Louise James, Author of Suspense/Mystery
Louise James is nestled off the coast of Georgia busy writing
a murder and suspense novel Sacred Murder, Marci Perez, Book 1, which will be
released 2012. With notes for six books in this series, a working title Deceitful
Murder is the second installment and Beautiful Murder is the third.
Deanna: What or who inspired you to write in the suspense/
thriller genre?
Louise: My favorite authors are Stephen King (Dark Tower Series)
and Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta Series). I love reading dark, suspenseful
stories and I’m a huge fan of the Alex Cross movies; “Along Came a Spider”,
“Kiss the Girls” and “Double Jeopardy”. So it would make sense to try a hand at
writing in this genre.
Deanna: Love those authors and anyone who can write in that genre. How did you come by your main characters in Sacred
Murder and please describe them for us.
Louise: Marci is definitely like Salli Richardson from
Eureka. Smart and sexy! She is 28 yrs old, 5’ 10”, a brunette with mulatto skin
and brown eyes; half Creole and Cuban. Marci is very fit and excels at
everything she sets her mind on. She is the only child of Caroline and Ernesto
Perez (deceased), and she is very close to her mom.
Detective Bill Gammon, Marci’s partner, is a ringer for
Bradley Cooper. Oh, yeah! Yum. He is divorced, no kids and loves football; his
favorite team being the Saints of course. Bill hides his true feelings for
Marci; most of the time.
I love the chemistry between Richard and Kate on Castle, Kay
Scarpetta and Benton Wesley in Patricia Cornwell’s books and, Benson and
Stabler on Law and Order SVU. Readers will see several emotions rise between
Marci and Gammon throughout the series.
Deanna: How do you pick locations for your stories?
Louise: I came up with the characters first in Scared
Murder, then the plot and since there is voodoo in the story, New Orleans fit
as the location. During the series, however, Marci will travel to other cities
to help solve murder cases as a consultant. She gets that good at it.
Deanna: Readers love series because they get to stay in touch with the characters and see what happens to them. Do you write under a pen name?
Louise: Yes, my significant other and I write in another
genre under our real names.
Deanna: Where can readers find out more about you and Sacred
Murder, and future works?
Louise: My links are below and readers can also view Chapter
One on fReado.
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Links
Twitter @LouiseJames157
Sacred Murder, Marci Perez Book 1
Available Fall 2012 on Amazon, B&N, Kobo, OmniLit and
Smashwords
Working for the Orleans Parrish, Police Narcotic Marci Perez
and her partner, Bill Gammon, keep drug dealers off the street. It’s a hard
job, but Marci loves her profession and is up for promotion to Detective.
However, the murder of three women connected to an escort
service will have the homicide department recruiting Marci to work undercover. This
fresh start in her career opens her eyes to a whole new world of murder and
underground crime.
Sacred Murder is darkened with evil voodoo and a twisted
killer. Will Marci Perez be the only one who can stop the maniac?
Read an Excerpt from Chapter One
and a snippet of Chapter
Two HERE.
Deanna: Louise, thank you for visiting this week. Readers,
Louise is giving away an e-Book copy of Sacred Murder upon release to two lucky
readers. Enter the Rafflecopter below and good luck.
Louise: Thank you for having me here. I’d like to share Author
Elodie Parkes’ review on the
excerpts with everyone. When I opened her email it made my day!
'Firstly, knew the characters Gammon and Marci right away,
they just clicked, the report Marci wrote and the way she speaks is very
familiar, it's the style that we know from this kind of book and other media so
you do identify straightaway
Lovely way you transfer her feelings to the reader about her
assignment when she lies to her partner and then talks with her mother
The killer in the basement part is very chilling and
suspenseful, snappy dialogue and fast moving for the beginning of the book so
that readers are captured.
I find books written in the present harder to engage with
because culturally all the books I have studied, and read actually now I think
about it, are written with the past narrative style and that's how I was taught
to write fiction, but that doesn't mean it's correct, it's just that I was
taught script and screen writing, and that uses present, so I always look upon
the style you have used and see it as a screen play. It's very hard to write
the way you have; there are so many things to think about when writing in the
present.
Just from this small taste it looks to be a very good
concept, and I can imagine people who like this genre wanting to read the book.
I found the second chapter very strong, not that the first
wasn't as it set scenes and expectations, but something unpleasant and menacing
raised its head in the second chapter and that's just what makes great stories
in this genre; the awful anticipation of things to come and the hope that Marci
stays safe and gets the bad guy.
This could be a kick ass book.'
Deanna: I've been reading also... you all are going to want to grab this one and not just the e-book! Louise, we're hoping it comes out in paperback, too!
Welcome Louise! I can't wait for this book to come out and with it being a series, you'll have readers begging for the next installment! I hope you're already writing the next one!
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I would have to say either Roxanne StClair. Love her Guardian Angelino's series. This book sounds great, love series. thanks for the chance to win.
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My favorite suspense author is Brenda Novak & Allison Brennan. Hard to pick just one. Your book sounds really interesting. Thanks for the chance to win it.
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Hi Deanna! *waving* It will be exciting to finish Sacred Murder, have you do one more read-over and get it published, and then pull the notes to start on Deceitful Murder. We received a huge compliment from Author MK McClintock. She stated, after reading chapter 1 excerpt, our writing style reminded her of Catherine Coulter. Geez, we hope so. We'd loved to be on the NYT best selling list. LOL Who wouldn't!
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Good luck everyone!
Katrus and Chris, thank you for stopping by and showing support. I love learning about new authors, thanks for sharing what you're reading. Off to Google them now!
ReplyDeleteGood luck in the drawing everyone!
~Louise
Congratulations to Shadow and Sue B! You won the eBook copies of Sacred Murder. I'll save your info and on release date will contact you for your eBook format choice.
ReplyDeleteThanks again everyone for stopping by and showing your support. Much appreciated! ~Louise
Awesome! Thank you so much! Look forward to reading your book.
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