Archive | May, 2008

A Trace of Smoke Excerpt 4

Hannah!” called a booming voice. Without turning, I recognized the baritone of Fritz Waldheim, a policeman at Alexanderplatz. A voice that had never before frightened me. “Here for the reports?” I drew my hand back from the photograph and cleared my throat. “Of course,” I called. My damp skirt brushed my calves as I trudged [...]

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A Trace of Smoke Excerpt 3

NEWS: Still hard at work on the trailer. I hope to have something to show for it in early June. EXCERPT: My fingers touched the cool glass that covered the image, aching to touch the young man himself.  I had not seen him naked since I’d bathed him as a child.  I pulled my peacock [...]

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A Trace of Smoke Excerpt 2

NEWS: Am working hard on putting together a book trailer for the book. Just trying to scare up some images for it. EXCERPT: My eyes darted to the words under the photograph that had called to me.  Fished from the water by a sightseeing boat the morning of  Saturday, May 30, 1931, the day before [...]

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A Trace of Smoke Excerpt 1

Welcome to my blog, gentle readers! I will be posting news about my novel A TRACE OF SMOKE and weekly excerpts until the novel is release in May 2009. Hope you enjoy it! NEWS: I delivered the second book in the series, A NIGHT OF LONG KNIVES, to my editor today. That one should hit [...]

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