Reason
To Die
by
Debbie De Louise
Genre:
Crime Mystery
Someone
is strangling disabled people in the small town of Baxter,
Connecticut. Detective Courtney Lang and her ex-partner and ex-lover,
wheelchair-bound Bill Thompson, are paired up again and put in charge
of the investigation.
During
the search, Courtney uncovers information that points towards a
connection between the murders and an unsolved series of muggings by
a masked man, the same man who shot and disabled Bill a year ago on
the night he proposed marriage to her.
Complicating
matters for Courtney is her guilt about Thompson's shooting, her
affair with her new partner, Mark Farrell, and her unresolved
feelings over the deaths of her mother and sister who perished in a
fire when she was away from home.
As
the deaths accrue and the “Handicapped Strangler” as the killer
is coined by the press continues to rampage the town adding victims
of different ages, sex and disabilities to the murder count, Courtney
discovers a clue that could crack open the case but may put her and
Bill's life in jeopardy.
My
name is Debbie De Louise. I am a reference librarian at a public
library on Long Island and the award-winning author of the Cobble
Cove mystery series. I have a B.A. in English and an MLS in Library
Science.
My
first novel, a paranormal romance, "Cloudy Rainbow"
(Booklocker 2008) received an honorable mention in the Writer's
Digest self-published awards. I wrote that book after my beloved cat,
Floppy, died from diabetic and liver complications. The book is
dedicated to him, and he is featured as a character in it. I have
recently signed with my publisher to reprint this book, and it will
soon be available as a paperback as well as an eBook.
My
second novel, the first book of the Cobble Cove Mystery series, "A
Stone's Throw," (November 2015) was published by Limitless
Publishing, LLC. It is the story of a widowed librarian who visits
her husband's hometown and finds a new love with the town's newspaper
publisher but also discovers some alarming truths about her husband's
death and its connection to the publisher and his family. Along with
a variety of characters, there is also a cat and dog who play minor
but interesting roles in the novel. The second Cobble Cove Mystery,
"Between a Rock and a Hard Place" was released in October
2016 by Solstice Publishing and a reprint of "A Stone's Throw"
with an additional chapter was published in March, 2017. The third
book of the series, "Written in Stone," was released in
April, 2017. I've also published a romantic comedy novella, "When
Jack Trumps Ace."
I'm
currently working on a standalone mystery, Reason to Die, and have
several other writing projects planned for 2018 including a new cozy
mystery series along with the fourth volume of the Cobble Cove
mysteries.
I'm
a member of International Thriller Writers, Sisters-in-Crime, the Cat
Writer's Association, and Long Island Authors Group and have
published articles in Cats Magazine and Catnip (Tufts University
Veterinary Newsletter). I won the Glamour Puss special award from
Hartz Corporation for my Catster.com article, "Brushing your cat
for bonding, beauty, and better health," (June, 2016). My short
mystery, "Stitches in Time" was published in the Cat Crimes
Through Time Anthology, (1999). I have also published several other
short stories of various genres in Solstice anthologies. I live on
Long Island with my husband, daughter, and our cat, Stripey.
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