1–What is the title of your latest release? HEMLOCK HOLLOW 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A college professor must reckon with her past when she inherits a cabin, and with it, the ghosts who haunted her childhood. Enthralled by the century-year-old journal of young Carson Quinn, Caroline McAlister sets out to exonerate him for the murder of his brother, only to discover a love she didn’t know she was looking for. Historical and atmospheric, Hemlock Hollow is an Appalachian requiem soaked in love, loss, and redemption. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? This novel was inspired by my family’s real cabin in the mountains of Western North Carolina. I had long been fascinated by the history and geography of the region, and much of this novel came from the historical research I did about the area. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? There are two timelines in Hemlock Hollow, so two protagonists: Caroline McAlister and Carson Quinn. Caroline would be great to hang out with. She’s an archaeologist who loves the outdoors and has a habit of dating bad boys. Carson shows up through his century-old journal…

1–What is the title of your latest release? UNCANNY TIMES 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Brother and sister monster hunters in pre-WWI America set out to discover who – or what – killed a distant relative, only to discover much of their life was based on a lie. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I knew that my protags were going to live in the Northeast, and I wanted somewhere that was more rural than not, so it was natural to look north.  I have friends who live in Upstate NY, and I know the area a little, so when I was scouting locations, it felt like the right place to send Rosemary and Aaron.  The proximity to the Great Lakes became a definite advantage, plot-wise! 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? They’re not very comfortable people to hang out with – a little too intense for my taste.  But I’d love to buy them a drink and let them tell me stories about what they’ve seen! 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Loyal, thoughtful, pragmatic. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? The…

PROLOGUE     I T TOOK ABOUT fifty phone calls, but the family finally decided on a place to eat dinner before Decker and Rina took off for Israel from Kennedy. Decker looked around the table at their truly blended family: Rina’s two grown sons, Jacob and Sammy; his adult daughter, Cindy; their baby daughter, Hannah, who now had a baby of her own; and their foster son, Gabe. There were also three spouses, two fiancées, and five grandchildren. He and Rina had done well. Even if he died tomorrow, Decker would go out a winner. As usual, the conversation turned lively, then loud. Adults shouting, children interrupting, along with the usual spillages and meltdowns. Right before the entrées arrived, the server came over with two big bottles of rosé champagne and flutes. “Who ordered this?” Rina asked. “Not that I’m complaining.” “Group effort.” Jacob stood up and gently tinkled the glass with a fork. “Now that we’re all here, I propose a toast to the happy couple. May they find peace and solitude on this trip to the Holy Land, and may their construction plans go easily. L’chaim.” “L’chaim,” everyone echoed. “One more thing.” Jacob held out two envelopes…

1–What is the title of your latest release? LINE OF DARKNESS 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? San Francisco, 1979 When ex-con PI Colleen Hayes is hired to find a missing person, she discovers a World War II banknote and a 1942 SS ID of a German officer long thought dead. An international vigilante group hunting down ex-Nazis unleashes a wave in violence that leads her to Italy where she uncovers a secret project hatched in a WWII concentration camp. Colleen has no choice but to push ahead if the killing is to stop and justice prevail. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Ex-con Colleen Hayes resides in 1970s San Francisco where she is attempting to reunite with her daughter. The European locations reflet historical events to WWII. 4–Would you hang out with your sleuth in real life? Of course – although I’d keep my eyes peeled! Colleen is known to cross paths with people who are dangerous—she’s a little damaged due to her time in prison for killing her husband 5–What are three words that describe your sleuth? Cool, brave, and relentless. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? The…

Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match” where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present Lisa Childs!   Writes: Hi, I write everything.  My current release is a Harlequin Romantic Suspense called HOTSHOT HERO ON THE EDGE.  It’s sexy and suspenseful. I also write sweet and wholesome family stories like my Bachelor Cowboy series for Harlequin Heartwarming.  Then there’s my super sinister suspenseful Bane Island series with Kensington about an exclusive resort on a remote island off the coast of Maine where guests and some of the hired help keep turning up dead. About: I’m a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author with nearly 100 books published. I like fast-paced plots with a lot of action in my romantic suspense with some friends and family sprinkled in to support the central romance.  And the central romance is always the most important element of the story for me.  I am a “hopeful” romantic. What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match: Someone who likes a variety Someone who likes to live and read fast Someone who likes…

