Take Our Word For It!

Having a mini squee to see Sharp Turn listed in the new Allen and Unwin catalogue (see page 2). It’s available with a Take Our Word For It poster!

SHARP TURN

Marianne Delacourt

Tara Sharp, is back in a fun, kick-arse form with an adventure that Janet Evanovich fans will love!
Tara Sharp is at it again. After all the excitement of Sharp Shooter, Sharp Turn sees Tara Sharp’s unorthodox
investigative business starting to attract customers—though not necessarily of the right kind … So it’s a relief when
the man of Tara’s dreams, Nick Tozzi, lines her up with a real job. Something is rotten in the local motorbike racing
industry and an associate of Nick’s has asked him to see if Tara is willing to try and sniff out the bad egg … Tara’s new
assignment guarantees she’s tangled in all kinds of trouble!
Marianne Delacourt is the pseudonym of a successful fantasy author. She lives in Brisbane, Queensland.
Arena 9781742370033 $36.99 tpb CRIME FICTION

Take Our Word For It poster available

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Drum Roll!

Tara Sharp rocking the bike racing!

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Recommended Read (sort of)

I’ve nearly finished Flesh House by Scottish crime novelist, Stuart MacBride. It’s the third of his novels that I’ve read and as much as I absolutely adore his characterisation and writing style, Flesh House was way too graphic for me. I had to skip a fair few sections which spoiled the book. I’d recommend his work for those who like the the hard boiled stuff but if you are a bit squiffy on gory details like me, be warned.

In other news, I’ve handed in my edits on Sharp Turn today. Release is still set for December, and I hope to be able to show you the cover soon.

I’ve confirmed a signing at Borders South Wharf in Melbourne on September 2nd. I’ll be there with a host of other authors, including Trent Jamieson, Jenny Fallon and Pamela Freeman. Times still to be advised.

Closer to release of Sharp Turn, I’ll be out and about a bit around Brisbane bookshops too.

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Goodreads Author

Well, I’m officially a Goodreads Author now: http://www.goodreads.com/mariannedepierres

So if you are on GoodReads make me your friend!

I’m in the final week of finishing Sharp Turn and then its on to the copy editor and into production for a December release. You know what you should be buying for xmas don’t you!

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New Review, New cover

Google alerts brought me a nice new review for Sharp Shooter over at The Southland Times. “This has plenty of humour, real people and action galore. I’m looking forward to the next one in the series.”

I’ve also seen a rough of the new cover and it’s going to be great. Same theme, bright colours, Tara looking like she means business! Can’t wait to share but it needs a few tweaks yet.

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Perth and Syd Nova

Had the most wonderful time at both events. A little disappointed that I couldn’t sell Sharp Shooter in Sydney (due to the copies not arriving) but made up for it in Perth. Big hello to Melissa May, who came by and brought others on recommendation. We love you Melissa! Hoping to have some photos to share soon. Meantime, nose to the grindstone editing Sharp Turn.

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Sharp Turn slated for December release

Well peeps, looks like it will be out earlier than I thought. Make sure you put it on your xmas shopping list. As far as I know, Sharp Shooterwill also be released around that time in small format paperback. Perfect double for someone’s stocking!

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Getting it Right

While I was in Sydney, I spent a fruitful few hours with my editor where we talked over some issues to help the editing/rewriting process of Sharp Turn. Now I’m getting to work to put it all together. Looking forward to molding the story some more.

I’ll be in Perth next weekend for Supanova, and hope to have copies of Sharp Shooter to sell, unlike Sydney :( . I’ll be sitting on the Borders stall.

Meantime, if you’re a Tara Sharp fan, feel free to grab the Get Sharp! widget from the sidebar. You can find it on any page except the home page. Just paste the html code into your website or blog and voila!

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Tara Sharp 2 - Sharp Turn (working title)

I’ve put together a rough blurb for TS2 and have posted it below for you guys:

Things are looking up for Tara Sharp. The boss of a motorcycle racing team has put her on retainer to find out who’s sabotaging his bike ahead of a big race.

And the very wealthy “Madam” Vine wants her girls coached on how to better read their clients. But while Tara’s enjoying a few silver linings, more grey clouds are gathering.

Wal, her narcoleptic security chief is suddenly homeless, and word is that local gang lord Johnny Vogue, has bought a hitman to town to clean up some of his unfinished business. With their previous history, Tara has a fair idea that means her. Working hard and dodging bullets is something she’s getting damn good at.


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