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My interview with “tough
little cookie” Celia Conrad: The British author shares her journey from law to
crime fiction as she endorses Barcham Books holiday launch of “Murder in Hand”
via Amazon KDP E-Book Giveaway (12/13-12/14/14). Distributed by PR.com to relevant newswires and picked up by Broadway World Books News and the BBC Record, among other key sites.
Author: Celia Conrad
Copyright: 2012
Publisher: Barcham Books
Pages: 352
Trade Paperback and All
E-Book Formats
ISBN 13: 978-0954623340
ASIN: B00A1O1YQE
"The greatest pleasures lie in Celia Conrad's refusal or inability to write for the lowest common denominator. Instead she aims for the highest." —Midwest Book Review (Murder in Hand)
On Dec. 13 through Dec.
14, Barcham Books will gift readers with Book 3 in Celia Conrad’s Alicia Allen
Investigates Trilogy (AAI), Murder in Hand (MIH), as a free e-book via Kindle
Direct Publishing (KDP) Select program. “It’s our way of saying thank you and
wishing everyone a happy holiday,” said Barcham Books’ Jane Hall. “We are very
pleased that Midwest Book Review features Murder in Hand this month. Everyone,
it seems, just loves Alicia.”
This cerebral legal
murder mystery turns on Italian international corruption, Puccini and dead
Probate attorneys as it hails the return of Alicia Allen, the potato chip
loving half-Italian London lawyer who never lets her thriving relationship with
a handsome lawyer cohort stand in the way of fingering a culprit.
“The beauty of Murder in
Hand is that it can be read as a stand-alone,” said Hall.
Journalist Marlan Warren
recently sat down with Celia Conrad to discuss her author’s journey from law to
legal crime fiction:
Warren: All the AAI
books deal with the darker side of the legal world. Did you draw from your
experiences as a London attorney?
Conrad: As a solicitor I
met some rather obnoxious people and a few shady/unsavory characters.
Warren: Did you ever
find yourself pursuing a murderer in your law practice?
Conrad: My world is far
less dangerous than Alicia’s, although we do share love for Italian culture and
a crisp that rhymes with “Tingles.” We both like researching and analyzing
complex legal issues.
Warren: The Italophile
Book Review recommended MIH for “Italophiles, Anglophiles, fans of traditional
British mysteries, and fans of cozy-murder-mysteries.” Would you agree?
Conrad: Absolutely. And
I was thrilled when the Readers’ Favorite 5-Star Award Review said Alicia
“should be on the top of every woman’s reading list.” My fan mail shows AAI
readers like strong but not perfect female detectives, and they love the
repartee between Alicia and Alex.
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| Author Celia Conrad |
Warren: Book 1 sends
Alicia through London’s urban dangers. Book 2 takes her to Australia, and Book
3 spans New York, London, Italy and Sicily. Italian culture provides color and
clues. What inspired you to use Puccini in Book 3?
Conrad: When I first saw
Puccini’s opera, Gianni Schicchi, I hoped to use it in a plot of my own, and it
did prove most “handy” in Murder in Hand.
Warren: Can you sum up
Alicia Allen?
Conrad: She’s a tough
little cookie who will stop at nothing.
Warren: And the theme of
MIH ?
Conrad: Forces of
darkness are everywhere.
Warren: What inspired
you?
Conrad: Paul Marsh at
the Marsh Agency suggested my experiences could make good novels.
Book Trailer for Book 1 in the Alicia Allen Investigates Trilolgy: A Model Murder
Book Trailer for Book 1 in the Alicia Allen Investigates Trilolgy: A Model Murder
Conrad: I’ve always
loved the Classics, thanks to my mother who also loved theater. Before she
passed away, we read and acted out scenes from the trilogy.
Warren: This is a
re-launch. Why?
Conrad: AAI never had a
launch because I was caught up in the losses of my mother and Paul Marsh at the
time of publication. Paul thought MIH my best work yet. He said Alicia Allen
deserved to find her audience. That support continues to sustain me.
Contact: Celia Conrad |
Email: barchambooks at btconnect.com
Online Sites:
Amazon U.K.
Amazon U.S.
Author Website
|Alicia Allen Investigates Website
Author Blog | Celia Conrad Author Website
Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/iwrite2b
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