We did it! Last night KILL ZONE hit the Amazon Top 100! And you know what that means: THREE police officers will receive scholarships for forensic training and $3,000 dollars to charity via the Buy a Book, Make a Difference program!
When you look into the mirror this morning, smile knowing that you are a Hero! I hope it makes the smile last all day for you…I know it will for me!
The coolest thing is that the narrator sounds exactly like the Lucy in my mind! Here’s more about her:
LAUREN ROTH is an New York City based actress. NYC credits: Play Nice! (59E59), Reckless (The Gallery Players), Sex & Violence (Mint Theater), Lavender Lizards and Lilac Landmines: Layla’s Dream(New Federal Theater), Land Escaping (The Flea) Tape (Medicine Show Theater), Billy Carver and the Children in Mind (Manhattan Theater Source, 2011 NYIT Best Performance by a Supporting Actress nod), Rhinoceros (UglyRhino). TV: 30 Rock. Lauren studies improv (UCB, PIT) and is a “Regular” company member/ writer for Project Theater’s monthly show OUR BAR (ourbarnyc.com). MFA: University of Florida. For more information visit www.LaurenJRoth.com.
BREAKING NEWS: Suspense Magazine has selected KILL ZONE as one of their Best Books of 2012!!! (yes, that’s three exclamation points worth of wow-o-wow!)
WARNING: the Lucy Guardino FBI Thrillers are NOT for the faint of heart! They depict adult situations, realistic violence with consequences, and delve deep into the darkness of the human heart and mind.
Here’s what readers said about Lucy’s first adventure in SNAKE SKIN:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great FBI Story: “Very well researched with most details spot on. It is a compelling story. The characters were real, to the point of reminding me of an agent, who, was every bit as dedicated, smart, and fearless as Lucy Guardino. I highly recommend it.” ~Mark B. Lewis, Former FBI Special Agent
Lucy’s back! In a story ripped from the headlines, the violence is the worst she’s ever seen, the stakes are higher than ever, and then…things get personal.
It’s a vicious, horrific crime: the brutal killing of a teenaged girl. When Pittsburgh detectives call FBI Supervisory Special Agent Lucy Guardino to the scene, their focus is on who and why?
Was it the girl’s Afghan father striving to regain his honor after she became too Westernized? Her Jewish boyfriend? Someone from Afghanistan settling an old grudge? Or one of the many drug cartels the father helped the DEA bring down seeking revenge?
Former Marine Sergeant Andre Stone has been home a month, but he has yet to leave the safe haven of his grandmother’s house—other than to go to his appointments at the VA’s burn clinic. Andre’s disfiguring physical scars are the least of his worries. The emotional wounds of seeing his men massacred in a DEA raid gone horribly wrong have left him a walking dead man, numb to anything.
All he can think about is revenge. On Rashid Raziq, the man behind the raid. When Andre is offered a chance at vengeance, the only question left is: How far will he go to get it?
The answers seem clear when Pittsburgh becomes engulfed in flames as a violent narcoterrorist turns the city into a kill zone…But in the dark of night, surrounded by men intent on destroying the truth, Lucy and Andre both learn that secrets hide in shadows.
Think you have what it takes to handle Lucy? Order KILL ZONE today. Available in ebook, trade paperback, and coming soon in audio.
I’m thrilled to be a part of the new Killer Thriller Collective!
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For Readers Drowning in E-Books, Author Collectives Offer a Lifeline
Detroit, MI August 31, 2012 – In an ocean of self-published titles, two questions surface: How can readers find quality e-books, and how can authors of quality e-books find readers?
Before Amazon’s Kindle changed the face of electronic publishing, in 2006, 51,237 self-published titles were printed as physical books, according to the data company Bowker. Last year, Bowker estimated that more than 300,000 self-published titles were issued in either print or digital form.
How can readers sift through hundreds of thousands of self-published titles to find quality e-books that will be worth their investment of money and time?
Author collectives such as the recently launched “Killer Thrillers” provide one answer. All 22 Killer Thrillers members are award-winning, bestselling, and internationally published thriller authors committed to bringing high standards and professional quality to their self-published works.
Of the 163 self-published titles currently featured on the Killer Thrillers website, many first appeared in print. Others are original e-books. All are written by talented, experienced thriller authors who’ve proven they know how to tell a ripper of a story by winning major awards, becoming regional, national, and international bestselling authors, and seeing their novels translated and published in other countries. Some of the Killer Thrillers titles have also been optioned for television and film.
New York Times bestselling author David Morrell, christened “the father of the modern action novel” for his iconic creation, John Rambo, lists 15 self-published e-books on the Killer Thrillers website including First Blood, the title that introduced the world to John Rambo, The Brotherhood of the Rose, the basis for a television mini-series, and his other Rambo books.
“I’m in the process of archiving my entire 40-year output of novels, essays, short stories, and non-fiction works as e-publications,” Morrell says. “E-books are wonderful for authors. No more out-of-print titles.”
Killer Thrillers authors include Brett Battles, Raymond Benson, Sean Black, Robert Gregory Browne, Blake Crouch, Karen Dionne, Timothy Hallinan, Katia Lief, CJ Lyons, Bob Mayer, Grant McKenzie, David Morrell, Boyd Morrison, J.F. Penn, Keith Raffel, J.D. Rhoades, Jeremy Robinson, L.J. Sellers, Zoë Sharp, Alexandra Sokoloff, Mark Terry and F. Paul Wilson.
Imagine the thrill you’d feel saving a child’s life or helping a small town
police department receive cutting edge forensic training.
A year ago (almost to the day) I wrote and asked you to help me make a dream come true. You responded by sending BLIND FAITH to #2 on the New York Times Bestseller list.
It was the greatest moment of my career, a true life changing event for me.
Now, with the release of the new edition of BLIND FAITH(revised with a new ending for a character so many of you fell in love with!) I want to aim even higher.
This time I want us to change the world!
(After all, that’s the main reason why I write Thrillers with Heart–and why Ibecame a Pediatric ER doc in the first place–to change the world and make adifference)
For once, I’m not giving away free books or other swag.
This time I’m giving away cash to three worthy causes. And YOU get to decide how much money they get.
*If BLIND FAITH hits either Amazon or BN’s top 100, I’ll donate $1,000 each to St. Jude’s Children’s hospital, Doctors without Borders, and the American Heart Association.
*If BLIND FAITH hits the top 20 at either Amazon or BN, I’ll double the donation.
AND if we drive BLIND FAITH to the USA Today or New York Times bestseller lists, I’ll donate a total of $5,000 to each charity…PLUS I’ll fund an additional three police officers from underserved areas to attend training at the Sirchie Forensic Institution.
(Oh yeah, that last is kind of a secret..I’ve sent several officers to Sirchie this year on a scholarship fund I set up in memory of Jeff, my murdered friend from my internship year…I don’t like to publicize it, but if you know a department that needs help, you can read more about it HERE)
Please help any way you can: Buy a copy for yourself or a friend (hey, the holidays are right around the corner!), share this newsletter with everyone you know, or simply Tweet or Facebook the following:
Buy a Book, MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Help @CJLyonswriter & friends donate to St. Jude, Drs w/o Borders & Am. Heart Assoc. Here’s how: https://cjlyons.net/?p=2761
I know, it’s a lot of money (gulp!) but you all have done so very much for me, I’m thrilled to be able to give something back!
Check it out! SNAKE SKIN, the first of the Lucy Guardino FBI Thrillers, is now available as an audiobook!
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