From Kat and Larry Martin:

Everybody loves a ghost story. What if the story were actually true? THE SILENT ROSE, my new contemporary Romantic Suspense, is a sexy, ghostly tale based on an incident that actually happened to my husband and me in a house that was, we believe, truly haunted. If you like suspense mixed with a healthy dose of romance, I hope you'll try THE SILENT ROSE.

For a Grisham-like suspense with a different twist, how about a Native American lawyer on Wall Street? When an ancient document surfaces beneath the streets of New York, Stephen Sounding Drum seizes the chance to help his people and takes you on a non-stop ride through the tough world of big-time Indian casino gambling. Look for SOUNDING DRUM, a novel by Larry Jay Martin at your favorite bookstore.

Nancy Bartholomew has lots of good news:

DRAG STRIP, the sequel to MIRACLE STRIP, will be coming out in hardcover from St. Martin's Press on Oct.1. Sierra Lavotini, the exotic dancer, amateur sleuth, is back along with her wacky sidekicks, Fluffy the hairless chihuahua, Raydean, the alien-hallucinating, gun-toting neighbor, and John Nailor, the detective voted most likely to steam up any scene he enters.

MIRACLE STRIP will come out at the same time in paperback, so anyone who hasn't met Sierra can catch up before they read DRAG STRIP.

As if that weren't enough....HARPER COLLINS bought my second series. YOUR CHEATIN HEART, comes out in paper on 3/1/00, and introduces Maggie Reid, beautician turned, single mother, turned country singer/amateur sleuth. Maggie gets dragged into a murder investigation after her sorry excuse for a husband, Vernell Spivey, dumps her for the nubile Dish Girl from his satellite dish commercials. Vernell's brother, Jimmy, winds up dead on Maggie's living room floor and all the clues lead back to Maggie. Too bad the hunky cowboy she met at the club won't be of any help...he's the investigating detective.

Throw in a rebellious teenaged daughter, a coonskin-cap-wearing accountant, and the boys in Maggie's band, and you have quite an adventure.