New Release and Free Books for the Holidays
What Could Be Better?
Big News! My latest domestic thriller, Deadly When Disturbed, will be released in mid-January! For fans of Expired Listings and The Queen of Second Chances, here is another book involving Rock Canyon Realty. Here is the Amazon Preorder Link.
You can hear me narrate the Prologue here.
You can see a book trailer here:
Synopsis:
Deadly When Disturbed follows the journey of leading Realtor and philanthropist Dara Banks. When Dara searches for an assistant, finding someone as resourceful as Meryl “Merry” Rafter seems too good to be true. So good in fact, she neglects to run a reference check. Bad move. Before she knows it, Merry, a former “actress” trying to be “helpful,” has insinuated herself into Dara’s business, family, and charity, and may be the only person saving her from prison. Dara becomes suspicious and begins snooping into Merry’s past. Feeling cornered, Merry reciprocates by launching an investigation of her own and realizes—too late—that she may have picked the wrong mark to con. These women’s unsettling discoveries, and their desperate efforts to safeguard their skeleton-filled closets and fragile self-images, lead to an explosive confrontation certain to destroy the lives of everyone in their midst.
Praise for Deadly When Disturbed:
“Two women. Friends? Hardly. They’re both after the same thing. And as the stakes get higher, the mind games get uglier, until—well, I’m not going to give away the killer ending. D. M. Barr’s latest domestic thriller is a total rush. It’s like being back with Betty and Veronica all over again—only this ain’t high school, and these women (like the title says) are DEADLY WHEN DISTURBED.”
~ Marshall Karp, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of the NYPD RED series
“Who’s the hunter and who’s the hunted in this taut domestic thriller? Don’t even try to guess. Just relax, enjoy, and hang on as DEADLY WHEN DISTURBED takes you on a wild ride.”
~ Brad Parks, international bestselling author of THE BOUNDARIES WE CROSS.
“Tense, well-written, and surprising—Liane Moriarty meets Gillian Flynn by way of John Lutz in D.M. Barr’s latest domestic thriller, DEADLY WHEN DISTURBED. Gaslighting and suburban intrigue abound in this carefully crafted tale, guaranteed to keep you in suspense all the way to the final chapter. Put this one at the top of your to-be-read pile!”
~ Richard Helms, Thriller, Macavity, and Shamus Awards winning author of 22 RUE MONTPARNASSE.
“DEADLY WHEN DISTURBED by D.M. Barr is a clever psychological thriller reminiscent of The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, updated for today’s culture and with a superior narrative.… With a steady and increasingly intense pace, [it] is a hypnotic read of insanity and wretchedness that will stay with you long after the last page.”
~ Gaius Konstantine for Readers’ Favorite
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FREE BOOKS!
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza, or Festivus, if you’re receiving this newsletter, you’re probably a reader—and love receiving books as gifts! (I mean, how many pairs of socks do you really need?) So here are some links to free books offered by some other mystery and suspense authors for you to download as my gift to you for the holidays.
Here are the links:
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What have I been up to?
I’m working on three books right now—the next edition of Vacations Can Be Murder: A True Crime Lover’s Travel Guide to the Mid-Atlantic States; an anthology of crime stories I’m editing titled, Better Off Dead: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin; and a new project that I can’t talk about until the contracts are signed but I promise you…it’s going to be good!
I’ve also been editing books for Down & Out Books, something I really enjoy doing. But you don’t have to be with Down & Out to take advantage of my skills. I help authors who are self-published or indie-published with small publishers that only provide “light editing” with developmental edits, copyedits, line edits, and/or proofreading. If you know of someone who could use my services and you refer them to me, I will pay you a referral commission! Contact me for details at dawnbarclayauthor@gmail.com. You can read all about my editing services and prices at www.dmbarr.com/suggested-development-editing.
My latest post from Miss Demeanors, this one on how to vet both publishers and contracts, ran on November 26th. Click on the photo below to be linked to the post.
Met up with some fellow former editors from Travel Agent Magazine for a pre-holiday “Brewskifest” right before Thanksgiving where we dished about pop culture, politics, and travel. I’ve known some of these folks for decades and it’s always a fun time when we get together. This was taken at Stout NYC.
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