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Thursday, December 10, 2020

BOOK CLUB FRIDAY--AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR BETH BARANY'S FUTURISTIC SLEUTH JANEY McCALLISTER

Today we sit down for a chat with Janey McCallister from author Beth Barany’s Janey MCallister Mystery Series.

What was your life like before your author started pulling your strings?

I was a Lieutenant in the Sol Unified Planets Space Wing based out of Las Cruces, NM and traveling around as military police at various space stations. I was doing okay with my life, until my mom got sick and I realized I needed a much higher paying job. Why not work on an exclusive hotel casino in high earth orbit? They pay great and Mom gets her expensive medical care.

 

What’s the one trait you like most about yourself?

I like to solve puzzles, the more complex the better.

 

What do you like least about yourself?

I can be stubborn and also have blinders on and forget relationships if they are outside of my work sphere. 

 

What is the strangest thing your author has had you do or had happen to you?

I don't know if it is strange per se but she wants me to dress up in all this fancy clothing; granted it is for the job. 

 

Do you argue with your author? If so, what do you argue about?

No, I think we get along pretty well. Although sometimes I don't tell her everything. She gets upset about that. 

 

What is your greatest fear?

Failing the trust to do a good job that my colleagues have put in me. 

 

What makes you happy?

The company of good friends, a job well done, seeing my mother smile, and especially her homemade cherry pie. 

 

If you could rewrite a part of your story, what would it be? Why?

I would like to know who my father is. But mom says we're all better off not knowing. It does simplify things. 

 

Of the other characters in your book, which one bugs you the most? Why?

Partly Orlando Valdez, he is too sexy for his own good. 

 

Of the other characters in your book, which one would you love to trade places with? Why?

Sometimes I daydream about working with the chef in her kitchen when all I would have to do is make delicious meals as quickly and beautifully as possible. When the only problems I’d have to solve would be what recipes to suggest, based on the limited ingredients we have at hand.

 

Tell us a little something about your author. Where can readers find her website/blog?

Beth’s series featuring me is perfect for fans of J.D. Robb’s Eve Dallas books and KilljoysVagrant QueenCastle, and CSI. It contains a slow-burn romance, enhanced humans, cool high-tech gadgets, a futuristic vision of the Earth, and a tough kick-ass heroine with secrets

 

Learn more about Beth and her books and find excerpts and goodies at her website.

 

What's next for you?

More cases coming soon in Gone Green, Book 3 in the series, on preorder now. 

 

Lured by Light

A Janey McCallister Mystery, Book 2

 

At Bijoux de L’Étoile, the high-end casino orbiting Earth, anything can happen.


It’s a quiet day for L’Étoile lead investigator, Janey McCallister, until a young woman runs screaming through the blackjack tables. She looks like a victim of abuse, but when her boyfriend turns up dead the next day, she becomes the prime suspect


Determined to investigate every angle, Janey searches for clues and uncovers a world of high-priced escorts and human trafficking—a world just like the one that took the life of her best friend long ago. 


When Orlando Valdez, inspector for Sol Unified Planets, shows up with a new suspect, Janey isn’t sure she can trust the mercurial man who stopped returning her phone calls. But as the threats escalate and she unravels a deeper conspiracy, Janey and her team will need all the help they can get. If they fail, it could be the end of everyone on L’Étoile.

 

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2 comments:

Beth Barany said...

Thanks for featuring Janey McCallister futuristic sleuth! She's so happy to stop by.

ANASTASIA POLLACK said...

We were happy to have Janey join us today, Beth!