House of Cuts: A Hillary Broome Novel

by June Gillam

Overview

When bodies of dismembered managers turn up as superstore displays, reporter Hillary Broome's articles on the grisly murders catapult her byline from California into the national limelight and threaten to expose a shameful secret that could ruin her career-as well as bring her to the crazed killer's attention. Hillary must connect up with detective Ed Kiffin in a race to catch the insane cutthroat before he tortures and kills a woman who's begun to fill a void in Hillary's heart, left by the mother who abandoned her years ago. HOUSE OF CUTS builds towards a powerful climax, reminiscent of SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. --Susan Rushton, Auburn Journal Columnist Would make a great movie! --Zoe Keithley, Story Workshop(R) master teacher

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780985883812
Publisher:	Gorilla Girl Ink
Publication date:	01/30/2013
Series:	Hillary Broome Crime Novels , #1
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

Rebelling against a Goody Two-shoes upbringing, June Gillam explores the darkness of this journey we call life. Her first poetry collection, SO SWEET AGAINST YOUR TEETH, is in print under the name June Comarsh Gillam. After she realized many of her poems wanted to be stories, she began writing short fiction and is published in outlets such as METAL SCRATCHES and AMERICA'S INTERCULTURAL MAGAZINE. She is now working on a series of thrillers featuring Hillary Broome, a redheaded reporter in her mid-thirties who writes for a Central California paper and serves as the journalism advisor at a local community college. June Gillam welcomes visits to www.junegillam.com and replies to contacts from the site.

Editorial Reviews

House of Cuts is the first in a series by June Gillam. The main character - Hillary Broome - is one of the strengths of this series. Instead of the slender, sexy investigator with fabulous hair usually offered, we have a real woman. She carries a few extra pounds and is oh so human - a writer having dipped her toe into plagiarism several years back. Her error led her to accept work under the radar in a small town for a local online paper. However, the fact it is online becomes an issue when her stories began to be picked up by larger new sources.

A big box store has just moved into the town, putting most of the mom and pop stores out of business. Those left unemployed have to accept a humiliating hiring process and work at low wages in the new store. One becomes a killer, targeting those he feels are responsible, dismembering their bodies and creating a scene with their parts to make a statement.

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