Thursday, December 6, 2012

Evelyn Cullet's Masterpiece of Murder

Evelyn Cullet has been an aspiring author since high school when she wrote short stories, but she didn't begin her first novel until college, later in life. Afterward, she continued to take writing classes and work on her novels while employed by a major soft drink company. Now, after early retirement, she finally has the chance to write full-time. Evelyn enjoys playing the piano, being an organic gardener, and an amateur Lapidary. She and her husband live in a suburb of Chicago. She writes mystery romance and romantic suspense. Her latest is MASTERPIECE OF MURDER.

Where are you from? I'm from the Mid-west. I was born and raised in the city of Chicago.

Tell us your latest news? I'm excited to announce that my new romantic suspense novel, Masterpiece of Murder, published by Wings ePress, was released on August 1st.

Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp? The message I'd like to convey is: Never try to profit from someone else's crime. It doesn't pay.

If someone wrote a book about your life, what would they title it? A book about my life would be titled, "Mistakes to avoid on the road to becoming a published author or what in the world was she thinking?"

What is the ultimate dream vacation? My ultimate dream vacation would be at a romantic, posh resort on a private island, somewhere in the Caribbean with someone who truly cares about me.

What person in history would you most like to meet?
I would like to meet Agatha Christie, to discuss how she arrived at all those marvelous ideas for her mystery novels.

If you could design a refrigerator magnet, what would it say? "If you're looking for anything unhealthy to eat, you won't find it here,."



My new novel, MASTERPIECE OF MURDER is fast-paced romantic suspense that takes you on a madcap adventure to the beautiful resort city of Barioche, Argentina, where a broken-hearted art student, Charlotte Ross, is intent on locating her errant fiancĂ©. But her fiancĂ© has his own reasons for being in Bariloche--he's after a stolen art masterpiece--that complicate Charlotte’s life and threaten her very existence as she stumbles into a downward spiral of deception, art forgery, and murder. When Charlotte accidently finds the murder victim, circumstantial evidence begins to mount up against her and the local police suspect she is the killer. Now she must use the skills she learned from her mystery writer friend, along with the help of two fellow art students, to discover who is really behind the murder. Not an easy task with a military police officer dogging her every step.

MASTERPIECE OF MURDER is available in print and ebook from the publisher at:  http://www.wings-press.com/ and from Amazon. Also available as an ebook for the Nook from Barnes & Noble.

We'd love to hear from you, so please leave a comment and you'll automatically be entered in my free book giveaway. You could win a signed print copy of Masterpiece of Murder. One lucky winner will be chosen at random and announced on my blog, http://evelyncullet.com/blog/ on December 11th. Don't forget to leave your email address so I'll know how to contact you. And if you'd like to learn more about Bariloche, the stolen art masterpiece, or to see photos of the locations mentioned in the novel, I invite you to visit the photo page on my website: http://evelyncullet.com/

13 comments:

  1. Evelyn: I'm impressed you don't have anything unhealthy to eat. I can't live without chocolate.
    Wendy
    W.S. Gager on Writing

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    1. Chocolate isn't unhealthy, Wendy. It's very nutritious if you eat the right kind. At least 70% dark. Yum!

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  2. Evelyn, I'm so happy to learn more about you. Great interview.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, Marilyn. This blog tour is a great way to get to know other authors.

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  4. Evelyn, we'll have to talk sometime about Chicago!

    Madeline

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    1. Sure Madeline. Just let me know when you're free. I'd love to talk about Chicago.

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  5. I like your refrigerator magnet, Evelyn. How many people can say that everything inside is healthy?

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    1. It took many years and a lot of convincing of others to eat well, to get it that way. But I'm proud of it.

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  6. I think a long lunch with Agatha Christie would be great!

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  7. All of you please eat healthy this reader needs more excellent adventures via your writings.

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  8. Evelyn,

    What a fun interview!! I am so happy to have spent the day with you!

    All the Best,
    Rionna

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