Crime Thriller for free

Debut novelist, Luke Murphy was a guest on Magic of the Muses (Rink Rat to Writer) back before his DEAD MAN'S HAND hit the bookshelves and now revisits us with some insider info on his popular crime thriller. 

The best news is, for a limited time, DEAD MAN'S HAND is free. Check out the details.

Welcome back, Luke!

My International bestselling crime-thriller, DEAD MAN’S HAND, is FREE, from June 26-28. I’ve been so happy with the success and reviews since releasing my debut novel back in October. DEAD MAN'S HAND hit International Bestselling status almost overnight.

"Part police procedural, part crime fiction, Dead Man's Hand is a fast, gritty ride."

—Anne Frasier, USA Today bestselling author of Hush

There are so many crime-thriller writers and so many books in the genres that competition is at an all-time high. Many people have asked what makes my story so special and who would enjoy my book.

Why will this novel generate an audience?

- Dead Man’s Hand has tension and excitement as a result of the action taking place in a single week.

- The African-American protagonist is not stereotypical. While his race is significant, he does not moralize about the issue or his situation. 

- The “find out who framed you to save yourself” plot has a twist in that Watters researches the crime online, primarily using analysis of character rather than physical evidence.

- Point of view is easy to follow but engagingly complex, with scenes from the perspectives of Watters, the detective, the cheating wife, and a hired assassin. 

Who is my MAIN target audience and why?

- Thriller readers looking for an atypical thriller hero—an African-American who is no saint.

- Sports fans will be fascinated by Watters’ struggle to recover his decency and win, a kind of Blind Side story with little sentimentality and few illusions.

- A Las Vegas setting—the world of The Hangover movies and many youth films like Bridesmaids—will appeal to 20s-30s readers.

- Watters’ romance with a former prostitute will appeal to younger female readers.  The marital tension between Detective Dayton and his wife will interest adults. Both men and women will enjoy the twist on the femme fatale figure of the murderer’s lover, who has her own schemes.

Get Dead Man’s Hand for FREE

 

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What happens when the deck is stacked against you…

From NFL rising-star prospect to wanted fugitive, Calvin Watters is a sadistic African-American Las Vegas debt-collector framed by a murderer who, like the Vegas Police, finds him to be the perfect fall-guy.

…and the cards don't fall your way?

When the brutal slaying of a prominent casino owner is followed by the murder of a well-known bookie, Detective Dale Dayton is thrown into the middle of a highly political case and leads the largest homicide investigation in Vegas in the last twelve years.

What if you're dealt a Dead Man's Hand?

Against his superiors and better judgment, Dayton is willing to give Calvin one last chance. To redeem himself, Calvin must prove his innocence by finding the real killer, while avoiding the LVMPD, as well as protect the woman he loves from a professional assassin hired to silence them.

Reviews:

"You may want to give it the whole night, just to see how it turns out."

—William Martin, New York Times bestselling author of Back Bay and The Lincoln Letter

"Dead Man's Hand is a pleasure, a debut novel that doesn't read like one,

but still presents original characters and a fresh new voice."

—Thomas Perry, New York Times bestselling author of Poison Flower

Get it FREE!

  http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B009OUT2ME/?tag=viewbookat04-20

Luke Murphy lives in Shawville, Quebec with his wife, three daughters and pug.

He played six years of professional hockey before retiring in 2006. Since then, he’s held a number of jobs, from sports columnist to radio journalist, before earning his Bachelor of Education degree (Magna Cum Laude).

Murphy`s debut novel, Dead Man`s Hand, was released by Imajin Books on October 20, 2012.

For more information on Luke and his books, visit:

www.authorlukemurphy.com 

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AuthorLukeMurphy 

Twitter www.twitter.com/#!/AuthorLMurphy

Thank you, Luke!

A reminder about my psychological thriller SCHRÖDINGER'S CAT

 “...a mind-bending roller coaster ride”

In my dreams, dead is....

I'm heavy into revisions of the third novel in BackTracker series which deals with gangs and drugs and the violence that accompanies that combination. So perhaps it wasn't any wonder that I dreamed a young lady was telling me about some locals who were smuggling cocaine across the border for a gang.

Sometimes gangs will pay people without criminal connections (referred to as 'mules') to carry drugs in their baggage when travelling, believing their innocent backgrounds will help them clear security easily or if not, so what, really? The gang loses a few dollars to the mules and a few ounces of the white stuff to border patrol and carry on.

"Do they realize how dangerous smuggling drugs is?" I asked the lady.

"It's a risk they are willing to take."

"They could end up dead! Gangs are violent, dangerous, ready to exact revenge or retribution at the drop of a hat."

"They know, but they find it exciting."

"The drug world is so violent! They could end up dead so easily! Do they realize that?"

"They know it's risky."

"Yeah, they know it's risky but do they understand dead?" I ask, my passion increasing with each word. "Do they understand that dead is not being able to cuddle your child. Dead is never again seeing a sunset!" I'm really winding up now. "Dead is not hearing the whisper of the summer wind in the poplar leaves!" I'm at the cabin for the weekend. The sun is rising, my window is open. The birds are stirring. It's 3:30 a.m. "Dead is--"

And I woke up missing my mom.

