Featuring Sgt. Micki Li (SLICE); and those sizzling sleuths, Eja Kane and Deming Swann. (SWANN DIVE; MANTRAP; GILT TRIP & SWANN SONG)
Boston evildoers beware: Bellbridge Books has launched three new crime busters whose steely determination and mad detective skills are kryptonite to all felons.
Micki is a no nonsense cop who follows the rules and always gets her perp. Eja, a mystery author uses her instincts and creativity to go where no sensible civilian dares to go. Fortunately Deming is an attorney who bails her out when things go awry.
Q- Micki, what do you think about civilian involvement in homicide investigations?
A – Involvement is too nice a word. I call it interference and I won’t stand for it. Taxpayers expect professionals to solve crimes not amateurs. That’s what they pay us for.
Q – Wow! That’s a strong reaction. What about it, Eja?
A – Sometimes an amateur can do things that police officers like Micki aren’t allowed to.
A – (Micki interrupts). That’s precisely what I’m talking about.
Q- Any reaction, Mr. Swann?
A – (Deming Swann). I agree with Sgt. Li. Eja should stick to fiction. Plus, she drags my mother into her schemes too. It’s dangerous.
Q – You have a partner, don’t you, Sgt. Li? How does that work?
A – (Micki Li) I trust my partner with my life. All cops do. We work as a team.”
A – (Eja). Exactly. Just like Deming and me. And my mother-in-law too.
(Deming throws up his hands in disgust. Micki snorts.)
Q – Micki, in SLICE, you tangle with some really bad guys, carry a gun, and manage a kids’ baseball team. That must keep you in shape.
A – (Micki) I also run and work out at the police gym. Part of the job.”
Q – Eja, what about you?
A – (Eja. Looking sheepish). I’m allergic to sweat. Mostly I starve myself. Deming is the gym rat.
A – (Deming). Eja thinks about exercise and then writes about it.
Q – This is for all of you. What’s your preferred method for solving crimes?
A – (Micki). I’m constrained by the law and police procedure but I also use my instincts. All good cops do. That’s how criminals are caught and punished.
A – (Eja) All my favorite literary sleuths are amateurs too. Miss Marple, Lord Peter and Harriet Vane, Amelia Peabody. I could go on and on. They rely on brains and cunning and so do I.”
Q – Deming—what’s your reaction?
A – (Deming sighs). You don’t want to know.
Q – Thanks to all of you. Readers can follow the exploits of our crime fighters in these novels from Bellebooks:
SLICE (Micki Li mystery #1) by Mary Jo Kim
SWANN DIVE (A Boston Uncommons mystery);
MANTRAP (Boston Uncommons mystery #2) GILT TRIP & SWANN SONG
by Arlene Kay