Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: Readers who like traditional mysteries with lots of suspects and red herrings, and a nice surprise at the end. And readers who like the blues.

Q: What is the book about?
A: Sexy blonde blues-singer Maxx (real name: Elizabeth) Maxwell thinks she’s on the verge of realizing her dream: success for her band and a career doing what she’s always wanted. But then her dashing and talented guitar player, Jimmy Nashville, plunges to his death from his ninth-floor window. Maxx refuses to believe the police when they decide Jimmy killed himself. Played out against a backdrop of blues and Manhattan bar bands, her quest for his killer takes her deep into his past—and turns up a surprising number of suspects.

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: I play blues guitar and I led my own band for five years. We rehearsed and performed in New York City. I’m also a lifelong mystery fan and a former college English teacher.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?
A: It’s cozy with a twist. It takes the cozy genre out of the parlor and into the streets, but it preserves the cozy’s traditional emphasis on strong plotting, a good puzzle, and minimal, if any, violence.

Q: Is there anything else we should know about this book?
A: Lots of people have told me that reading it sent them running for their blues CDs and made them remember how much they love that musical genre.

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Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: I wrote this book about my beloved sister because she is a unique woman and led such a fascinating life; I wrote it to appeal to adults and the mainstream market. It’s an epic love story/mystery/thriller that ––judging by reviews on Amazon.com––is appealing to men as well as women and more mature teens … people from all walks of life.

Q: What the book is about?
A: This story is part fiction (faction?), but based on the life of my beautiful older sister and her seven marriages. This is from the publisher’s description: ” … sixty-four years–1933 to 1997–of happiness and tragedy. Always searching for her first love and her childhood, the enchanting child/woman captivates many men along the way, each wealthier than the one before … each sending her scurrying back to her childhood home, 1106 Grand Boulevard, a trail of broken hearts in her wake.”

“1106 Grand Boulevard” is the story of passions that last a lifetime; of family love and betrayal; of spousal abuse and sadistic child abuse; a story of Billie Jean’s desperate search for happiness, self-worth, and maturity … a story of people needing people and people using people.”

Q: Why I am the best person to write this book?
A: Since I’ve always been a writer and am the sister of the main character in the book, I’m the only one who could do justice to her complex character … her exciting life.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?:
A: In most love stories the heroine is married only once; how unrealistic is that in today’s world? As award-winning author Frank Nappi said in his review: “The resiliency of Dravis’s heroine, Billie Jean, is indeed refreshing, wonderfully antithetical to the all too common saccharine, off-putting portrayal of many of fiction’s leading ladies.” Nappi is the author of the new sensational novel, The Legend of Mickey Tussler and Echoes from the Infantry.

Q: Is there anything else to know about this book?
A: The title of 1106 Grand Boulevard is the actual Ohio hometown address of the author and the main characters in the book. The cover photo is a picture of her late father, John D. Barger, at age 90, while the home viewed through the car window is 1106. Dravis took the photo when her father drove her and the book’s heroine past the home while they were visiting from California in the 1980s.

For more about 1106 Grand Boulevard and Dravis’s other novels, go to:
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Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: The intended audience is all military personnel and their families, members of law enforcement at any level of government, and anyone who loves a good murder mystery with an exciting and surprising plot.

Q: What is the book about?
A: Becky Lippert and Bobby Garrett con young military men out of their life savings. The attractive and sexy Becky lures them into marrying her before they are deployed. Meanwhile Bobby submits the paperwork to have them declared Killed in Action. They embezzle the life insurance money from the government. Naval Criminal Investigative Services, along with Pat and Joe McKinney are brought in to try to stop these perpetrators from continuing on their vicious crime spree.

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: I am a former Navy Submariner and have seen first-hand this type of situation. The storyline is exaggerated for dramatic effect. It pains and angers me to see our young men and women in service exploited while they’re risking their lives to protect our freedoms.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?
A: Most murder mysteries clearly define the good guys and the bad guys. In this story, you empathize with at least one of the perpetrators due to her upbringing and poor lot in life. Also, the good guys have a past that is tainted. They were not-so-good guys in A Lifetime of Vengeance, the predecessor to A Lifetime of Deception. You don’t need to read the previous story to get full reading pleasure from this book. They are distinctly different stories.

Q: Is there anything else we should know about this book?
A: A Lifetime of Deception is the second novel in the McKinney Brothers Murder Mystery series. The next in the series is tentatively called A Lifetime of Exposure where the McKinney Brothers attempt to track down a murderer who is also the purveyor of covertly obtained pornography.

Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: The intended audience – mystery/suspense readers. All the better if the reader enjoys golf but certainly not necessary.

Q: What is the book about?
A: The story follows PGA tour leader, Reid Clark, down to the Masters where on the last day of the tournament he receives a death threat. He then has to deal with the angst of more threats as he goes to NY to prepare for and play in another tournament. Good food, cigars and a little romance fill the pages making the book a fun summer read.

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: After a high school and college life of competitive sports, I know the ins and outs of many games. I was able to combine my passion for sports and mysteries to create Sudden Death, the first book in my Deadly Sports Mysteries series.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?
A: While there are many non-fiction How To books on golf, there are very few mysteries. Sudden Death’s story is unique.

Q: Is there anything else we should know about this book?
A: I received some strong reviews from a few of the masters.

James Patterson said, “You like golf, you like murder mysteries – - then Sudden Death is your book!”

Clive Cussler said, “Pure fun, pure intrigue. The action never stops till a fascinating climax!”

The Foundation, the second book in my series is being edited now as is The Fix, a college football gambling novel that I’m writing along with ESPN Anchor, Ryan Burr.

Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: Mystery lovers, horse lovers, romance and suspense and lovers.

Q: What is the book about?
A: When the death of a racing stable’s prize horse and his trainer is blamed on the stable’s owner; his son, Adam Blakely, goes undercover convinced that the trainer’s partner, Maggie McGregor is the killer.

Determined to leave the tumultuous world of horse racing, Maggie returns home to try and find peace. When a handsome horse owner moves his horse into her father’s boarding stable and asks Maggie to train his horse, family finances dictate that Maggie accept–and that’s when the accidents begin.

Drowning in deception and lies, Maggie and Adam search for a killer and uncover an insurance scam so insidious, it threatens to rock a horse racing empire and bring the killer to their doorstep.

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: The seed of this story came from a scandal that happened in Northern Illinois about a decade ago. (The Horse Mob) Race horses and show horses were being murdered for insurance money, then the heiress, Helen Brach, disappeared. I had horses up in the same area and knew some of the people who were involved. In the Arms of the Enemy is an entirely different story, none of the characters even remotely resemble any of the people involved. This is a work of fiction. But, I thought the premise of the story needed to be told.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?
A: The only books I know that come from this situation are non-fiction works. I’m sure there are mysteries that have similar themes, but I’m not familiar with them.

Q: Is there anything else we should know about this book?
A: This book is dedicated to those horse lost to man’s greed and inhumanity and to those humanitarians who make it their mission to serve and protect them.

This is my first published novel.

Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: The Ezekiel Code – a metaphysical,  mystery,  adventure thriller – is intended for general audiences from teen to adult and especially those who enjoy the kind of stories told in books and movies like National Treasure, Indiana Jones, The DaVinci Code, The Celestine Prophecy, TheThe X-Files, and even The Matrix and The Thirteenth Floor. If you’re a fan of any of the above then this book’s for you!

Q: What is the book about?
A: Zeke Banyon, a Catholic seminary dropout, runs a large homeless shelter in Seattle’s old waterfront district. Angela Martin, an attractive young anthropology student, comes to work for him as his assistant. Together, they stumble upon a strange kind of code and a cryptic note tucked inside an old book that contains a little known story about an artifact known as the Lost Scroll of Ezekiel. They also discover the mystery involves an ancient prophecy about a catastrophic event that would end all life on our planet. Surprisingly, they also discover this prophecy has a curious tie to the Mayan calendar that will end on December 21, 2012. They find themselves in a race against time to figure out the code and what it means. What they don’t know, but soon discover, is that powerful people – a group of rogue Jesuit priests and agents of the secretive Illuminati, hell-bent on establishing a New World Order – are watching their every move. The action carries Banyon and Angela from Seattle to New York and then to a mysterious little village in the South of France and eventually to a point in the Antarctic Ocean where all the mysteries, trials, twists, and tribulations encountered over the course of many months come to a spectacular down-to-the-last-second climax and a dramatic conclusion.

