She’s back in Harrison Falls, New York, living with her less-than-law-abiding uncles, in debt thanks to a credit card–stealing ex and pending student loans.Īlong comes the perfect job, a research position that offers room and board, which will allow her to spend her days hunting down rare mysteries for an avid book collector. Jordan Kelly needs a new job and somewhere to live. The crafting is strong with this one.Listed in the Literature category on Art In Fiction, The Christie Curse (2013) is Victoria Abbott's first volume in her Book Collector Mystery series. Speaking of art…being creative is deep in Victoria’s soul, she never comes back from her long Lanark Highland walks without a stunning shot or a scene that will need to be painted or a pinecone that must be glittered and glued to something. When Victoria’s fingers are not on the keyboard they are pointing her Nikon at brides, babies and bad dogs, turning the images into cards, art and memories. Vic the Chic is long gone now, but her many glorious years of gorging on New Releases and used paperbacks sure come in handy when writing a Book Collector Mystery series. She dove head first into the eerie world of Mysteries when she worked at Prime Crime Books for five creepy good years. This is her first collaboration and first novel. Victoria Maffini comes by her murderous tendencies honestly, not to mention her writing skills. She also holds the Crime Writers of Canada Murdoch award. She’s also been nominated for an Anthony, a Barry, and several other Ellis awards. She’s picked up several awards for her short fiction, including three Arthur Ellis awards and an Agatha. Her latest Charlotte Adams book The Busy Woman’s Guide to Murder won the 2012 RT Award for Best Amateur Sleuth. Since those wonderful reading days, MJ has written thirteen books in three mystery series and more than two dozen short stories. Following a career as a librarian (not nearly as quiet as it sounds!), she continued her mystery infatuation by becoming co-owner of her favourite bookstore: Prime Crime Mystery Books, with her business partner, Linda Wiken. She also learned how wonderful and varied crime fiction can be. They could have saved a bundle if only they’d realized who they were dealing with. Later in libraries, she found that people would pay her to select mysteries. MJ discovered mysteries as a child and read her way through the classics. What’s not to love? Plus anyone who has ever made her mad has ended up in a book. She can take her breaks with her husband and the pooches in the dog park and it’s no one’s business but her own. And she gets to write in her pyjamas if she wants, with her miniature dachshunds, Daisy and Lily, snuggled up. After all, she gets to work at home in her cozy office - or at her roomy dining room table or on her deck in summer - writing what she has always loved to read: mysteries. Mary Jane Maffini thinks she’s the luckiest woman in the world. Ourselves as we began the adventure of writing the Read More. Would anyone be alive by the end? That's what my daughter Victoria and I asked Victoria Abbott | Could you write a mystery with your daughter? How about your mother? Were asking ourselves when we contemplated the fifth book Read More. Is it safe to let characters loose in a new setting? That was the question we Victoria Abbott | A beautiful place, but is it safe?
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