Marta Stephens's Blog – November 2008 Archive (4)

Work the Clues!



The Devil Can Wait

Another Sam Harper Crime Mystery

by

Marta Stephens





Nine bodies, a cursed relic linked to a Christmas Eve prophecy, and no suspects. While homicide detective Sam Harper hunts down the guilty, YOU can track the clues in “The Devil Can Wait” for a chance to win an autographed copy of “Silenced Cry,” the book that launched the Sam Harper Crime Mystery series and received honorable mention at the 2008 New York Book… Continue

Please mark your calendar for the following!



November 10, 2008 10 AM ~ Interview on COFFEE WITH AN AUTHOR, an interactive, live Internet talk-radio show on http://blogtalkradio.com/i-just-finished. COFFEE WITH AN AUTHOR is live every Monday at 10 AM (CST). The show is hosted on BlogTalkRadio by www.Ijustfinished.com.



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So if you get a chance on Monday morning, grab a cup of… Continue

Review of THE DEVIL CAN WAIT, a novel by Marta Stephens

Reviewed by Harry Hughes, author of THE BAIT SHACK



Literarily speaking, the murder mystery genre has been excavated so thoroughly that one wonders how any author, emerging or seasoned, might find a way to put new spin on the unrepentant dastards who commit crimes, and the noir… Continue

It’s snowing again. Big wet flakes plunge from the evening sky to the streets below. From my fourth floor window the scenery looks as peaceful as the pictures on the Christmas cards Emma keeps on her desk. But the new layer of snow reminds me of the bodies piling up in the morgue. I close my eyes—each victim’s face flashes before them.



I curse under my breath and try to make sense of the killings.



Superstitions and biblical prophesies—old wives’ tales told to scare the… Continue