Vocal Expressions

This is the second Shelby Alexander thriller I’ve read and I remain steadfastly intrigued by Craig A. Hart. So, let’s meet Shelby Alexander, a former professional boxer nearing sixty who is thirty years older than his girlfriend, Carly. Carly needs her ex-boyfriend, James Blair to stop sending her text messages after she finds out he’s married with a child. She asks Shelby to deliver her message, but soon thereafter, James, his wife and child are murdered. This is where the story gets intriguing with Smith, the killer who wields the murder weapon…a knife with expertise.  Smith has a system where he watches his victims and learns their routines before he strikes. He stays in small towns long enough to commit a murder, make it look like a burglary gone wrong, and then he moves on to stay ahead of the authorities. He kills frequently to keep the high he feels when he’s done. This time he is in the small town of Serenity in Michigan. A place where he didn’t expect to hang around afte...

Author’s Bio: Virginia (Ginnie) Isaacs Cover grew up in Minnesota. She holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan and has worked throughout her career with children and adults with complex medical conditions and developmental disabilities. She is an advocate for those with disabilities and their families, and published a widely read guidebook for those affected by X and Y chromosome variations, Living with Klinefelter Syndrome, Trisomy X, and 47, XYY . Turning to fiction, she explores the impact of a prenatal diagnosis on a young family in Supplemental Needs: A Novel . Cover and her husband live in the Washington, DC, metro area.   Deliah Lawrence: What inspired you to write your book? Virginia Issacs Cover: I first got the idea about writing a fictional account of a prenatal diagnosis and subsequent experience accepting that our child had a disability from The Mouse Proof Kitchen by Saira Shah, whose account of her daughter’s birth and infancy. The daug...