From Libby Fischer Hellmann

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 t hree million dollars. Molly’s  father hires PI Georgia Davis to f ollow 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,  smuggled drugs, and an i independent contractor come into play. 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.   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.   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.  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, l et me know. I'll get it to you.  Happy reading! Warmly, Libby