Diane Fanning

Texas novelist & true-crime writer Diane Fanning (The Trophy Exchange) will sign & discuss her second Lucinda Pierce novel, Punish the Deed (Severn House; $27.95). When children's charity worker Sharon Flemming is brutally murdered and a note found by her mutilated body bears the ... (more)words "I was left behind," Lucinda Pierce must track down this violent killer before he strikes again. And when a series of notes are also left on her car windshield, she knows this has got personal. Comfort comes from a most unlikely source but can only lead to further complications.

"I'll be teaching a writing class, WRITING A BOOK PROPOSAL THAT SELLS. You don't need to write your non-fiction book before you get a contract. Here's how to pull together a book proposal that will make agents and publishers smile and put money in your pocket. Join me at the Oak Hill library branch in ... (more)Austin, Texas on Thursday, September 4 at 7pm."

"Houston mystery writer Diane Fanning will sign & discuss her 2nd novel, The Trophy Exchange (Severn House; $27.95). Lieutenant Lucinda Pierce is going through dark times. An accident left her blind in one eye and with a horribly scarred face. And then, she is involved in the death of a three-year-old ... (more)boy in a shoot-out on the wrong side of town. When she is cleared of any wrongdoing by Internal Affairs, Lucinda returns to the homicide beat. Here, she faces her biggest challenge yet-a crime scene with all the earmarks of a serial killing. Matters aren't helped when the person who tops her list of possible suspects is a respected surgeon whose history of international volunteer work places him beyond reproach in the eyes of many. In her new novel, The Trophy Exchange, Edgar Award nominee Diane Fanning introduces a charismatic new heroine to the crime genre. With thrilling precision and a breakneck pace, this novel heralds the beginning of a remarkably promising new series."