We are so excited to be revealing the cover for Death Unscripted as the first book in the Trudy Genova Manhattan Mysteries series by M.K. Graff!
Let's get to know a little more about the author before you get a peak at the cover.
Marni
Graff had a successful career as a registered nurse who wrote on the side
before writing full time. She has a degree in English Lit and studied Gothic
Mystery at Oxford University in England. She also wrote articles for Mystery Review magazine, where she interviewed
many of the authors whose work she admired.
Marni
is the award-winning author of The Nora Tierney Mysteries, set in
England. The Blue Virgin introduces
Nora, an American writer living in Oxford. The
Green Remains and The Scarlet Wench trace
Nora’s move to the Lake District where murder follows her. In process is The Golden Hour, set in Bath, England. Premiering in the next few
months will be Graff’s new Manhattan series, Death Unscripted, featuring nurse Trudy Genova, a medical
consultant for a New York movie studio. This new series is based on Marni’s
favorite nursing job in real life.
Marni
is also co-author of Writing in a
Changing World, a primer on
writing groups and critique techniques. She writes crime book reviews at Auntie
M Writes and is Managing Editor of Bridle Path Press, an author’s cooperative.
A member of Sisters in Crime, Marni runs the NC Writers Read program in Belhaven
which allows writers experience reading their work out loud and getting
immediate feedback.
Twitter: @GraffMarni
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bluevirgin.graff
Blog/website: http://www.auntiemwrites.com
“Graff gets behind-the-scenes of
soaps just right. As well she should—she was there!”
Marilyn
Chris, Obie and Drama Desk Award winner; Wanda Wolek on “One Life to Liv.e”
Trudy
Genova has the best nursing job, working as an onset and script medical
consultant for a Manhattan movie studio. No more uniforms, night shifts, or
real emergencies. That is, until a soap opera actor Trudy has a tense
relationship with dies suddenly while taping a hospital scene—but not before
pointing his finger accusingly at Trudy.
Detectives Ned
O’Malley and Tony Borelli view Trudy as a suspect, and in an effort to prove
them wrong, Trudy interferes with their investigation. Then a second actor dies,
and Trudy realizes she’s put herself right into the path of a killer.
With knowledge
gleaned from the author’s real work experience, readers will enjoy learning the
intricacies involved in taping a daily television show.
And Now for the cover you have been waiting to see!
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