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: The idea for the book came to me during a conversation with a friend in an all-night diner back around 1997. We were talking about how the first part of the book of Ezekiel in the Bible could be easily interpreted as an encounter with an extraterrestial craft, possibly from another dimension of time and space. My first thought was that the idea would make a great movie project for someone like Steven Spielberg. Then it occurred to me that I could write it as a novel. Having spent years studying and researching a wide range of esoteric subjects, as well as having written several feature articles on related subjects for FATE Magazine I certainly felt qualified to take on the project. But what really makes me the best person to write this book is that the plot device (the “code”, if you will) that drives the story from beginning to end is actually based on my real-life work exporing the possibility that the English alphabet is somehow encoded in such a way that it can be used as a system of gematria (a form of “sacred numerology”, for lack of a better term) as developed and practiced by the Greek and Hebrew priests and mystics of ancient times. Much of what appears in the book was actually derived from the well of data that my work has produced. So, really – now that I think about it – no one else could have written The Ezekiel Code. Apparently destiny chose me for the job.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?
A: There are a few other novels out there that deal with the issue of 2012 and the end of the Mayan calendar. The Ezekiel Code differs from them considerably because of the unique plot device (the “code” mentioned above) that drives the story. It’s all drawn directly from my personal research and development of an English-based system of gematria. This whole idea will be new and unfamiliar to most readers but it’s also completely new and unfamiliar to the two heros in the story too! Believe me, they are totally clueless when their very normal lives are turned upside down by this mystery that suddenly confronts them. Their task is to figure it all out. So the reader can just sit back and go along for the ride because Banyon and Angela do all the work!

Q: Is there anything else we should know about this book?
A: “2012 is coming…The clock is ticking…The code must be deciphered…And only one man can save the planet…If he can just figure out how before it’s too late.”

“Entertaining and enlightening!”
– Jay Weidner, documentary producer and co-author of Mysteries of the Great Cross of Hendaye

“An amazing feat!”
– Peter A. Gersten, editor, PAG eNews

“Synchronicity at its best! A WOW of a read!”
– Ellen George, amazon.com power reviewer

“Exciting, awesome writing!”
– Tuesday Miles, host of Paranormal Talk Radio

Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: I’ve written the book for mystery readers who enjoy amateur sleuth stories, which to me, are a little edgier than cozies, but not gritty enough to be considered hardboiled. Because my protagonist, Alex Bellamy, and his sidekick, Tristan, are twenty-eight years old, my books might also appeal to younger readers who want to read about sleuths closer to their age. I also write for anyone who’d be interested in reading about white-collar crime – in this case computer hacking – and Vancouver, British Columbia

Q: What is the book about?
A: In terms of plot, the book’s about Alex’s attempt to stop a computer hack from permanently encrypting a department store’s data. But the harder he tries, the more the hack ramps up the stakes. People die, buildings are torched, and no one is safe.

In terms of themes – and I really think theme is important – Alex is struggling with an ongoing quest to find his own place in the world. One of the subplots is his anxiety about going to a family reunion in Palm Springs for Christmas because he knows his parents and siblings regard him as the family failure. Adding to this, is an underlying theme about realizing that what you think you’ve wanted and have worked for a long time, might not be what you wanted at all.

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: Three reasons. One, I’ve worked in department stores and know a lot about how they function, and the nickel-and-dime approach to staying profitable. Two, I’ve spent most of my adult life exploring white-collar crime because it’s an area that both intrigues and appalls me. Three, I’ve lived in Vancouver and its suburbs since 1962, and know the area pretty well.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?
A: To be honest, there aren’t many mysteries that focus on white-collar crime. I remember one good one about a hacking that takes place in Silicon Valley, but corporate crime in Vancouver isn’t something others appear to be writing about.

Q: Is there anything else we should know about this book?
A: This is my second Alex Bellamy mystery. The first one, Taxed to Death, takes place eighteen months earlier where Alex, employed by Revenue Canada Agency, discovers fraud on a field audit and the murder of his colleague and friend, Andy.

Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: Adults and young adults, specifically young adult women.

Q: What is the book about?
A: Protection specialist Natasha Chamberlain thinks guarding an English rock star while she tours the Southern states should be easy and loads of fun but a bullet in her leg after the first concert changes her mind. Join Natasha and the dynamic dual Pit and Bigun as they chase a cyberstalker while trying to guard a rock star with a penchant for drugs, sex, shoplifting, and sweets.

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: It’s the third in my series; about an independent, contemporary woman trying to cope with a traditional world. It takes place in Knoxville, TN, my home town.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?
A: My bodyguard experienced date rape and because of this seeks to be stronger, mentally and physically, so she will never be this vulnerable again. She also sees herself as protector of the innocent, animal and human, who cannot fend for themselves.

