Book Spotlight – Hidden Assets
By Leeann Betts
Hidden Assets
is the sixth installment in my By the Numbers series, featuring Carly
Turnquist, forensic accountant. Carly finds that when she tells people she’s an
accountant, their eyes glaze over and they look for someone else to talk to
because they think accountants are boring. Well, Carly is single-handedly
setting out to prove them wrong.
This story takes place in
eastern Wyoming. Carly and Mike travel by train to help another of Carly’s
college friends who is going through a nasty divorce. Anne Torbin believes her
soon-to-be ex-husband is stealing paintings, coins, and money, and hiding them
so he won’t have to split them in the divorce settlement. But when Anne’s
husband turns up dead, and she is suspected, Carly must prove her friend
innocent. Is the weird couple staying at the B&B involved, or are they up
to something else entirely. And can Carly find the missing FBI agent, or did
she really see him thrown off the train?
This particular book was spawned
because I couldn’t take the Alaska cruise I wanted to feature in Carly’s next
book, so I had to think of another location for a different story. We had
recently visited Wyoming, and we are venturing out into the world of staying in
other people’s homes through an online booking service when we travel—much
friendlier, cleaner, safer, and usually a better experience than some of the
motels we’ve stayed in. So I decided to set this one in a B&B, in a small
town, in western Wyoming and eastern Nebraska.
The whole Carly series, as I
like to call it, came from a desire to right the wrongs in the world AND to
prove that accountants weren’t boring. Like Carly, I’ve seen people’s eyes
glaze over when I tell them I’m an accountant. I had an editor tell me nobody would
want to read this series because accountants are boring. So Carly shows them
how wrong they are.
Writing this series has
really been a lot of fun, for several reasons. My background is in accounting,
so writing Carly is fairly easy, except she is a lot quicker on the comebacks,
and gets way more exercise rolling her eyes, passing the buck, and jumping to
conclusions than I do. I have committed to releasing two in this series each
year, so that keeps me focused and writing. I love incorporating things my
friends say—and even incorporating them, under assumed names, of course. Also,
the excitement of seeing another book in print hasn’t worn off yet, and two a
year—well, that’s a dream come true.
Hidden Assets
releases June 30th through Amazon.com in print and ebook, and through
Smashwords.com June 30th in ebook.
Author Bio:
Leeann Betts writes
contemporary suspense, while her real-life persona, Donna Schlachter, pens
historical suspense. She has released five titles in her cozy mystery series,
By the Numbers, with Hidden Assets
releasing the end of June. In addition, Leeann has written a devotional for
accountants, bookkeepers, and financial folk, Counting the Days, and with her real-life persona, Donna
Schlachter, has published a book on writing, Nuggets of Writing Gold, a compilation of essays, articles, and
exercises on the craft. She publishes a free quarterly newsletter that includes
a book review and articles on writing and books of interest to readers and
writers. You can subscribe at www.LeeannBetts.com
or follow Leeann at www.AllBettsAreOff.wordpress.com
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7 comments:
Would very much enjoy reading your books
Would love to read your books!
Hello Jean: Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. Good luck in the drawing!
This series sounds like something I would enjoy reading with Carly being an accountant. Thank you for the giveaway Leeann.
God bless. marilynridgway78 at] gmail(dot)com
The book sounds great. Plus I'm in Wyoming for the summer and have no idea what a forensics accountant is so I'd love to read it. Best wishes on sales.
Your book and series sound like fun reads. I've only been in Wyoming briefly, and just the western part. I'm in Canada so cannot participate in the giveaway, but congratulations to whoever wins. Sounds like a fantastic prize! Thank you, Carly and Laura.
congratulations to Marilyn
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