THE MARKET: Josie Brown’s The Housewife Assassin’s Handbook is available for publication. Will it get a book deal or make the Project Publish Shortlist by September 17, 2007? If either of these happens, shares are worth $100. If neither happens, shares are worth $0.
THE AUTHOR: Josie Brown is the author of two well-received, dark, and funny novels that skewer the American-celebrity way of life: Impossibly Tongue-Tied and True Hollywood Lies. Brown left the advertising industry to become a crusading investigative reporter. She found that in our voyeuristic society, there is an insatiable demand (and better pay) for celebrity journalists, which is how Josie came to rub elbows – not to mention egos – with the rich and famous.
THE LOWDOWN: In The Housewife Assassin’s Handbook über-housewife Donna Stone trades in her scrubbing bubbles for a Sig Sauer P229 to avenge the death of her CIA-operative husband, Alex. Unfortunately her latest mission to ID, then assassinate, the killer targeting politically-connected billionaire Charles Breck couldn’t come at a worse time: son Jeff is in the playoffs, and daughter Mary must skip the father-daughter dance. Worse yet, Donna’s been partnered with Carl Connery, a rogue operative who thinks nothing of breaking protocol and following his gut and his very active libido. When the kids mistake Carl for Alex, Donna must play along until she can sort through the suspects, the clues that Alex may still be alive, and her feelings for Carl.
THE BUZZ: Brown’s last novel Impossibly Tongue-Tied was featured on Page Six of the New York Post. A literary agent actively represents this book. See market advice.
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