for me.
Introduce
us to the character you had the most trouble with.
I had the most trouble
with Ronnie. I had to reveal something deep and dark from her past. To do this
I had to lead up to it in a natural way and then set up a circumstance whereby
it would be plausible for it to come out.
What do
you hope readers will tell other readers when they’ve finished the book?
I
hope readers will tell other others it was an exciting detective story. I'd
also like for readers to mention that although there were a few dark moments in
the novel, there was also wry humor, and overall it was uplifting.
About the Author:
Like so many writers, Nike Chillemi started writing at a very young age. She still has the Crayola,
fully illustrated book she penned (colored might be more accurate) as a little girl about her then off-the-chart love of horses. Today, you might call her a crime fictionista. Her passion is crime fiction. She likes her bad guys really bad and her good guys smarter and better.
Nike is the founding board member of the Grace Awards and is its Chair, a reader's choice awards for excellence in Christian fiction. She has been a judge in the 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 Carol Awards in the suspense, mystery, and romantic suspense categories; and an Inspy Awards 2010 judge in the Suspense/Thriller/Mystery category. Her four novel Sanctuary Point series, set in the mid-1940s has finaled, won an award, and garnered critical acclaim. HARMFUL INTENT released under the auspices of her own publishing company, Crime Fictionista Press, won in the Grace Awards 2014 Mystery/Thriller/Romantic Suspense/Historic Suspense category. Her new release is DEADLY DESIGNS. She has written book reviews for The Christian Pulse online magazine. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) and John 3:16 Marketing Network.
