Monday, July 7, 2014

Virtual Book Tour for Hold Still by Lisa Regan

Welcome to my stop on the Virtual Book Tour, presented by Innovative Online Book Tours, for Hold Still by Lisa Regan.  Please leave a comment or question for Lisa to let her know you stopped by.  My review will be posted tomorrow. 

Hold Still
By Lisa Regan

eBook Publisher: Lisa Regan
Release Date: March 16, 2014
Print Re-Release Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Genre: Mystery/Police Proceedural
Length: 396 Pages
ISBN: 978-1477826416
ASIN: B00J2BHONO

Buy Links:  Amazon |Barnes & Noble

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About the book: 

After saving her three-year-old daughter from a car-jacking, off-duty police detective Jocelyn Rush ends up in the ER.  The last person she expects to run into is Anita Grant, former prostitute and an old acquaintance from Jocelyn’s days on patrol.  In spite of her obvious injuries—mutilated hands and feet—Anita refuses to talk about what happened. Reluctantly, Jocelyn backs off, and Anita's case goes to Philadelphia’s Special Victims Unit.

Before long, Jocelyn is pulled into the SVU’s investigation.  Anita is finally ready to talk, but only to Jocelyn. Her story is harrowing, even to a seasoned veteran like Jocelyn. Working with SVU, Jocelyn’s investigation unearths a series of similar crimes going back four years.  Three men are preying on local prostitutes, viciously assaulting and mutilating them. 

The police apprehend two of the suspects, but the third eludes capture. As the hunt for the most sadistic of the three intensifies, and his crimes escalate, Jocelyn and her colleagues have precious few leads.  Then a monster from Jocelyn’s past resurfaces.  She doesn’t want to be reminded of the terrible secret that destroyed her family nearly twenty years earlier, but the man offers her a lead that could crack Anita’s case. 

To solve it, Jocelyn must connect her past with her present—before a sadistic attacker sets his sights on her.

EXCERPT

“Did you Mirandize him?” Jocelyn asked.

 Finch slipped the handcuff key into the locking mechanism. “What do you think?"

“I ain’t gettin’ locked up,” Martin said. “I ain’t gettin’ locked up.” 

Once again, his voice rose in pitch and volume.

When Finch freed the cuffs from the bedrail and reached for Martin’s other hand, the man shot upward, stumbling forward. He lashed out with one arm, knocking Finch backward, sending him flat on his ass. As he fell, Finch knocked the tray table over, remnants of the used suture kit flying everywhere. 

Before her brain had even completely registered what was going on, Jocelyn’s hand was reaching for her gun. She was too late. Martin lunged at her and crushed her against his chest before she could unsnap her holster. He wrapped a meaty forearm around her throat. She reached up and pulled down on it with both hands, prepared to struggle until she felt the cool blade of a knife against the flesh of her throat. 

"Hold still," he breathed into her ear, the smell of alcohol burning her nostrils.

Where the hell had he gotten a knife?

She had time for one word before the forearm clenched, leaving her only enough room to breathe, nothing more. "Finch.”

Martin hollered again. She couldn't hear him because the adrenaline surging through her momentarily silenced the entire world. He kept squeezing her throat, then releasing slightly and pressing the blade against her skin. She strained her eyes, trying to see Finch in her periphery. He was getting up, slowly. His hand went to his holster, a little too slowly for her taste. 

BIO:
Lisa Regan is a crime fiction author.  Her first novel, Finding Claire Fletcher won Best Heroine in the eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBook Awards 2013.  It was runner-up for Best Novel.  It was also a Digital Book Today Best of 2013 ebook selection.  In December 2013, Finding Claire Fletcher and her second novel, Aberration were #1 Amazon bestsellers in the Kidnapping and Serial Killers categories, respectively.

Lisa is a member of Sisters In Crime.  She has a Bachelor’s Degree in English and Master of Education Degree from Bloomsburg University.  She lives in Philadelphia with her husband and daughter. 

ONLINE LINKS:
Website – www.lisaregan.com
Blog – www.lisalregan.blogspot.com
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lisa-Regan/189735444395923
Twitter - @lisalregan
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6443334.Lisa_Regan 




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