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    Now You Die

    By Christiane Heggan

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    About this ebook

    When cartoonist Zoe Foster stumbles across a woman's lifeless body in an alley beside her New York office, she does what any good, civic-minded citizen would do: she calls 911. But when the police arrive, there's one small problem: the woman is gone.

    Without proof of foul play, the police dismiss her concerns, but like Kitty Floyd, P.I., the heroine of her popular comic strip, Zoe is not easily discouraged. Her curiosity is piqued even further when she learns that the missing woman, Lola Malone, was a singer at Blue Moon, a nightclub owned by Zoe's ex-husband, Rick Vaughn.

    Trying to set aside their differences, the two team up in an effort to find Lola. But the search turns hazardous when Zoe comes up with a new story line based on the singer's disappearance, and immediately becomes a killer's target. All evidence points to one of her fans, an individual who seems to know her every move, and who will do whatever it takes to stop Zoe from finding out the truth.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarlequin MIRA
    Release dateJul 15, 2014
    ISBN9781460361948
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    Now You Die
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    Christiane Heggan

    I was born and raised in Nice, France. Though I now realize that the French Riviera is one of the most beautiful places on earth, at the time I hated it. My best friend and I used to dream of someday moving to Paris, or London, or even Rome. We weren't sure how we'd survive once we got there, but that didn't stop us from dreaming. Then I met my first boyfriend and the wanderlust vanished, at least for a while. Years later, as I was finishing my second year at the University of Nice, I met an American serviceman, married him and moved to the U.S., all in the space of seven months. Lake Charles, Louisiana, was a little farther than I wanted to go, but I was young, in love, and adventurous. But far from being the fairy tale I had imagined, those first few weeks on American soil were a nightmare. I didn't speak a word of English, I couldn't cook, and I had never held a broom in my life. Clearly, something had to be done, and I had to be the one doing it. A year later, the situation had changed dramatically. I spoke English fluently, I had learned how to cook, and I had the cleanest house on the block. I even signed up for a course in creative writing. I wasn't sure why. I needed something to do other than polish the molding, and a writing course sounded like fun. My years as a U.S. Air Force wife kept me busy. Besides residing in Louisiana, California, Delaware, and New Jersey, I also lived in Germany, Morocco, and Spain. It was during a tour of duty in Spain that a friend told me the base paper was looking for a reporter and I would be perfect for the job. At first I thought she was crazy. Sure I had taken a course in creative writing, but I knew absolutely nothing about journalism. However, by the time Gretchen was finished telling me about the job, I wanted it so badly that I was willing to bluff my way through an interview. In the editor's office the following day, I lied shamelessly, inventing credentials I didn't have, naming publications that didn't exist and convincing myself I'd end up in purgatory for all my lies. Much to my surprise, the editor gave me a try-out assignment and a three-o'clock deadline the following afternoon. I had less than 24 hours to conduct an interview I had no idea how to conduct, write an article in a manner that was totally foreign to me and get it back to the editor by the time specified. Fortunately for me, luck was on my side, or maybe it was just meant to be because the following day I arrived at the editorial office on time, with my manuscript neatly typed and my fingers crossed. A half hour later I was hired as the new feature writer for the Torrejon Raider. It wasn't until my editor was reassigned to the U.S. that I learned I hadn't fooled him one bit with my phony background. He knew I was lying, but he looked at me as being gutsy rather than deceitful and that's the reason he decided to give me a try-out assignment. If I did a good job, he'd trust his instincts and hire me. If I botched it up, it would be sayonara, baby. His parting words to me at his going-away party were: "Hang in there, kiddo. I have a feeling you'll go far." My second husband, Bob, is responsible for my career as a novelist. He knew I wanted to do something different with my life and he suggested I write a book. At first the idea sounded as ludicrous as Gretchen's suggestion years earlier that I become a reporter. Then I remembered how that turned out and thought, Why not? What have I got to lose? Many novels later, I'm finally convinced that writing women's fiction is my true calling. I often think of that editor, though, and how instrumental he was in my becoming a writer. If it hadn't been for his faith in me and those last few words, I might never have had the nerve to take my husband's suggestion seriously.

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    • 3/5
      This is the first Christiane Heggan book I have read. It wasn’t to bad of a story. I did have some issues. Lola Malone’s body is found. Zoe, her friends and the cops are investigating the crime. Zoe’s father; who was involved with the mob and has been thought to be dead for 30 years, is introduced into the story. You then assume Lola’s murder is going to have something to do with the mob, well it turns out the whole mob story had nothing to do with Lola’s murder or nothing to do with Lola’s killer at all. Very confuessing. I was not happy to learn who the killer was, he was a character I liked from the start of the book. I didn’t like what happened to Zoe’s father, I think they deserved to have a chance to get to know each other again. I thought the climax was weak, but I did enjoy the conclusion.