Rae Rita Fairbrother Roycraft
13 February 1918 - 23 June 2013.

Eileen Schuh, Author
FATAL ERROR
Schrödinger's Cat
THE TRAZ

Get hooked on a series for £1.32  $1.99

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Wanna be a beta reader?

I need some beta readers. What is a beta reader? Someone who’s not a relative or a close real-life friend. Oh, and not a writer. Someone who likes to read.

Beta readers get to read an author’s work before it is published. Sometimes they read it before anyone else does (aside from the author.) In that case, maybe we should call them alpha readers. However, we don't. Well, according to Wikipedia some of us do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_reader

Beta readers get to tell the author if they like the story or not.

Wanna be my beta reader?

Here’s what’s up for grabs:

The sequel to FATAL ERROR, tentatively entitled PLEASE WAIT FOR ME (or, alternatively FIREWALLS).

You do NOT need to have read the previous books in the series. It won’t affect your enjoyment of the story, promise. My young protagonist, Katrina, was a teen in the first two books and they are marketed for kids her age. In PLEASE WAIT FOR ME she is an adult and the book is written for adults. 

Here’s what you must be willing to do for me:

• You must promise not to copy the manuscript or let anyone else read it without my permission.
• You must be able to read the entire book and get back to me by July 31^st. This is a fairly long book. Longer than my young adult novels, THE TRAZ and FATAL ERROR,  but close to the word count common in adult novels. (114,000 words).
• You must like crime fiction, action and adventure, with romance mixed in. (No overt sex/erotica. It’s all about love...mostly.) There is rough language including the ‘f’ word. 
• You must be willing to read an ecopy which I will email to you. (So you must give me your email address)
• When you are finished reading the manuscript, in addition to emailing me a short report on your feelings about the story you must be willing to answer a few questions from me (Did you like the ending? What was your favourite part of the story? What was your least fave? Etc.)
• You must be willing to give me an honest over-all assessment of the novel.

 What you aren't required to do, but what I won’t mind at all if you do 

• Proof read

• Suggest changes to writing, story, plot, characters, etc.

 Keep in mind you are reading this novel before it has gone to the editor so there will be typos, grammar errors, etc. You must be able to read the story without those things affecting your opinion of it.

What you get in return:

• Traditionally, beta readers are not paid. I follow that tradition 
•  I usually give thanks to my beta readers in the forward of the novel when it is published
• You get to read what I think is a great story. If you’ve been following my series, you’ll be among the first to know—“What happened next?”

If you, or someone you know, wants to beta read, please email me at eileenschuh@yahoo.com

Thank you!

Eileen Schuh, Author
FATAL ERROR
Schrödinger's Cat
THE TRAZ

Wanna be a beta reader?

I need some beta readers. What is a beta reader? Someone who’s not a relative or a close real-life friend. Oh, and not a writer. Someone who likes to read.

Beta readers get to read an author’s work before it is published. Many times they read it before anyone else does (aside from the author.) In that case, maybe we should call them alpha readers. However, we don't. Well, according to Wikipedia some of us do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_reader

Beta readers get to tell the author if they like the story or not.

Wanna be my beta reader?

Here’s what’s up for grabs:

The sequel to FATAL ERROR, tentatively entitled PLEASE WAIT FOR ME (or, alternatively FIREWALLS).

You do NOT need to have read the previous books in the series. It won’t affect your enjoyment of the story, promise. My young protagonist, Katrina, was a teen in the first two books and they are marketed for kids her age. In PLEASE WAIT FOR ME she is an adult and the book is written for adults. 

Here’s what you must be willing to do for me:

• You must promise not to copy the manuscript or let anyone else read it without my permission.
• You must be able to read the entire book and get back to me by July 31^st. This is a fairly long book. Longer than my young adult novels, THE TRAZ and FATAL ERROR,  but close to the word count common in adult novels. (114,000 words).
• You must like crime fiction, action and adventure, with romance mixed in. (No overt sex/erotica. It’s all about love...mostly.) There is rough language including the ‘f’ word. 
• You must be willing to read an ecopy which I will email to you. (So you must give me your email address)
• When you are finished reading the manuscript, in addition to emailing me a short report on your feelings about the story you must be willing to answer a few questions from me (Did you like the ending? What was your favourite part of the story? What was your least fave? Etc.)
• You must be willing to give me an honest over-all assessment of the novel.

 What you are NOT required to do, but what I won’t mind at all if you do 

• Proof read

• Suggest changes to writing, story, plot, characters, etc.

Keep in mind you are reading this novel before it has gone to the editor so there will be typos, grammar errors, etc. You must be able to read the story without those things affecting your opinion of it.

What you get in return:

• Traditionally, beta readers are not paid. I follow that tradition 
•  I usually give thanks to my beta readers in the forward of the novel when it is published
• You get to read what I think is a great story. If you’ve been following my series, you’ll be among the first to know—“What happened next?”

If you, or someone you know, wants to beta read, please email me at eileenschuh@yahoo.com

Thank you