On the other hand, I want these smart people to have weaknesses and do stupid things now and then, because don’t we all? I once read a novel in which the protagonist was such an idiot she couldn’t have qualified as a hall monitor, yet she was supposed to be an FBI agent. I want minor characters who feel like real people and not just Plot Enablers. But I won’t care at all about the world’s most beautifully crafted plot if I don’t care about the characters. Everything needs to be tighter and needs to serve several purposes. Obviously, plot is important in these genres.

What do you think is the most delicious part of a suspense novel or a mystery?įielding: The human beings involved. Even if you don’t find any ghosts, I promise, you’ll enjoy the trip! But really, you can’t go wrong with Kim Fielding no matter which book you pick up-so kick back and enjoy her interview, and hope that maybe one day, you’ll get to join her on a ghost hunt too. For a touch of paranormal, I’d recommend Motel Pool, but if you want some romantic suspense-even if it’s just the suspense of a lover’s past coming back to bite him in the ass, go with the Love Can’t series, which seriously made me cry. That, and she laughs at my jokes and isn’t afraid to be lost in the middle of Southern California with me.Īnd she writes terrific books. When I first wrote Fish Out of Water, I sent it to her, so she could spot any inaccuracies-she was my resident expert, and I flat out revered her opinion. She’s a criminal justice professor in her other life, and she’s got a pixilated sense of humor to go with her knowledge of where the bodies would be buried and which law enforcement agency would dig them up when they were. We even threw our combined children in the back of the minivan and left them to Mate’s devices while we gossiped in her amazing Mini, and the whole lot of us went hunting for ghosts in the Sierra Foothills.Īnd after all this time together, I’ve got to tell you-there’s something terrifically and deliciously not right with Kim Fielding.

We’ve been on road trips together to Las Vegas, where we saw where the lazy mobsters hid the bodies, and to San Diego, where we got butt lost somewhere in LA.

I have to admit, I’m biased about Kim Fielding. So Red Fish, Dead Fish is out on Amazon, it’s the second in the series, and I think you’ll like it very much a lot! That being said, let’s talk about Kim Fielding! I’m going to talk about other people’s books-because I know some amazing romantic suspense authors, and I wanted to celebrate them instead.

Now, usually in a blog tour, we talk about ourselves and our newest book until we can’t hardly stand it-but this time out I decided to do something different. Okay folks-so, I’m here today to promote Red Fish, Dead Fish, my latest story in the Fish Out of Water series.

Guarded by Kim Fielding