Fiction Addiction

1175 Woods Crossing Rd. #5
Greenville, SC 29607
864-675-0540
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Store Hours:
10am-6pm
Mon-Sat
 
www.fiction-addiction.comJuly 25, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CONTACT:
Jill Hendrix
Fiction Addiction
864-675-0540
[email protected]
http://www.fiction-addiction.com 

Launch Party for South Carolina Author Susan Boyer  

Greenville, SC, July 25, 2013 - Join us for the launch of the second book in South Carolina author Susan Boyer's  Agatha Award-winning Liz Talbot series, Lowcountry Bombshell  (Henery Press, paperback, $15.95, on sale 9/3/13), at Fiction Addiction on Saturday, September 7th, at 4:00pm. Refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public.    

 

Private investigator Liz Talbot thinks she's seen another ghost when she meets Calista McQueen. She's the spitting image of Marilyn Monroe. Born precisely fifty years after the ill-fated star, Calista's life has eerily mirrored the late starlet's -- and she fears the looming anniversary of Marilyn's death will also be hers.

Before Liz can open a case file, Calista's life coach is executed. Suspicious characters swarm around Calista like mosquitoes on a sultry lowcountry evening: her certifiable mother, a fake aunt, her control-freak psychoanalyst, a private yoga instructor, her peculiar housekeeper, and an obsessed ex-husband. Liz digs in to find a motive for murder, but she's besieged with distractions. Her ex has marriage and babies on his mind. Her too-sexy partner engages in a campaign of repeat seduction. Mamma needs help with Daddy's devotion to bad habits. And a gang of wild hogs is running loose on Stella Maris.

With the heat index approaching triple digits, Liz races to uncover a diabolical murder plot in time to save not only Calista's life, but also her own.
 

About the author:  

Susan Boyer

Born and raised in Faith, North Carolina,  Susan Boyer was blessed with a quintessential small-town childhood. She's had a life-long love affair with books, and is grateful to have been gifted with an over-active imagination. Susan was one of those children whose teachers were always telling her mamma that her talents needed to be "channeled." She's been making things up and writing them down her whole life.

Susan took a sampler's approach to education. She attended N.C. State University, Catawba College, and College of Charleston. She has a long list of majors, one of which was English. Unfortunately, none of the above institutions could be convinced that her hodgepodge of credits-though impressive in number-merited awarding Susan a degree. 

Because computer programming offered a steady paycheck, Susan practiced that art for a while, then segued into systems analysis, and later project management. 

But her day job interfered with her writing habit, so in 2004, Susan had to give up rush hour, project plans, and staff meetings. She declared herself unemployable by any other means and has spent her days writing and daydreaming too much in her pajamas ever since. Susan is the recipient of Relief Journal's editor's choice award in fiction and has been recognized by the Carrie McCrary Memorial Literary Awards program. 

She served on the board of directors for the South Carolina Writers' Workshop 2006 - 2009, and was chairperson for the organization's annual conference 2007 - 2008. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and Romance Writers of America� (Kiss of Death, Palmetto Romance Writers, and Golden Network chapters).

Susan's first book, Lowcountry Boil, won the 2012 Agatha Award for Best First Novel and was a USA Today and Fiction Addiction bestseller.


 

     
      
If you cannot make the signing, you can reserve a personalized copy of Lowcountry Bombshell by contacting Fiction Addiction in advance at 864-675-0540 or at [email protected].
 

ABOUT FICTION ADDICTION - Fiction Addiction is a local, woman-owned, independent bookstore established in 2001. The store carries a mixture of new and used fiction and nonfiction, including children's books, as well as gift items. We have recently moved to a new, bigger location at 1175 Woods Crossing Rd.

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