Fans of mystery novels will be interested in Summer of Indie's
latest guest author, Darcy Scott. We
talked with Scott about their work, and learned a lot about Matinicus, "a one part ghost story, two parts
murder mystery—set on Maine’s most notorious island." We asked Darcy Scott
to give us a brief personal description, and we found out that she is an "ocean
cruiser, live-aboard sailor and author of kick-ass mysteries." Summer of
Indie asked author Darcy Scott to give us an in-depth look at two of their
books: Matinicus—An Island Mystery,
and Hunter Huntress.
Matinicus—An Island Mystery
Matinicus (247 pages) is a gritty, spine-tingling tale—one part ghost story,
two parts murder mystery—loosely based on the history and wild
west-meets-beeper-generation lifestyle of Maine’s most notorious island. The
story pits a renegade fishing community against an unhappy child-bride of the
1820s, a defiant twenty-first-century teen, and a hard-drinking botanist—Dr.
Gil Hodges—who escapes to the island of Matinicus to avoid a crazed ex-lover
and verify a rumored 22 species of wild orchid, only to find himself hounded by
the ghost of a child some two-hundred years dead. If Gil’s hoping for peace and
quiet, he’s clearly come to the wrong place. Generations of infighting among
loose-knit lobstering clans have left them openly hostile to outsiders. When a
beautiful, bed-hopping stranger sails into the harbor, old resentments
re-ignite and people begin to die—their murders linked, through centuries of
violence, to a diary whose secrets threaten to tear the island apart. Kirkus
Reviews says: "Scott's prose crackles with energy, and her sense of place
is superb…Ends with a brilliant twist sure to leave readers' jaws hanging. The
kind of book readers will tear through, only to find themselves hungry for
more.”
Matinicus is available online in both softcover and Kindle formats
at Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Matinicus-Island-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0082C3XBQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337606899&sr=1-1), and in all Smashwords
e-versions (http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/160797).
Hunter Huntress
Distraught after the horrific car crash
that claims the life of her young son, the and talented pianist
Jamie Lloyd quits her high-power job with a New York symphony and flees to New
Hampshire, where she marries a seafaring marine biologist. Although it's a good
life, she remains emotionally numb and tormented by thoughts of Michael Ryan,
the man whose carelessness shattered her world. Choked off from the past,
unable to live in the present, she finds herself drawn back to her old home,
determined to find answers to the questions surrounding that awful day. But as
Jamie faces off against her intricately monstrous foe, coming ever closer to
the answers she seeks, she comes to find that Michael Ryan's inevitable ruin is
not necessarily her salvation.
http://www.amazon.com/Hunter-Huntress-ebook/dp/B005E86YVW
You can find author Darcy Scott online at:
Author
Website: www.darcyscott.net
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/Author.Darcy.Scott
Blog: http://Darcyscott.blogspot.com
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/author/Darcyscott
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