Today, I'm delighted to welcome lovely lady and talented author W. Soliman - aka Wendy Soliman - to my blog. So pull up a chair, help yourself to coffee and cupcakes and give her a warm welcome.
Take it away, Wendy!
Hi, Shirley. Thanks so much for inviting me onto your blog.
Let me tell you a bit about myself. I was brought up on the Isle of Wight, the sailing capital of England, but did my best to have as little as possible to do with boats. Years later, my husband persuaded me to get involved. We were at home in Andorra at the time, up to our ears in snow, and were seduced by all those glossy pictures of sleek white motor yachts cutting through the crystal clear waters of the Mediterranean. How were we to know that the Med is almost always windy and it hardly ever happens like that?
The things I do for lurve! Even so, I drew the line at anything to do with sails. A good strong, reliable motor – preferably more than one – floats my boat. Sorry, couldn’t resist that dreadful pun.
I was quite happy, carving out a niche for myself, writing Regency and contemporary romance. Then boats came into my life and the novelist in me was overwhelmed with all these new ideas. And so my other persona, W. Soliman was born. So too were The Hunter Files, my series of marine crime novels. Write about what you know, and I’m not talking crime here! Unfinished Business, the first in the series, has just been released by Carina Press. Charlie Hunter lives aboard his trawler yacht in Brighton marina and, guess what, his boat, the No Comment, (well, what else would a disillusioned cop call his boat?), is based on a boat we once owned and kept in Brighton.
Here’s the gorgeous cover that Carina came up with.
Don’t you just love it?
A little bit more about Charlie. He retires from the police force at 40 to work on his boat and go fishing with his son on weekends, not to become an amateur sleuth. But he can’t say no to Kara Webb when she seeks his help in tracking down her sister, missing for 15 years.
The disappearance of teenager Jasmine Webb was one of the first cases Charlie worked on after being made a detective. He’s never forgotten it or his suspicions, even after the girl’s parents told police they’d heard from her and the file on Jasmine was closed.
When Charlie’s son is threatened, finding Jasmine becomes even more important. It’s no longer just about closure, it’s about protecting his family. Which makes the constant dead ends all the more frustrating. Until Charlie realises that the question they should be asking isn’t where Jasmine is, but who has Jasmine become…
Want to know more? Pop across to my website at http://www.wsoliman.com where you can read the entire first chapter. Answer a simple question and you stand a chance of winning a copy of the book.
Whilst you’re surfing, there’s an even easier way to get in line for a copy of the book. Just go to my Facebook Author Page here http://on.fb.me/qfenW1 click the Like button and leave a message that includes a reference to Unfinished Business.
Unfinished Business Available from Carina Press.com or Amazon.com $5.49
Hope you enjoy it. Do let me know. I’d love to hear from you.
Thanks for having me here, Shirley. It’s been a blast.
W. Soliman
Thanks for dropping in, Wendy!