This week was great. First, I got the Kirkus review for
Swiftshadow, Book 3 of the Spies Lie series by DS Kane:
"In the third installment of Kane’s (DeathByte, 2014, etc.)
Spies Lie series, a covert operative–turned-fugitive must use her formidable
intellect to figure out who betrayed her to terrorists.
Brilliant young economist and computer hacker Cassandra
Sashakovich takes a job working for an unnamed U.S. intelligence agency,
feeding false economic reports to terrorist organizations and hacking into
their financial resources. However, when a mission in Riyadh goes terribly awry
after her cover is blown, Cassie finds herself being burned by the agency and
left for dead. Utilizing every shred of her considerable ingenuity, Cassie goes
into hiding and starts a secret consulting firm, hoping she can dig deep enough
into the world’s dirty laundry to figure out who might be the agency mole that
gave her up to the terrorists in Riyadh. What she discovers shocks her and
forever changes the way she sees international intelligence. Teaming up with
rogue security analyst Lee Ainsley and an army of mercenaries, Cassie decides
to get revenge—both on the terrorists who destroyed her life and the U.S.
government that let them... In Cassie, Kane has created a female
protagonist who bears a striking resemblance to the girl with the dragon
tattoo, Lisbeth Salander, from her extraordinary hacking talents and
resourcefulness to her fluid sexuality and tendency to be targeted by evil men
who underestimate her ability to survive... “Cassie felt his hand touch
her robe, slip inside, and grope her breast, squeeze a nipple. When his other
hand reached between her legs to stroke her, her legs grew unsteady.”
...the high stakes and dizzily paced action will hook genre
fans from the first page. — Kirkus Reviews"
Andrea and I were in Washington DC for the 4th of July, watching the fireworks outside the White House. Then on to Manhattan for THRILLERFEST!
CraftFest was very insightful, but Thrillerfest itself was Amazing. Kathy Antrum had been after me
for over a year to attend, telling me I'd make some important connections. And,
I did. I think it was a bit overwhelming. Meeting Lee Child, Steve Berry, Karen
Slaughter, John Sanford, Kevin Hurley, Andrew Mayne, Dr. Richard Krevolin,
James Scott Bell, David Corbett, Brenda Novak, John Raab, Myles Knapp, Simon
Toyne, Anthony Tata, Andy Harp, Samuel Octavius, Tom Young, among so many
others. It made me a better writer. Thanks, Kathy!
