three cheers for Ms Kornetsky!
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lagilmanOf the forthcoming Collared (November 2012), Publishers Weekly sez:
Fantasy writer Kornetsky’s charming first mystery introduces an enterprising heroine in Ginny Mallard, the owner of a fledgling concierge business in Seattle, Wash., and a supporting cast that includes a couple of four-footed friends. While having a drink in Mary’s, a neighborhood pub, (Ginny) overhears realtor Walter Jacobs worrying aloud to the bartender, Teddy Tonica, about his uncle, Joe, and a batch of important papers, both of which are missing. Hoping to gain a new customer, Ginny volunteers to find Walter’s uncle and the documents, recruiting Teddy to help. Aiding in their search are the bar’s resident “mouser,” a gray tabby cat named Mistress Penny-Drops, and Georgie, Ginny’s half-grown puppy. Meanwhile, the two amateur human detectives trade banter and strike up a wary friendship. Vivid descriptions of Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood are a plus in a cozy tale that will draw in even those normally skeptical of animal-centered stories. Agent: Jennifer Jackson, DMLA. (Nov.)
Wooo!
(in other words, twee successfully avoided, despite presence of both a cat and a dog. Go, Ms K!)
Fantasy writer Kornetsky’s charming first mystery introduces an enterprising heroine in Ginny Mallard, the owner of a fledgling concierge business in Seattle, Wash., and a supporting cast that includes a couple of four-footed friends. While having a drink in Mary’s, a neighborhood pub, (Ginny) overhears realtor Walter Jacobs worrying aloud to the bartender, Teddy Tonica, about his uncle, Joe, and a batch of important papers, both of which are missing. Hoping to gain a new customer, Ginny volunteers to find Walter’s uncle and the documents, recruiting Teddy to help. Aiding in their search are the bar’s resident “mouser,” a gray tabby cat named Mistress Penny-Drops, and Georgie, Ginny’s half-grown puppy. Meanwhile, the two amateur human detectives trade banter and strike up a wary friendship. Vivid descriptions of Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood are a plus in a cozy tale that will draw in even those normally skeptical of animal-centered stories. Agent: Jennifer Jackson, DMLA. (Nov.)
Wooo!
(in other words, twee successfully avoided, despite presence of both a cat and a dog. Go, Ms K!)
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Date: 2012-09-03 02:21 pm (UTC)Glad to hear! Keep having fun writing about Seattle.
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Date: 2012-09-03 02:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-03 04:10 pm (UTC)And the rest of it, of course, but somehow, that's just the cherry on top.
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Date: 2012-09-04 02:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-03 06:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-07 07:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-07 12:33 pm (UTC)While I can neither confirm nor deny that we are me myself and I, this apartment is not large enough to house two writers, trust me. ;-)
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Date: 2012-09-07 03:43 pm (UTC)