30
SECOND DEATH
A
Tobi Tobias Mystery #2
by
Laura Bradford
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Pub
Date: 7/11/2017
To
help an old friend, Tobi Tobias gets a third-rate thespian a part in
a commercial, and learns that in the advertising business, bad acting
can lead to murder . . .
When Tobi Tobias
opened her own advertising agency, Carter McDade was there for her
every step of the way. A brilliant hairdresser, Carter has just
landed his dream project: doing hair and makeup for a theatrical
production of Rapunzel. But the dream turns into a nightmare when he
runs into Fiona Renoir, a cruel, talentless starlet who won’t let
Carter touch a hair on her head.
To get Fiona out of
Carter’s hair, Tobi hires the difficult actress for a bit part in
her latest commercial. But true to character, Fiona is a terror on
set, and Tobi is starting to think she’s made the biggest mistake
of her life. But things get even worse when Fiona drops dead in the
hairdresser’s chair, and the only suspect is the man left holding
the tainted hair dye, Carter McDade. And unless Tobi can prove his
innocence, he’ll never do hair in this town again.
Laura
Bradford is
also the author of the Emergency Dessert Squad Mysteries,
including Silence
of the Flans and Éclair
and Present Danger,
and the national bestselling Amish Mysteries, including A
Churn for the Worse and Suspendered
Sentence.
Under the pen name, Elizabeth Lynn Casey, she writes the Southern
Sewing Circle Mysteries, including Wedding
Duress and Taken
In.
She lives in Yorktown Heights, New York, with her husband and their
blended brood.
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EXCERPT:
Familiar Faces
By Laura Bradford
(30 Second Death—Tobi
Tobias Mystery #2)
One of my favorite parts of writing a series is the way the
characters become like old friends. Between books, when I’m not actively
writing a particular group of characters, I often times find myself wondering
what they’re doing, where they’re hanging out, et cetera.
Sometimes, when I’m in the car for a while, one of them
invariably starts chattering in my head. I try to tell myself this is just my
writerly muse helping me plot. But the part of me that’s been writing mysteries
for a lot of years knows it’s more that. You see, these characters are real to
me, just as they are for my readers. I know what makes them tick, what upsets
them, and what they want more than anything else in the world. They make me
laugh, they drive me up a wall on occasion, I miss them when they’re not
around, I get sick of them when we’ve spent too much time together, and they make
me feel like I always have a place with them.
This has never held true more than with the characters in my
Tobi Tobias Mysteries. There’s something about Tobi that is easy to connect
with. She’s very real. She makes mistakes, she puts herself down, she’s
impulsive in some ways, and methodical in others. And her friends? I want to be
their friend, too. They’re funny, quirky, always happy to provide a reality
check when necessary, and fiercely loyal. And to me, that’s a huge part of this
series: Tobi’s friends. Sure, she’s the main character, but the people in her
world (Carter, Mary Fran, Sam, Andy, Grandpa Stu, and even Rudder Malone) help
humanize her and make her shine—just like the core people in our lives do for
us.
So if you’re looking for a little fun and an opportunity to
hang out with a really cool crew for a few hours, give my Tobi Tobias Mysteries
a try. Death in Advertising (Book # 1) and 30 Second Death (Book # 2) are both
available now.
This sounds like fun and, I do love a bit of fun in the stories I read.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, Linda.
DeleteThanks for sharing! -Janet @ Silver Dagger Book Tours
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