From Libby Hellman

Hi, everyone.  I have some fun things for you this time: not one, but two  stories each under a dollar, and I could use your help  figuring out a new cover for one of my books...

Find out what happens next here. Little Molly Messenger is kidnapped on a sunny June  morning. Three days later she’s returned, apparently  unharmed. A few days later, the brakes go out on Molly’s  mother’s car. An accident? Maybe. Except that it turns out that Chris,  Molly’s mother, is the IT manager at a large Chicago bank  and may have misappropriated three million dollars. Molly’s  father hires PI Georgia Davis to follow the money and investigate Chris’s death. Doubleback reunites PI Georgia Davis (Easy Innocence)  with video producer Ellie Foreman (An Eye For Murder,  A Picture Of Guilt, An Image Of Death, A Shot To Die For).  The two women track leads from Northern Wisconsin to  an Arizona border town, where illegal immigrants,  muggled drugs, and an independent contractor come into play. Imagine if your spouse  got caught n a Ponzi scheme.  This story is about just that: two women  whose husbands are involved in a fraudulent  investment operation. The couples vacation  at a posh ski resort, where the women take matters into  their own hands.  Publishers Weekly called it “a fine story…” This story was originally published in  The Writes of Spring Anthology, Nodin  Press, 2012, edited by Pat Frovarp and  Gary Shulze.   Discover how the story unfolds at Amazon,  B&N, iBooks, and Kobo. Imagine if your spouse got caught in a  Ponzi scheme.  This story is about just that: two women  whose husbands are involved in a fraudulent  investment operation. The couples vacation  at a posh ski resort, where the women take  matters into their own hands.  Publishers Weekly called it “a fine story…” This story was originally published in the Writes  of Spring Anthology, Nodin Press, 2012,  edited by Pat Frovarp and Gary Shulze.   Discover how the story unfolds at  Amazon, B&N, iBooks, and Kobo.

Help a Graphically-Challenged Author Out? theMost of you already have the complimentary copy of  An Image of Death I sent out a month or so ago. (If not,  let me know, and I'll get it to you.) Well... we now realize the cover looks too sweet  and not enough like the thriller crime novel it is. Have any suggestions for me? I'd love to hear them!   Just email me back, or join the conversation on my  Facebook video here.    Finally, if you are Bouchercon-bound this fall, two of my  works are eligible to be nominated for an Anthony Award  (the deadline for nominations is in 2 weeks):  --  Nobody's Child is eligible for Best Paperback Original  -- "No Good Deed," about the unlikely friendship  between a former KKK member and a young black  boy in prison, is eligible for Best Short Story. I t was published in the Fiction River Special Crime Edition,  WGM       Publishing. I f you'd like to read the story, let me know. I'll get it to you.  Happy reading! Warmly, Libby