1) What is the title of your book? EDGE OF MIDNIGHT, The McClouds & Friends Series, Book 4. 2) Give us your elevator pitch. Sean, the youngest McCloud brother, has a bad habit of running headlong into deadly danger. Years ago, he was forced to drive away his true love, Liv, to protect her from that danger. Now Fate has put her on his path once again …and the danger is back, too. But nothing on Heaven or earth will keep him away from her this time… 3) How did you decide where your book would take place? From the very first book in the series, I knew it was the Cascade Mountains. That’s where I grew up, deep in the backwoods. My parents did the back-to-the-land thing, so I gave that exact weird and complicated backstory to my McCloud brothers, times a thousand! I based all of the city plot stuff in the series near Seattle, which I think is a gorgeous town. Those colors, those skyscrapers, those snowcapped mountains, the Puget Sound, Mt. Rainier looming over it all, the misty rain, the flowers…ahhh. 4) Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Hell, yeah! Sean is…

CHAPTER 1   New York City The Brooklyn Bridge Footpath   Dr. Jennifer Delmonico was approaching the second tower, which translated to somewhere around seventeen minutes at her usual pace. It took most people half an hour to cross the East River, but at six-foot-three, Delmonico’s stride put her into NFL receiver territory. Which was one of the things about being a tall woman—the long bones were almost always of a greater proportionate length. Back in high school, when she had been the third tallest student out of twelve hundred kids, her height felt like a curse. But life out in the world had taught her that being the tallest woman in the room, and often the tallest person, came with all kinds of advantages—of both the social and biomechanical variety.   Old Man Winter was on the way. The cold air coming down from Canada this time of year hit the warm water surging up the East River with the tide, and the resulting condensation blossomed into a localized fog bank that blanketed the bridge.   She took the footpath almost every shift. Day or night. Rain or shine. Winter or summer. It helped her unwind the think box…

I love a suspense novel set on an island. Very reminiscent of AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie. What inspired you to write this novel, and specifically with this setting? There were several inspirations for writing THE RETREAT – the first, a local connection. Ever since I’ve started writing, I’ve wanted to write a book set where I live, in Devon, UK – a place that has inspired me for as long as I can remember. Having been born and brought up by the sea, it has, and continues to play a huge role in my life and its extremes have always fascinated me. Like the mountains, the sea is a beautiful but also terrifying environment – it can go from calm to rough and swirling within a matter of minutes – something very exciting to explore as an author. Part of the appeal was also that the local landscape is one I know and love – I like setting books in places I know well – I think the tiny details you get when you know somewhere intimately are hugely important in creating authenticity for the reader. Another thing I find so inspiring about the setting is…

In your thriller POINT LAST SEEN, Elle has amnesia. Has that been a topic that has always interested you? I dunno. Maybe it’s that sense of, “Could you be the one who tried to kill me?” “Are you really my lover?” and of course, “When I look in the mirror, what am I seeing? A scholar? A parent? A murderer?” What inspired you to write POINT LAST SEEN? I always enjoy watching the documentaries on people who have seemingly disappeared. In one case, a woman disappeared, and was found a year or so later in a hospital and having amnesia. They were only able to identify her and reunite her with her family because of her distinctive tattoo. Are you ever inspired by real life cases? I imagined the opening of POINT LAST SEEN years and years ago as a start to a historical novel: a woman rolls in on an icy surf, seemingly dead, then comes to life and doesn’t know where she came from…or so she says. I never could find the story to fit that scenario, but like all great ideas, it hovered on the fringes of my mind. Then. :sigh: Then in early 2020 I was…

Although I often read psychological suspense or thrillers, I love films like that. What drew you to writing that type of story? Is it challenging keeping the tension up throughout an entire book? I believe that one of the challenges of being a writer is finding the best possible form for each story you want to tell, and it was clear to me from the moment I conceived What Jonah Knew that it could only be a psychological thriller. Maintaining tension throughout is essential, but it’s also crucial to provide enough backstory and character development to enrich the story with depth and meaning. In writing the book, I found keeping the tension up while exploring the minds of the characters was a balancing act. If a novel is too plot heavy, it reads like a treatment for a screenplay. If it’s too character driven at the expense of plot, it can become plodding. Finding the balance between the two was key.   In your newest book, WHAT JONAH KNEW, there is a disappearance that is a huge part of the plot. From the book description, I’m reminded of the classic film Don’t Look Now starring Donald Sutherland. It was a…