MYSTERY Self Published Print Length: 304 pages
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A Murder, A Child Missing, & A Young Woman Determined To Find The Truth …
Something weird’s happening. It’s too
quiet, at least for Brooklyn, so twenty-two-year-old Fina Fitzgibbons is
not surprised when she stumbles upon a throttled woman in the heart of
Brooklyn Heights and discovers that the dead woman’s four-year-old
grandson is also missing. She begins a wild hunt for the
strangler-kidnapper, Ralph. During the chase, she resists falling in
love with her boyfriend, Denny, an NYPD patrol officer, steps on the
toes of Detective First Grade Jane Templeton, and uncovers secrets about
her own past. In the end, Ralph has a deadly surprise for Fina.
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From The Birdhouse Interviews Susan Russo Anderson:
When
did you realize you wanted to be a writer? I’ve always thought word stringing
was a great place to be, but after my husband died nine years ago, I got bitten
by storyline and started to write mysteries.
What was your favorite book as a child? Great question. Favorite book of all time: Fell in love with Paris through the hobo in A Family Under the Bridge. But there were lots of writers and books I loved: whoever wrote the Nancy Drew books, as well as Georges Simenon, Ross MacDonald, Agatha Christie, James Joyce (not that I understood him when I was ten, but I loved the sound of language), T.S. Eliot, lots of early twentieth-century American writers, even Hemingway. Love love love A Moveable Feast.
What was your favorite book as a child? Great question. Favorite book of all time: Fell in love with Paris through the hobo in A Family Under the Bridge. But there were lots of writers and books I loved: whoever wrote the Nancy Drew books, as well as Georges Simenon, Ross MacDonald, Agatha Christie, James Joyce (not that I understood him when I was ten, but I loved the sound of language), T.S. Eliot, lots of early twentieth-century American writers, even Hemingway. Love love love A Moveable Feast.
What
is your writing day like? I get up in the morning and write which I
do until noon. I work on two
books at one time, writing a first draft in the morning, editing in the
afternoon. After editing, I market (work on a marketing plan). When I take a
break, I walk, which is how I plot or listen to a book or music. I read in the
late afternoon until dinner. While watching TV, I tweet and Facebook.
Do
you have any interesting writing quirks? No, I’m pretty boring. Just consistent.
What
was the most surprising thing you learned while creating this book? The book takes
place in Brooklyn where I lived for fifteen years in the
late 1980s until 2002. When I started the book, I hadn’t been back, but as I
wrote, it was like I’d never left. I could feel the rumble of the subway around
Clark Street, smell the ocean
(aka, fish), feel the wind, the planks beneath my feet while walking across the
Brooklyn Bridge. Toward the end, I
made a visit, a physical visit, and it was the same: Brooklyn was me and I was Brooklyn. So I learned you
can be anyplace you want to be in your head: i.e., free.
Who
are your favorite authors? Love P.D. James, Flannery O’Connor, Hilary Mantel,
Margaret Atwood, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Agatha Christie,
Virginia Wolfe, Reginald Hill, Val McDermid, Anne Tyler, Anne Perry, Ann
Cleeves, Ann Beattie (if you want your daughter to be a writer, name her Ann),
I know I’m leaving someone out.
What
is your next writing project? I just finished the first draft of the
fourth Fina Fitzgibbons Brooklyn mystery and I’m starting a new mystery, also
set in Brooklyn but it might be a new series, I don’t know
the protagonist yet. She might be Maddie, a ten-year-old I created (or who
created me) in Whiskey’s Gone.
Susan Russo Anderson is a writer, a
mother, a member of Sisters in Crime, a graduate of Marquette
University. She’s taught language arts and creative writing, worked for a
publisher, an airline, an opera company. Like Faulkner’s Dilsey, she’s
seen the best and the worst, the first and the last. Through it all, and
to understand it somewhat, she writes. Too Quiet in Brooklyn, the first book in the Fina Fitzgibbons Brooklyn mystery series, published December 2013. The second book in the series, Missing Brandy, about a missing teen, published September 2014, and Whiskey’s Gone, about the abduction of a single mom, completes a trilogy. The working title of the fourth is Dead in Brooklyn.
Author Links:Website: http://susanrussoanderson.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Susan-Russo-Anderson/349374975075796
Twitter @SusanRussoAnder
Purchase Link Amazon
Giveaway:
One lucky winner will win an eBook copy of Too Quiet in Brooklyn.
6 comments:
As a Brooklyn native a mystery set there perfection.
This one sounds like a fun, easy read!
Definitely the type of book I enjoy!
Sounds like a good read. Thanks for the chance to win this book.
This sounds fabulous, the perfect Summer read to take to the beach or on vacation!
sounds like a great book! thanks for the review!
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