I’m pleased to present debut author, Deena Alexander to the blog. I picked up Deena’s book from my local library and read it in one sitting. A fantastic debut novel – full of suspense and just the right amount of romance.
DEENA ALEXANDER – inspirational romantic suspense
DEBUT TITLE RELEASE: Crime Scene Connection
DEBUT RELEASE DATE: December 1, 2020
Her writing was fiction, until a killer made the danger very real…
A serial killer’s imitating crime scenes from Addison Keller’s bestselling novel, determined to make her the final victim. But with former police officer Jace Montana and his dog at her side, Addison might just be able to unmask the murderer. With time running out as the killer closes in, she must confront her past and unravel long-buried secrets…and hope they can all escape with their lives.
READ AN EXCERPT:
“No. Oh no.” Addison Keller scrolled past picture after picture, fear choking her. Oh, God, please don’t let this be happening again.
“What’s wrong?”
She jumped at her agent’s voice and fumbled the phone. “Uh…”
No way could she tell Ron about the email. He was already freaked out enough about the death threats she’d received. “Nothing. Just upset about all of this.”
“Stay where you are. I’ll be there within the hour.”
“No, Ron…wait. I—”
“Listen to me, Addison. This isn’t a joke. I don’t know exactly what’s going on, but a news reporter has already made the connection to you, and the police can’t be far behind. They’ve already questioned you once, about the last murder, do you really want to deal with them again?” The pitch of Ron’s voice increased with the volume.
She scrolled back up to the first image. The email contained twelve photos. In the first two, the victim—if Addison allowed herself to think of the victim as a woman, she’d lose her battle against nausea—was still alive. The other ten had been taken after she was killed, the crime scene all too familiar, since Addison had created it in her novel.
“Ron, I don’t—”
“I’m already in the car, but even in the middle of the night, with no traffic, it’ll still take me an hour to get there.” His heavy breathing faded in and out over the spotty cell phone connection. He muttered something unintelligible. “I’ll never understand why you insist on living all the way out on Long Island.”
She ran a shaky fingertip over the woman’s hair on the computer screen. The same long dark hair as the rest of the victims Addison had conjured up. Guilt hammered her. If she hadn’t written that book, the killer might never have chosen these victims.
ABOUT DEENA
Deena grew up in a small town on eastern Long Island where she lived until last year when she relocated to Clermont, Florida with her husband, three children, son-in-law, and four dogs. Now she enjoys long walks in nature all year long, despite the occasional alligator or snake she sometimes encounters. Her love for writing developed when her youngest son was born and didn’t sleep through the night.