1.Can you tell us five things about you
that nobody would ever guess?
Very good cook. Terrible gardener. Watch
way too much TV. Speak three different languages. Bad at Maths.
2.What do you think makes a book a page
turner?
Characters. It’s all about them, and
getting people to care about them.
3.Which genre of books appeals least to
you? Why?
Educational books; it reminds me too
much of school. I like to read for the fun of it, to get away from my life,
discover new worlds…
5.On the average, how long does it take
you to write a book.
I depends a lot on the free-time I have
on my hands. Lately I haven’t been writing much because of my day-job getting
in the way. I’d say anything between three to six months. And then twice as
much for editing.
Super! Now let's have a blurb and excerpt.
Ruby Heart
by Cristelle
Comby
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BLURB:
When
elderly client Doris Hargrave informs private investigator Alexandra Neve that
her beloved antique ruby heart necklace has gone missing for the second time in
a period of over sixty years, Alexandra knows this is no ordinary jewellery
theft. The ruby heart is a family
heirloom
and the only thing that connects an ailing Mrs Hargrave to her parents, who
were murdered during the Holocaust.
To
solve the case, Alexandra and her business partner, blind history professor
Ashford Egan, must sift through obscure Holocaust documents to find out the
truth. It’s that way that they learn of a secret World War II-era love affair
which could hold the key to all the answers they are looking for. Meanwhile, Egan
is under immense pressure from the university to quit his private investigating
business, and Alexandra is afraid that a man she trusts will leave her. Again.
When
Alexandra begins to receive anonymous threats and her flat is vandalised, this
all becomes personal. Knowing that there is someone out there to hurt her,
Alexandra vows to find that elusive ruby heart if it’s the last thing she ever
does.
Excerpt:
Being a
private investigator is nothing like as glamorous or exciting as books and
films make it look. Some warning of those harsh facts before I opened my own
Private Investigation agency is unlikely to have deterred me, but I wish we’d
been a bit more perceptive about it all beforehand. “We” is myself and my
former university lecturer, Professor Ashford Egan, now a good friend and
colleague.
Although you
could say I stumbled into the sleuthing world quite by accident, that accident
was shocking and dramatic. I’d always led a very quiet, ordinary life, until
the day my best friend was murdered.
That horror
stopped short my meandering, easy life and so much changed. I had no idea this
would result in my very first investigation, but it did. Egan and I put a stop
to a Russian criminal syndicate — with its complicit upstanding British
citizens — by delving into the murky worlds of human trafficking, arms dealing,
murder and arson. Sounds horribly exciting and dangerous, doesn’t it? It was…
to the point where I was nearly killed, not just once but twice, and Egan was
kidnapped.
However, I
have since discovered that the everyday life of a PI isn’t always so intense.
Most of our cases involve suspicious spouses and lost items, or even worse…
lost dogs. Life isn’t always like it is in books and films, so why should the
job of PI be so? We can’t afford to refuse a client, even when the case is not
as appealing as a mysterious unsolved murder or a missing painting on some
tropical island. Our advert in the Yellow Pages claims, completely truthfully,
that we provide “Comprehensive, all-round services. We diligently seek out the
truth for our clients. Discretion assured.”
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Cristelle
Comby was born and raised in the French-speaking area of Switzerland, in
Greater Geneva, where she still resides.
Thanks to her
insatiable thirst for American and British action films and television dramas,
her English is fluent.
She
attributes to her origins her ever-peaceful nature and her undying love for
chocolate. She has a passion for art, which also includes an interest in
drawing and acting.
Ruby Heart is
her second new-adult novel, and she’s hard at work on the next titles in the
Neve & Egan series.
Website:
http://cristelle-comby.com
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/cristelle.comby
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/Cristelle
Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Cristelle%20Comby&search-alias=digital-text&sort=relevancerank
Goodreads:
http://www.goodreads.com/CristelleComby
Paperback:
http://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Heart-Neve-cases-Volume/dp/1492813435/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1381412557&sr=8-2&keywords=cristelle+comby
Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Heart-Neve-cases-ebook/dp/B00FRDV51I/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1381412557&sr=8-3&keywords=cristelle+comby
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