Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Release Date: March 27, 2013
Publisher: Red Adept Publishing
Description:
Obsession is the dark side of love.
Iris Avery and her best friend, Estella, spend their time drowning in the empty excesses indulged in by their crowd of Upper East Side snobs until Estella’s sudden, shocking death. Iris searches for answers in everything from philanthropy to hypnotherapy, feeling her existence is nothing more than a dark half-life full of guilt and repentance, but finds only endless questions. And several of them revolve around her when she discovers she’s connected to a high-profile murder. Later, Iris begins hearing Estella’s voice whispering cryptic commentary in her head, and she can’t help but wonder if the hypnotherapy has been helping or hurting. Is her friend trying to warn her about something? Bizarre packages pile up on her doorstep, and their meaning is obvious: Iris’s secrets aren’t so secret after all.
Somehow ‘I can’t think of anything—I’m not creative’ offended my mother’s sensibilities, because she said, ‘Stop lying. You’re perfectly creative. You liar.’
Anyway, I’ve heard somewhere that nothing keeps a relationship on its toes as much as animated debate. Isn’t it lucky then, that my mother and I agree on absolutely nothing.
Think of it as combining utter disagreement on everything, ever, with the fact that I am an odd twenty-something with dyed brown hair (what’s wrong with blonde, eh? Says my mother. You just can’t stand having the same hair color as me, RIGHT?!) and a firm belief in reality and logic, and then the fact that she is a lunatic, and I think we’d be headed in the right direction.
Our most recent arguments include:
a)Which way to drive to the store. The distances were exactly the same. It was the principle, for God’s sake.
b)The best way to cut an apple.
c) Gun control.
d)What my character thinks. (this one always amuses me, because how would she know, when I WAS THE ONE WHO MADE THEM UP IN THE FIRST PLACE.)
e)Who started That Argument.
While I’m on that train of thought, I’ve realized there are many arguments we’ve had over arguments. Who started That Argument is a favorite of ours, a good old go-to fall back on when we’re out of things to discuss. One thing I’ve noticed about women is that they never stick to the current argument at hand. An argument that started over Who Started That Argument suddenly morphs into one about how once, when Melissa was fifteen years old, she ran the car into the garage. When the garage door was shut. Which is obviously a foolish thing to do, but it wasn’t what we were arguing about! She swerves around from topic to topic, while I frantically follow along, shouting my logic, but when I do, she isn’t on that subject anymore.
And, when I tell her to stick to the argument, I get this:
“I’m not arguing—you’re the one that’s fighting. I’m having a discussion.”
I’m gritting my teeth just typing that line out. It’s almost as annoying as when I tell her I can’t locate my sunglasses, and she responds with, ‘Well have you LOOKED for them?’
I’m beginning to wonder if most of my characters are motherless for a reason.
Since she saw him in her favorite movie Snatch, Melissa has wanted to marry Jason Statham.
When she's not writing, she can be found watching endless hours of Dexter or looking up random things on Wikipedia.
www.lissasimonson.wordpress.com
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This looks like a great read! Thanks for the giveaway!
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Looks intriguing! Thank you!
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