Q: Is there anything else we should know about this book?
A: Professional reviewers are comparing it to Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series, although my series is Southern. It features a Weimaraner, and proceeds from the sale of the book are donated to a local Weimaraner rescue as well as the local animal shelter. I try with each book to call attention to the abuse and neglect and unnecessary euthanization of animals across America, and encourage readers to adopt or rescue a pet.

Chasing Secrets – available 10/08!
The Bodyguard and the Rock Star – “I just want to know if I can nominate it for some kind of award.” – LAS Reviewer
The Bodyguard and the Show Dog – 2006 Reviewers’ Choice Award, DWAA Fiction Finalist
The Bodyguard - Best First in Series 2005
Chasing Demons – published in USA and Japan
Wayne’s Dead – Myshelf’s Top 10 Reads for 2002, published in USA and South Korea
Chasing Horses – Madcap Award for Best in Romantic Comedy

Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: Readers who love mysteries and who want to see if they can outwit the author and figure out “whodunit.” I believe that readers who enjoy mysteries are smart and like to find out information about new and/or intriguing places, characters and situations that they wouldn’t know or meet in their everyday lives. Consequently, my mysteries are written to entertain and to enlighten in a fun way. My amateur sleuth Bridget O’Hern does what I do in my other grant writing life: assist nonprofit agencies to fulfill their missions. Bridget, 48, is recovering from depression following the divorce and sudden death of her ex-husband. Now, she’s “seeking her bliss,” and stumbling over dead bodies along the way. Of course, being compassionate and smart, she stops to help the investigating police find out “whodunit!”

Q: What is the book about?
A: In Death Stalks the Khmer, the Hahn Lys, a Seattle Cambodian refugee couple, have been found shot and killed in their apartment. The Khmer (Cambodian) community is stonewalling the police investigating the murders because of their bad experiences under Pol Pot’s regime. Bridget O’Hern, a nonprofit consultant, who has worked with the community, is called in to act as a liaison between the police and the community. The refugees whisper that the couple died because of bad karma; Bridget believes their deaths are rooted in the Khmer Rouge times.

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: I’ve worked with the Cambodian refugee community in the Puget Sound area for almost 20 years. And I was the first director of the first Cambodian Episcopal Church in the U.S. Mysteries are set on a three-legged stool: setting, character and plot. The struggle of the Khmer refugee to adjust into Western society while clinging to old, cultural ways was a natural in using those “legs” to develop an intriguing plot.

Q: Is there anything else we should know about this book?
A: Death Stalks the Khmer–though just a mystery novel–has been chosen as a required supplemental reading text in two university classes. A professor of social work and one teaching “Intercultural Communications,” chose this mystery novel because of its insights into a culture not readily understood and because it was an “entertaining read.”

Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: Those who love suspense and romance.

Q: What is the book about?
A: After twenty years, the missing reverend’s car has been found in the water-filled rock quarry…

Madeline Barker has been searching for her father ever since he disappeared when she was only sixteen. And she’s been defending her stepsiblings and the woman who finished raising her for just as long. Although police never discovered a body, almost everyone in Stillwater believes that Madeline’s father is dead. And they think the Montgomerys killed him.

Madeline can’t believe her stepmother and stepsiblings had anything to do with what happened to her father. She’s loved and respected them ever since they became a part of her life. But the discovery of her father’s car proves he didn’t just drive away. And what police find in the trunk indicates there’s even more to the case than murder.

Private Investigator Hunter Robinson isn’t excited to come halfway across the country to the backwoods of Mississippi. At the tail end of a bitter divorce, he’s got enough of his own problems trying to salvage his relationship with his twelve-year-old daughter. He doesn’t want to get involved in anything that might make him “feel” again—and Madeline makes him feel far too much.

But he can’t turn her away. There’s someone who’ll stop at nothing to make sure she never finds the answers she seeks…

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: As a national bestselling fiction writer, I’ve written 28 books.

Q: Is there anything else we should know about this book?
A: Strong characters bring the escalating suspense to life, and the mystery is skillfully played out. Novak’s smooth plotting makes for a great read…
–Publisher’s Weekly

Well written, nicely paced, filled with appealing characters, and laced with a few surprises….
–Kristin Ramsdell, Library Journal

Novak brings her dark-edged, quietly intense, and completely enthralling Dead trilogy to a truly thrilling conclusion with this superbly crafted tale of romance and suspense.
–Booklist