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Exposé! available now! Exposé! - the third adventure in the Vicky Hill mysteries, is in stores now!
Welcome to my website and the home of the Vicky Hill mysteries. I always like to introduce an unusual British pastime or profession in my books. After all, we Brits have a reputation for being eccentric! In A VICKY HILL EXCLUSIVE! we meet the hedge jumpers; in SCOOP!, I explore the ancient technique of hedge laying www.hedgelaying.org.uk and now in EXPOSÉ!, it’s snail racing! Yes - thanks to a friend of mine whose ancestors gambled away their entire family fortune, snail racing is a hugely popular sport. Every year, the World Snail Racing Championships are held in Congham, Norfolk - www.scase.co.uk/snailracing. Incidentally, Archie still holds his 1995 world record of covering a 13-inch course in a staggeringly fast, 2 minutes. On another note, the reference to the Beast of Bodmin is also based on fact. Summary of Exposé! It’s snail racing season in the small town of Gipping-on-Plym. And obituary writer Vicky Hill is racing, too—to solve a mysterious death. When an early-morning call wakes Vicky from the arms of her dream man, reality had better be worth it—and it is. An anonymous tipster tells her about the secret funeral of local celebrity Scarlett Fleming—coordinated by her husband, Doug. The entire town is baffled by the sudden death and oddly discreet funeral. After all, Scarlett was never one to stay in her shell. Vicky's suspicions heighten when she learns of the Flemings' shaky finances—and that Doug has almost as many admirers as Scarlett had enemies. While canvassing suspects and juggling three suitors, Vicky must stay one step ahead of a killer once she realizes she's no longer writing an obituary—she's writing an expose! Hannah's Twitter Feed Scoop!  From the author of A Vicky Hill Exclusive! comes a delightful and dizzy new mystery with a sleuth like no other...
Scoop! Description: Obit writer Vicky Hill suspects foul play when she learns of a suspicious death: a champion hedge cutter, electrocuted after accidentally slicing through a power cable. Yeah, right. To get the real story Vicky’s willing to suffer through bad dates and mortal danger. The book is available now, and will be released in Kindle version as well. Check out the many new features on the site surrounding the release of "Scoop!", including a look at the new characters, the setting, and of course what you've been waiting for: a preview of chapter 1! A Vicky Hill Exclusive!  Aspiring investigative journalist Vicky Hill faces two challenges. The first is to escape the stultifying boredom of funeral reporting for the Gipping Gazette by making a career-enhancing front-page splash. The second is to lose her virginity-a heavy burden for a woman of twenty-three.Vicky's chance for a scoop comes with the discovery of three grisly chicken corpses, which are bizarrely connected to the unusual death of elderly Sir Hugh, the local hedge-jumping enthusiast. As Vicky delves deeper into village affairs, she is thrilled to find the sleepy English market town harbors more than its fair share of secrets. Yet Vicky has a secret of her own. As only daughter of The Fog-a notorious criminal, currently on the run in Spain-enlisting the help of the police is never an option. If that wasn't enough, rival reporter, the voluptuous Annabel Lake, thinks nothing of using sexual wiles to gain vital information and thwarts Vicky's efforts at every turn. With hooded figures meeting at midnight, a stash of stolen silver and a rising body count, Vicky discovers she has opened Gipping's Pandora's box. Casting safety aside and with only her pluck, wit and determination to fall back on, Vicky must decide just how far she is prepared to go to clinch the story of a lifetime.  |
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