Dangerous Lies

by Lisa April Smith

Overview

From the first line "Dangerous Lies" turns up the heat:
"The trial had everything an ambitious prosecuting attorney could want: a solid case against a known crimelord and a seductively beautiful witness with a steamy past -- ingredients guaranteed to pack a courtroom."

Two equally fascinating protagonists:
Tina Davis, former mob mistress and key witness for the prosecution
Rejected by both parents until she turns thirteen and her father, reveling in the attention his stunning daughter generates, begins taking the impressionable girl with him – to the track, to prizefights, to nightclubs. When he dies, the despondent fifteen-year-old is easy prey for a charismatic mob-lord.

Assistant DA Jake Stern, everything about Tina Davis disturbs him: her sultry beauty, her sordid past, the way she walks, crosses her legs, the annoying admiration of the cops she worked with. Why did she risk her life to get him the evidence he needs and what secrets is she still hiding? But Jake's questions will go permanently unanswered if he's unable to keep her alive.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013604612
Publisher:	Windgate Press
Publication date:	07/07/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	422 KB

About the Author

Lisa April Smith is the highly praised author of Dangerous Lies, Exceeding Expectations and Paradise Misplaced, all in the genre she playfully calls “Suspense with Sizzle for Discerning Readers.” Reviews for all three are consistently amazing. But perhaps one reviewer succinctly said it best: “Lisa April Smith’s books have the pace and heat of Jacqueline Susann and the style and sophistication of Dominick Dunne.”

Like other literary late bloomers, Smith grew up in a family of readers and dreamed of becoming an author. But necessity intervened and her formal education came in bits and pieces. Paying her own way college at 17, she chose to leave two years later when she moved to Boston to put her new husband through graduate school. Later, when she could steal time from raising a family, she enrolled in any class that appealed to her wide range of interests, attending any college within an hour’s drive. Eventually, she received a BA in anthropology/sociology. A few years later, after attaining a degree in computer science she was hired by IBM. Ten years after that, she reluctantly left the company when she and her husband moved to Jupiter, Florida. Too young to retire, the yearning to write awakened and life for Smith forever changed. Combining corporate discipline, life experience and long suppressed creativity, characters and stories poured out.

Malcolm Gladwell, in his 2008 article in The New Yorker asks “Why do we equate genius with precocity?” in his article “Late Bloomers” Gladwell says, “The Cézannes of the world bloom late not as a result of some defect in character, or distraction, or lack of ambition, but because the kind of creativity that proceeds through trial and error necessarily takes a long time to come to fruition.” Famous late blooming authors include: Henry Miller, Raymond Chandler, Joseph Conrad, Flora Thompson, Mary Wesley, Marquis de Sade and Laura Ingalls Wilder, who published her first book in her mid-sixties.

In addition to writing, Lisa and her husband support the community they’ve grown to love in a number of ways. As a sought-after speaker Lisa has a hard time refusing any non-profit organization when invited to share her wry wit with enthusiastic audiences. This fall, she will be teaching a course on writing at the Academy for Continuing Education.

Editorial Reviews

" . . . a thriller with just enough steam to captivate . . ." Parkland Press

Parkland Press - Joanna Poncavage

"The book is laced with suspense, humor, emotion and lots of twists and turns . . . this racy new thriller has two unforgettable protagonists."

The Morning Call - Linda Haase

"If Mary Higgins Clark looks over her should she may see Lisa Smith following closely behind. Their books have the same ingredients . . . page turning suspense and a plot that grabs the reader from the first page." ". . . Smith's sly sense of humor puts the frosting on the cake."

Highlight Magazine - Patricia Weiner

Lisa Smith, author of 'Dangerous Lies' could be Ernest Hemingway and Jacky Suzanne's progeny. She has the spice and savy of Suzanne and the clarity, unique characters and style of Hemingway. Give me more!

Barnes & Noble reader - Gail Lorber