Sunday, June 09, 2013

What is Victoria Houston reading?

The current featured contributor at Writer's Read: Victoria Houston, author of Dead Insider.

Her entry begins:
I always have several books underway and my taste is definitely middlebrow (i.e. I am allergic to Oprah’s Book Club). Two days ago I finished Julian Barnes’ The Sense of An Ending, which I had started reluctantly after a pal forced it on me. I really enjoyed it! A very personable and engaging narrator got me into the book immediately. I have to admit that the ending left me...[read on]
About Dead Insider, from the publisher:
In the midst of a catastrophic August rainstorm, a grisly discovery shatters the serenity of a summer evening in northern Wisconsin. Moving quickly to prevent a panic among tourists, Loon Lake Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris enlists the forensic and interrogation skills of her close friend and fellow fly fisherman retired dentist “Doc” Osborne. Within hours of launching their investigation, they find themselves faced with a national media circus as Loon Lake becomes the focus of a murderous scenario that links the murder to the race for the U.S. Senate by a woman who is heir to a Northwoods fortune and other, less savory, family traditions.

Meantime Doc Osborne’s eldest daughter, Mallory, enters into a relationship that may put her life at risk — unless her father and Chief Ferris can find the killer stalking the residents of Loon Lake.
Learn more about the book and author at Victoria Houston's website.

The Page 69 Test: Dead Insider.

My Book, The Movie: Dead Insider.

Writer's Read: Victoria Houston.

--Marshal Zeringue