<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4635305379473082071</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:59:35 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>book blurb</category><title>Murder in the Abstract, first page</title><description>author reading first page of new book</description><link>http://thesusanshea.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Susan Shea)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Murder in the Abstract will be published by Avalon Books June 24, 2010.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:category text="Arts"><itunes:category text="Literature"/></itunes:category><itunes:owner><itunes:email>noreply@blogger.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4635305379473082071.post-5120951962679346394</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-20T15:27:42.110-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">book blurb</category><title>Murder in the Abstract jacket copy</title><description>&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;MURDER IN THE ABSTRACT&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;A Danielle O’Rourke Mystery&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;By Susan C. Shea &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"&gt;Look for it in stores June 24, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;Danielle O’Rourke’s gala evening at the Devor Museum ends in catastrophe when the body of a young artist plummets from her office window. The police label it murder and suspect Dani, the Museum’s chief fund raiser. Self-preservation and an insider’s understanding of how money moves the art world drive her to investigate who might have a motive for murder. Dani’s playboy ex-husband and a green-eyed cop complicate matters as her search moves through the fashionable worlds of San Francisco and Santa Fe.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;Shamus Award winner Louise Ure said: "&lt;i&gt;Dani O’Rourke is a wonderful addition to the roster of modern day amateur sleuths.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman"&gt; &lt;i&gt;Guided by Shea’s&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;i&gt;razor-sharp talent for observation and keen wit,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman"&gt; &lt;i&gt;Dani shows us the world of mega million dollar museum donations as only an insider could do… &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;i&gt;a fascinating protagonist you’d like as a friend, smack dab in the not-so-pristine world of fine art and old money.”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;   </description><link>http://thesusanshea.blogspot.com/2009/06/murder-in-abstract-jacket-copy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Susan Shea)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4635305379473082071.post-4372186669073638226</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-20T11:34:55.185-07:00</atom:updated><title>First Boot Camp post re Abstract</title><description>Murder in the Abstract introduction text: opening page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/sshea/Episode_done.mp3"&gt;Direct link to episode one file (right click to download)&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://thesusanshea.blogspot.com/2009/06/first-boot-camp-post-re-abstract.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Susan Shea)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4635305379473082071.post-8191140448031256856</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-18T12:47:33.377-07:00</atom:updated><title>This is Episode 1</title><description>&lt;a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/scottsigler/AuthorBootCamp_Episode_1b.mp3"&gt;Click here to download episode 1.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the first episode of my podcast novel.</description><link>http://thesusanshea.blogspot.com/2009/06/this-is-episode-1.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Susan Shea)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><enclosure length="1763323" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/scottsigler/AuthorBootCamp_Episode_1b.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Click here to download episode 1. This is the first episode of my podcast novel.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>noreply@blogger.com (Susan Shea)</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Click here to download episode 1. This is the first episode of my podcast novel.</itunes:summary></item></channel></rss>