Loretta Ross

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Hometown:
Clinton, Missouri, USA
About Me:
Hi! I'm a mystery writer from Missouri. My first novel is about to go out to publishers, so I'm pretty much a basket case about now. Okay, so maybe I'm pretty much a basket case all the time, but now I have an EXCUSE!

I work in the produce department at the Warsaw, Missouri Walmart, so when I'm not thinking about how to kill people I'm stocking bananas. Actually, I tend to do both at the same time. Funny how nervous people get when the woman stocking bananas is smiling and muttering about frozen fish sticks making such a good murder weapon.

I heard about this site from my agent and decided to join because she suggested it.
I Am A:
Reader, Writer
Website:
http://www.lorettasueross.com
Books And Authors I Like:
Terry Pratchett, especially anything with the Watch; Allingham's Campion books; Dorothy Sayers' Lord Peter mysteries; most of the Miss Seeton books; Sue Grafton's alphabet series; Janet Evanovitch's Stephanie Plum books; the futuristic crime novels that Nora Roberts writes as J.D. Robb; boys' adventure series from about 1910 to about 1970 (such as early Hardy Boys, Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators, Ken Holt, Dave Dawson, Rick Brant, Mike Mars, etc. etc.); this list could go on forever!
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
I haven't actually watched TV for the last five or six years, though I do watch old favorites on DVD when I can get them. My all-time favorites were a show called Emergency! from the 1970s and The Man From U.N.C.L.E., a spy show from the sixties. As for movies, Clue (love Tim Curry, but I hate to see a favorite actor play the villain, so that limits that!), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Princess Bride, the old Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Road pictures, Cary Grant movies, Fred Astaire musicals. Again, I haven't seen many recent movies. I did enjoy The Incredibles and Sky High. I saw Spiderman (the first one) over Christmas and thought it was basically well done, but you know that scene where the apartment building's on fire and the woman comes running up screaming, "my baby! my baby!"? Why was her baby home alone???

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  • Douglas Quinn

    If you get a chance, got to Book Marketing Network and read my article entitled "Create Entertaining and Memorable Characters." the URL of my blog page there is www.bookmarket.ning.com/profile/obxwriter; Any comments or questions will be answered.

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    Douglas Quinn
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  • Kim Smith

    ohhh Loretta, a woman after my own heart! imagine what they say when I mutter about how hard it would be to slice a throat with a stick of memory!! (computers are such wicked weapons!!)
  • Preetham Grandhi

    Hi Loretta, I want to introduce you to my debut novel "A Circle of souls" which is a murder, mystery, psychological thriller and a tale of justice and hope. Do visit www.acircleofsouls.com to read more about the book. Make sure you sign up to win an autographed copy of the book. You can also read more reviews by clicking on the More Reviews button at the website. Thanks for your time in advance.

    Best regards

    Preetham Grandhi

    Early Endorsements for “A Circle of Souls”

    Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author: "A fascinating debut - this novel takes the reader to the darkest places in the human soul, from a writer with the authenticity to lead us there. A stunning thriller and an important read."

    Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of the Judge Judy Show: "The seminal work of this fine author kept me glued to my chair until the adventure was over and the mystery solved. A great read!"

    Book Synopsis:

    The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.

    Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.

    The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.
    In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder.