Maxine Douglas Affairs of the Heart Newsletter

BODY SNATCHED

Welcome Ana Diamond to Book Treasure Tuesday!

Introduction

Hi, I’m Ana. I write cozy mysteries when I’m not at work in the medical field. I’ve been with The Wild Rose Press since 2021, which has been amazing. I shop too much and I have two rescue cats.

My latest news is I have a new cozy mystery release called Body Snatched. It’s a mystery set in a funeral home in a small town with a touch of romance. This is book 2 in the Body Conscious series. For research, I used the Internet and I read articles written by morticians describing how and why they do what they do. I came out of the other end knowing a lot about the process of embalming a person. Working in the medical field also helps.

The best place to find all my books, social media accounts and contact is my website www.anadiamondauthor.com.

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Heat Level: PG-13

In a town full of secrets, who will come out alive?

What’s worse than losing a body from a funeral home? Losing two. But mortician and amateur sleuth, Lily Reynolds has a hunch. The new visitor in town, Rick Drakon, may have charmed his way into her life but she’s not fooled by his smooth talking ways. Problem is, Rick is a long-time friend of Lily’s new husband, Detective James Rivers. While James is busy convincing her to look elsewhere, Lily embarks on a dangerous path toward uncovering the truth. Will this case come between the couple or will Lily find herself closer to evil than ever before?

Excerpt

Black River reminded James of one thing: murder.

Hidden in dense foliage, the river stretched out far beyond his view and also happened to be a perfect spot to dump a body. He had no doubt there had been many missing people over the years who wound up weighed down by rocks at the bottom of the river until their flesh disintegrated into nothing.

His boss, Donald Abrams had a bad habit of telling him about their worst cases, probably to freak him out. The sicko with the garden of people floating upright like weeds was particularly gruesome. The chills he got from that one made the hairs on his neck stand up. However, since Manorview’s crime rate was low, James wasn’t entirely sure if the stories were folklore or not.

“Congrats on your last case. I heard you’re a big boss detective now,” Rick said as he reeled in his empty line.

James impaled a worm on his hook and swung the line out into the water. “Thanks. I wouldn’t say big boss though. More like maybe I’ll get to keep my job.”

“Have you ever caught anything here?” Rick asked.

“No, but I hear there’s trout.”

And bodies.

Body Snatched is available in Ebook and Print

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*Interview Questions*

1.	Do you write full time?
	No, I have a full time job, which means it takes me along time to produce a manuscript. Maybe in the future I can go part time . . . fingers crossed.
2.	What is your writing process?
	I’m a panster. I’m usually inspired by a setting or maybe I’m interested in exploring a trope and then I go from there.
3.	When you have writer’s block how do you break free?
	Writer’s block for me happens when I don’t know how to resolve an issue or the pace has slowed down in a chapter. What works for me is to think about the next big exciting scene and work towards it. Taking a break helps too.