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INK ON HER
NOSE
by Sharolett Koenig
A Classic Locked-Room
Whodunit
ISBN 0-9759621-3-2 (282 pages) $19.95
Jacket Blurb:
"Small
press" publisher, Charlie Rothbury, decides to use her husband's Lloyds of
London life insurance payoff to fund a million-dollar advance on royalties
competition, a publicity ploy she believes will be a good investment.
She employs her two
sons to help her film the fun and games for a reality TV show, Who Wants to
be a Best-Selling Author? She invites her five top selling authors to spend
a weekend at her remote wooded estate where they must compete for the
million-dollar prize.
It's a dark and stormy night when the authors and their
guests arrive, but a sudden cold snap downs the power and telephone lines, and
one author turns up dead. Is one of the other authors trying to improve the
odds? Is someone settling an old score? Or is someone cleaning the ranks of
complainers and wimp-outs during the ensuing Michigan "white-out"
snowstorm?
A classic locked-room whodunit, Ink On Her Nose
(reminiscent of the Neil Simon movie, Murder by Death), offers a humorous
glimpse into the book publishing business. Eighty-two percent of the American
population say they want to write a book. Ink On Her Nose just might
change a few minds.
Excerpt:
Michael carefully poured a thin liquid over the
meat, and then flicked the lighter. The lighter flared like a giant torch and
the white rum was instantly consumed by flames that reached to the mounted trout
on the wall. Michael grabbed the metal lid from Keith and, with a distressed
look on his face, smothered the conflagration.
"The fish is burning," Thelma said calmly.
"It's duck," Keith corrected her.
"No, look," Clayborne said pointing at the mounted
trout. "The fish is burning."
"I have a mounted fish at home that moves around and
makes lewd remarks when I press a button," Merle said. "But I've never
seen one that shoots fire out its mouth."
Keith knocked the large mounted fish from the wall and worked
with it on the floor, smothering the flames with a dishtowel. Meanwhile, Michael
began slicing the ballotine of duck without saying a word. Moments later, Keith
stood up and carefully re-hung the trout on the wall with its singed fin
bandaged in the dishtowel. He brushed himself off, straightened his topcoat, and
began serving the main course.
"Can I have a glass of that stuff you poured over the
duck?" Merle asked when Keith served him his plate.
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Biography:
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Sharolett Koenig, a
graduate of The Institute of
Children's Literature, is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Instructor
Magazine, Pets Today Magazine, and Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot
Magazine, and the poetry anthology Visions and Beyond. She is a
member of the American Christian Writers
Association, Mystery Writers of
America, Romance Writers of
America, and she is serving as secretary of the Mid-Michigan
chapter of Romance Writers of America.
Sharolett is the author of a YA mystery series, as well
as two nonfiction titles. She has always loved to write and discovered at a
very early age that writing could have a positive affect on her school grades.
Watching old detective shows on TV every night with her mom influenced her
decision to write mysteries.
Sharolett has spent her entire life in the Midwest. Her
writing reflects experiences gained while homeschooling five active children and
maintaining a private collection of over 200 bonsai trees and a happy household
on 10 wooded acres in the country.
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