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Loreth Anne White | A Writer's Obsession and A Detective's Obsession

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In THE DROWNED GIRLS, Detective Angie Pallorino took down a serial killer permanently and, according to her superiors, with excessive force. Now, in THE LULLABY GIRL, Angie is forced back into uniform and she's been benched on a desk assignment for 12 months. This challenges Angie in every way—if she's not a detective, who is she? Then a decades-old cold case washes ashore, and Angie is pulled into an investigation she recognizes as deeply, frighteningly, personal.

Driven and desperate to solve her case in spite of her probation, Angie goes rogue, risking her relationship with Detective Maddocks, her career, and her very life in pursuit of the answers to her past. But she'll learn that some truths might be too painful to bear, and some sacrifices include collateral damage. And she'll have to make some hard choices.

Thankfully, unlike Angie, I am not a work-a-holic. Angie has no pets, no plants. No time nor care goes into maintaing her apartment. Because solving cases is her life. Me? I have pets, and a marriage, and children, and an elderly parent … a life.

However, a writer does need a certain kind of obstinance to be able to seat oneself in front of a monitor and pound that keyboard and delete key, over and over again, hour after hour, day after day, alone. I suppose in that way I might share some of Angie's singular focus :)

How has writing changed my life and relationships? I've always written as a means of earning income. I worked first in newspapers before turning to fiction. And the fiction aspect has enriched my life. While it can be an all-consuming and sometimes frustrating job in a shape-shifting indusrtry, I am my own boss. My only commute is from my bedroom to my office. Dress code is relaxed. My animals sleep at my side while I work. I can enjoy outdoor breaks and travel. And I'm allowed to listen to the voices in my head :) Writing has also given me some very dear and enduring friends across the world.

THE LULLABY GIRL by Loreth Anne White

Angie Pallorino

The
Lullaby Girl

Detective Angie Pallorino took down a serial killer permanently and, according to her superiors, with excessive force. Benched on a desk assignment for twelve months, Angie struggles to maintain her sense of identity—if she's not a detective, who is she? Then a decades-old cold case washes ashore, pulling her into an investigation she recognizes as deeply personal.

Angie's lover and partner, James Maddocks, sees it, too. But spearheading an ongoing probe into a sex-trafficking ring while keeping Angie's increasing obsession with her case in check is taking its toll. As startling connections between the parallel investigations emerge, Maddocks realizes he has even more than Angie's emotional state to worry about.

Driven and desperate to solve her case, Angie goes rogue, risking her relationship, career, and very life in pursuit of answers. She'll learn that some truths are too painful to bear, and some sacrifices include collateral damage.

But Angie Pallorino won't let it go. She can't. It's not in her blood.

Romance Suspense [Montlake Romance, On Sale: November 14, 2017, Trade Size / e-Book, ISBN: 9781542047975 / ]

About Loreth Anne White

Loreth Anne White

Loreth Anne White is an award-winning author of romantic suspense, thrillers, and mysteries. She has won the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Romantic Suspense, the National Readers' Choice Award, and the Romantic Crown for Best Romantic Suspense and Best Book Overall. In addition, she has been a two-time RITA finalist, a Booksellers' Best finalist, a multiple Daphne Du Maurier Award finalist, and a multiple CataRomance Reviewers' Choice Award winner. A former journalist and newspaper editor who has worked in both South Africa and Canada, she now resides in the Pacific Northwest with her family.

Perfect, Wyoming | Angie Pallorino

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Re: Loreth Anne White | A Writer's Obsession and A Detective's Obsession

The best of both worlds
(Kathleen Bylsma 3:49pm November 15, 2017)

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