I’m a native Brit living in Southern California. My passions are reading, writing, solving puzzles and watching crime shows. In fact, I fancy myself as a bit of an amateur sleuth. Occasionally, I’ve been known to get up off the couch and venture outside to enjoy the sunshine. I wrote my first novel, a murder mystery set mostly in San Francisco, in 2007. The release date is July 1st, 2010. My second novel, No Alibi, another murder mystery set in San Francisco, will be published in 2011. If you’re beginning to think San Francisco is my favorite place in the US, you’d be right. I love it there. So much to see and do. Hide and Seek, my 3rd novel, is also a Frisco mystery. I broke the mold for HIDE AND SEEK, my 4th work, currently in progress, and set in Oxford, England, not far from where I grew up.
OK, I finally found your “blog”…so now I can keep track of my most literary friend. I am so pleased that your writing efforts are going so well, and am looking forward to your novel. Nothing better than a good murder mystery yarn on a cold winter night! Be good…see you next week around the second floor!
Hi Betsy: Yes…nothing like a chilling good murder by a roasting fire!!!
Thanks for the shout out! I’m having fun writing this series.
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The blog looks great! Glad to connect with you over “stinking badges” and see L.J. Sellers here – another new “friend” I’ve met over Twitter! Look forward to reading more of your work! Best, Laura
Thank you, Laura. Stinking badges is fun and exhausting. Great to learn, I just wish I could be quicker. Glad to connect with you here, as well as Scribd.
Jenny, you graciously wrote a review of my ebook, A Spy At Home, for Amazon. I have just released my second ebook, Hazardous Choices, on Amazon, and I would very much like for you to review it as well. Here is a brief blurb:
After surviving life in a violent Chicago street gang through his high school years, Darnell Jackson’s future appears promising. A football scholarship gives him the chance to escape the thug lifestyle.
During his first year in college, Darnell safely resides in a small Kentucky town, playing Division Two college football and trying to make something of himself. Adjusting to the new surroundings proves tough, but a teammate and a girl give him hope that his future will be better than his past.
In the summer after his freshman year, he returns to the old neighborhood to be with his mother. The gang reasserts its hold on him, and the leader orders Darnell to kill a specific member of a rival gang. Nearly dying in a gang fight, Darnell shoots an enemy gangbanger; unfortunately, it is the wrong target. This forces Darnell to re-evaluate his future. As a result, he lies to the mercurial leader of his gang, claiming he completed his assignment. After “doing work” for his gang, Darnell receives permission to head back to school and the security of small-town life.
When the head gangbanger learns of Darnell’s lie, the small Kentucky town isn’t so safe anymore.
If you are interested in reviewing this book, please email me at rinald47@gmail.com. Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Joe Rinaldo
Look forward to reading it, Joe.
Thanks much, Jenny!
Joe