HER EVERY MOVE
By Kelly Irvin
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Pages: 352 pages
Pub Date: February 9th, 2021
Categories: Christian / Romance / Suspense
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He’s a cop trying to stop a serial bomber. And she’ll stop at nothing to clear her own name.
When a deadly bomb goes off during a climate change debate, librarian and event coordinator Jackie Santoro becomes the prime suspect. Her motive, according to Detective Avery Wick: to avenge the suicide of her prominent father, who was accused of crimes by a city councilman attending the event.
Though Avery has doubts about Jackie’s guilt, he can’t exonerate her even after an extremist group takes responsibility for the bombing and continues to attack San Antonio’s treasured public spaces.
As Jackie tries to hold her shattered family together, she has no choice but to proceed with plans for the Caterina Ball, the library system’s biggest annual fundraiser. But she also fears the event provides the perfect opportunity for the bomber to strike again.
Despite their mistrust, Jackie and Avery join forces to unmask the truth—before the death toll mounts even higher.
Bestseller Kelly Irvin is back with a nail-biting romantic suspense where nothing is certain until the very last page.
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Praise
“A gripping story that will have you on the edge of your seat until ‘The End.’” —Patricia Bradley, author of The Logan Point Series, Memphis Cold Case Novels, Natchez Trace Parkway Rangers series
“Explosive, tender, and races all the way through!” —Jennifer Graeser Dornbush, author, screenwriter, and forensic specialist
How has Texas influenced your writing?
I’m actually from Kansas, but I moved to Laredo after graduating from the University of Kansas with a degree in journalism in 1982. I spent 3 semesters as an exchange student in Costa Rica and I wanted to use my Spanish. Six years of border journalism taught me so much about the history and culture of this region. Another 34 years in San Antonio has made me feel like a Texan. The city, with its history and cultural diversity, is a perfect setting for romantic suspense novels.
What was the hardest part of writing this book?
I’m a seat-of-the-pants writer. That means I don’t do an outline. That can be very problematic when writing romantic suspense. I know what the crime was, who my heroine is, and sometimes, who did it. But nothing in between. I do a lot of revising. I’ll have an epiphany in the shower and have to change my trajectory. But it’s fun and I love it when characters show up and I’m totally surprised by their presence.
Which character from your book is most or least like you?
I took great pains to create Jackie Santoro as her own person. She’s a millennial and I’m a boomer. I had to think like her. She eats from food trucks, texts instead of calling, drinks fancy coffee drinks, and does DIY projects. She was a college basketball star, very athletic, and a sports fanatic. We do share a love of books, libraries, and cats.
Are you a full-time or part-time writer? How does that affect your writing?
I had to retire from my day job for health reasons five years ago. Now I’m living my dream of being a full-time writer. It allows me to spend my days in my office talking to imaginary people and making up stories with them. When I was in public relations, I arrived at work at 6:30 a.m., wrote until 7:45 a.m., then wrote for an hour at lunch, if I could, and wrote weekends. I had two kids to raise and a husband. It was crazy. Now I’m an empty-nester and free to write everyday.
What are some day jobs that you have held? Have any of them impacted your writing?
I was a reporter, which gave me a lot of information about law enforcement. Then I switched to public relations, which is helpful when it comes to promoting my books—an important part of my job as a published novelist. One part-time contract job that turned out to be super helpful was proofreading court transcripts for court reporters. I learned all about autopsies, crime scene investigation, forensic evidence, witness interrogation, and more.
What do you like to read in your free time?
All the time. I love reading mystery, suspense, and romantic suspense. I read binge-read all of Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch mysteries last summer (about 20 of them) and all of J A Jance’s P.J. Beaumont mysteries as well. I love losing myself in a good mystery. And it’s interesting to see how these authors have developed and grown their character as they age over time.
What projects are you working on at the present?
I just turned in my next romantic suspense novel. It’s entitled Trust Me. The heroine owns a shop in La Villita historic art district in downtown San Antonio. It involves two murders that happened ten years apart.
Bestseller Kelly Irvin is the author of 28 books, including romantic suspense and Amish romance. Publishers Weekly called Closer Than She Knows “a briskly written thriller.” The Library Journal said of her novel Tell Her No Lies, “a complex web with enough twists and turns to keep even the savviest romantic suspense readers guessing until the end.” The two-time ACFW Carol Award finalist worked as a newspaper reporter for six years on the Texas-Mexico border. Those experiences fuel her romantic suspense novels set in Texas. A retired public relations professional, Kelly now writes fiction full-time. She lives with her husband professional photographer Tim Irvin in San Antonio. They have two children, three grandchildren, and two ornery cats.
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