Via Facebook Thursday April 23, 2020 7:30 PM Central
Please Join Spiny Woman Press and Lisa M. Lilly for a Facebook Online Book Release Party for The Fractured Man (Q.C. Davis Mystery No. 3).
Video tours of settings featured in the Q.C. Davis mysteries
The author reading Chapter 1
Online Quiz from The Worried Man
Quille C. Davis' Favorite Whiskey Sour recipe
and more!
Share your favorite cocktail recipe, tea flavor (Quille also loves tea), Chicago-based mystery, or phot...
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Q.C. Davis Mysteries
The Fractured Man (Q.C. Davis Mystery No. 3) Cover Reveal
The cover for The Fractured Man (Q.C. Davis Mystery No. 3) features the Chicago Temple Building.
The 21-floor gothic skyscraper in the heart of downtown Chicago is home to Seminar, a shadowy company whose key leader is dead.
The prime suspect is a long lost friend of Quille C. Davis. In a desperate midnight call, he begs Quille to help.
The Fractured Man - coming November 4, 2019.
Visit here or the Q.C. Davis series page for updates.
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Q.C. Davis Mysteries In Large Print
One thing I love about ereaders is that I can adjust the font size to make it bigger. (It's especially key now that I need reading glasses.)
But sometimes I really prefer a paperback book.
That's why I decided to create Large Print paperback editions of the first two Q.C. Davis mystery/suspense novels.
The Worried Man (Q.C. Davis 1)
The night before they plan to move in together, Chicago stage-actress-turned-lawyer Quille finds the man she loves dead in his apartment.
Suspicious o...
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The Corner of Ida B. Wells and Wells
In a scene in my novel The Worried Man, main character Q.C. Davis becomes disoriented. She uses Congress Parkway as her guide to get back home. Chicago recently renamed that street Ida B. Wells Drive.
The name change reflects changing times, yet shows how slowly change occurs.
The City And The Street
The short street now known as Ida B. Wells Drive forms the border between downtown Chicago and the Printers Row neighborhood just south of downtown where I live.
It's a street a lot of C...
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Smarter Characters Than Authors?
As a reader, I often wonder how much of the characters I love are based on their authors' lives.
I imagine Sara Paretsky as an outspoken champion of those who struggle, just as is her character V.I. Warshawski. I wonder whether John Sandford has a lot in common with Lucas Davenport, the main character in his Prey novels. (Maybe better if he doesn't, depending which one you're reading.)
I wish I could live in Three Pines and want to visit the town in Canada Louise Penny modeled it after.
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Release of The Charming Man: A Blizzard, A Killer, A Missing Woman
The Charming Man (Q.C. Davis 2)
It's new release week for the latest novel in the Q.C. Davis suspense/mystery series.
As a blizzard rages through Chicago, a killer lurks in the halls of an isolated apartment complex on the river's edge.
And Quille must find a missing woman before it's too late.
Buy Today:
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P.S. Haven't read Book 1, The Worried Man, yet?
You can start with The Charming Ma...
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Release Day: Audiobook Edition of The Worried Man
Thanks to Blunder Woman Productions and narrator Angela Dawe, The Worried Man, the first book in my new Q.C. Davis suspense/mystery series, released today in audiobook format.
More about The Worried Man (Q.C. Davis 1):
She loved him, but did she know him?
The night before they plan to move in together, Quille finds the body of the man she loves dead in his apartment. Police point to his failed medical career and past alcoholism as evidence of suicide or accidental overdose. His ex-wi...
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Accidental Discoveries About City Of Chicago Landmarks
In my work in progress, main character Quille searches for a missing woman while trapped in the iconic Chicago apartment complex River City, which might or might not be a Chicago landmark. (The novel is The Charming Man, Book 2 of my Q.C. Davis series.)
Built in 1986, River City has always reminded me of the cylindrical many-windowed building that the cartoon family the Jetsons lived in.
If you’re too young to remember, The Jetsons featured a space-age family that got around in flying ...
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Pride, Prejudice, and Patience a/k/a Really, I Still Have This Cast?
Launching my latest novel, Book 1 in a new mystery series, while dealing with a broken foot has forced me to confront some things about myself. For instance, I discovered I'm a pretty impatient person.
I can also be my own worst enemy when it comes to living in my head.
What ifs and worst case scenarios are great for fiction writing. And for foreseeing possible problems when you're representing a client in a lawsuit. Not so good for mental health.
So here's what I've learned. Or at ...
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The Debut Of Q.C. Davis a/k/a The Worried Man Is Here!
The Worried Man (Q.C. Davis Mystery No. 1) released yesterday--with a little less fanfare than I'd planned. Turns out getting around and getting work done is a little challenging with a broken foot.
As a result, my Coming May 1 postcards will be going out after May 1.
Maybe that will capture more attention?
Regardless, I'm really excited about the release.
If you like mysteries, especially ones set in Chicago with female sleuths (says the diehard V.I. Warshawski fan), I hope you'll c...
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