Today's post is a Super Book Blast for The Vigilante by Jacqui Morrison, a Mystery book available now from Lachesis Publishing, Inc. As a Book Blast, it will not include an interview or blog post, but will have the blurb, an excerpt and a brief bio of Jacqui Morrison. I will also post links to the participating blogs for you to visit and increase your chances of winning Jacqui's prize of Loose Tea and Chipnuts, awarded to two randomly drawn commenters during this tour and the Virtual Reviews Tour combined. Please leave your e-mail address when you comment.
I am Jacqui Morrison. I started writing poems and short stories as
a child. I also enjoyed public speaking in elementary school and at University.
In High School, a great teacher, Lenore Hawley, inspired me and in 1995 I
pursued my life-long passion for writing.
My career is a complicated
web and includes: owning an ice cream parlour and fine food shop, teaching
life-skills management to adults, teaching computer applications, social
service work and marketing.
From 1994 to 2003, I assisted survivors of domestic violence in
both criminal and family court as a support worker. I’ve always had a strong
interest in law and justice.
I love to write and I am happiest writing or encouraging others to
fulfill their writing dreams. I facilitate writing seminars for Canadore
College and various agencies.
I live in northern Ontario, Canada with my daughter Alison, my
husband Wayne, and a three-legged dog named Willow. Our daughter has convinced
us to adopt four cats so Felix, Sasha, Nikke and Angel round out our family.
Angel, at four-months-of-age was abandoned by its owner and we rescued her in
-15 degree weather.
Alison has a future in politics, animal rescue work or sales …
because I’m not really a cat person and she’s persuaded me to adopt four.
My parents are the late Drs John and Irene Morrison. Mom was a
family physician and a competitive swimmer. My father worked for the Provincial
Parole Board. Dad enjoyed to write fictional stories in his spare time. He was
my mentor, my editor and my hero. I have one sister named Trish. She is a
competitive swimming coach. Trish resides in southern Ontario with her husband,
four children, two dogs and a cat.
In our spare time we like to cruise Georgian Bay on our boat or
spend quality family time.
Her Website: http://jacquimorrison.ca/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jacqui.morrison
Blurb for The Vigilante
It isn’t safe
for men who work in the porn business in the city of Toronto.
When porn
producer Sal Turbit is found dead in his apartment, no one seems to care. No
one, that is, except Detective Lynette Wilton. Lynette has been a homicide
detective for only three months, and has yet to earn her stripes.
Murder is murder
no matter who the victim is—and Lynette is out to catch a killer.
Could the killer
be Wanda Chambers, a mentally ill woman who hates the “scumbags” who prey on
the vulnerable? Wanda’s beloved sister, Cathy, was one such woman. Cathy became
a porn actress and then took her own life when her sleazy manager/boyfriend,
Gil Lee, wouldn’t let her go.
Lynette’s
sergeant doesn’t think it’s possible. Wanda has a debilitating illness. But
Lynette believes that Wanda’s hatred and harsh childhood make her a prime
suspect, and she proves it by catching Wanda in the act of attempting to shoot
Lee.
Renowned defense
lawyer Maxine Swayman takes on Wanda’s case; Maxine has a different view of the
accused. She wants to help Wanda get the help that she needs, and it’s not
going to happen in a prison cell.
As the trial
proceeds, will Maxine prevail and save Wanda, or will Lynette be able to tie Wanda
to Turbit’s murder as well?
"Morrison
knows how to create suspense! She brings readers on a roller-coaster ride that
leaves you breathless from start to finish!" —Trey Anthony, star and
producer “Da Kink in Da Hair”
Excerpt from The Vigilante
Chapter 1
“Hey,” Sal said, “come on
in. You’re right on time. Good to meet ya.” He left the visitor in the living
room of his shabby apartment in a grungy, low-rent building, and slipped into
the kitchen. The metallic pop of a beer bottle opening echoed in the other
room. Then another.
Six empty beer bottles, a
heaping ashtray, and assorted marijuana paraphernalia were already strewn
across his table. The grandfather clock struck four times. Sal stumbled back
into the room. “I got you a beer.”
Glassy-eyed, Sal said, “I’ve
got lots of great products for you to move today.” He showed the visitor the
cover of a DVD. “This one is new. It’ll sell out. She’s a real sweet thing.
Told me she was eighteen ’n had the ID to prove it. Likely just some little
tramp from nowhere-ville. Came to the big, bad city for excitement––”
The metal felt cool as the
visitor pulled out a gun.
“What the hell?” Sal
screamed, just before the bullet penetrated his skull.
He fell onto the sofa, blood
oozing out the back of his head. His face was contorted, almost angry looking.
Certainly surprised.
The spent cartridge from the
handgun ricocheted against a metal garbage can––reminiscent of the pop of a
beer cap––and then landed on the carpet.
The murderer studied the
victim’s splayed body, feeling a sense of elation and satisfaction. Out came a
Swiss Army knife, and the killer wordlessly hacked off a section of Sal’s hair,
stuffed it into a small plastic bag, and then threw it into a knapsack. The
killer then picked up the half-spilled beer that Sal had been handing over when
the shot was fired. Perfect. Grinning, the murderer chugged the beer, retrieved
the spent cartridge, and smugly looked at Sal Turbit’s still body, now surrounded
by pooling blood.
Still wearing leather
gloves, the murderer put the beer bottle and hot metal bullet charge into a
knapsack and fled, smiling, into the dense night.
Hmmmm, sounds like one for my 'to-buy' list for sure.
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2: Worlds of Possibilities
3: Sharing Links and Wisdom
4: Queen of All She Reads
5: Bunny's Review
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10: Bookgirl Knitting
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12: Wicked Readings by Tawania
13: My Odd Little World
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15: Hope Dreams. Life... Love
16: Reading In Twilight
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18: Musings and Ramblings
19: The (Mis)Adventures of a Twenty-Something Year Old Girl
20: Read Your Writes Book Reviews
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