Liza O'Connor Has A New Release!
Prince Rupert’s drops take center stage in
this story. What is a Prince Rupert’s drop? They are teardrop-shaped bits of
glass which are produced by allowing a molten drop of glass to fall into a
bucket of water, thereby rapidly cooling it. They can withstand a blow from a
hammer on the bulbous end without breaking, but the drops will disintegrate
explosively into powder if the tail end is even slightly damaged.
Someone has discovered, using a hollow
glass tube, how to inject a highly lethal gas into the drop before it hardens
in the water.
Determining
who to trust is getting very hard, indeed. This may be the most trying cases
imaginable. Director Stone has gone missing and it appears Ministers of
Parliament are involved. Xavier is arrested and placed in a jail meant to kill
him, while Vic, disguised as a woman, attempts to locate the Minister of
External Affairs and ask for his help.
Everyone
is called in to assist: Jacko, his wife Alice, their son Pete, Samson the Crime
Lord, David and Claire, Tubs and his wife Sara, the boys: Cannon and Ham, plus
the bloodhound Arroo.
The
Wasp who escaped punishment for her attempts to murder her bigamist husband’s
first wife last year is back. Vic discovers love letters between Ben, their
terrible secretary and the Wasp. Worse yet, he shared Xavier’s financial advice
with the Wasp, making her and her husband very wealthy.
With
Stone missing, and Barns and Meyers stretched to their limits, Vic decides it’s
time to train more of the Scotland Yard officers in intuitive and deductive
reasoning. While only half the class makes it through her two-day course,
everyone is pleased with her results.
Be
warned, Vic’s sister, Claire, is becoming more difficult than ever. Gregory
thinks she is going mad.
EXCERPT!
Vic retrieves a Prince Rupert Drop
sitting on Xavier’s head without killing them
all.
“Well done, Victor,” Carlson stated. “I don’t believe
another man in my unit could have done it half so quickly.”
“It was a team effort, and it is too early to
celebrate anything. We still need to secure the glass ball and get Xavier out
of here. Not to mention you need to take control of this investigation.”
“Allow me to handle the first of your concerns.”
Carlson pulled out a thick glassed container from the pocket of his coat. “I
believe your protective contraption will fit inside this quite nicely.”
Vic gently took the protected glass ball from Tubs
pocket and placed it into the glass jar and watched him seal it.
“I have been assured by experts this will prevent any
of the gas from leaking. However, I had not anticipated the diabolical
possibility that a Prince Rupert’s Drop would be used.”
“Why didn’t you mention you had this before?” Vic
asked.
“Because if you were right about the ball actually
being a Prince Rupert’s Drop, then it could not be safely dropped inside.”
“I know that, but had you given me the container, I
could have gently placed the drop into the container immediately after I
created the protective barrier. Instead, I was worried sick about Tubs having
the drop in his pocket while Xavier and I climbed all over the bench.”
“Well, we all survive, so nothing more needs to be
made of the matter.”
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The Author!
Liza O’Connor was raised badly by feral cats,
left the South/Midwest and wandered off to find nicer people on the east coast.
There she worked for the meanest man on Wall Street, while her psychotic
husband tried to kill her three times. (So much for finding nicer people.) Then
one day she declared enough, got a better job, divorced her husband, and fell
in love with her new life where people behaved nicely. But all those bad
behaviors has given her lots of fodder for her humorous books. Please buy these
books, because otherwise, she’ll become grumpy and write troubled novels
instead. They will likely traumatize you.
You have been warned.
The Series!
The Adventures of Xavier & Vic Sleuth series: (Late
Victorian/Mystery/Romance)
The Troublesome Apprentice — The greatest sleuth in Victorian England
hires a young man who turns out to be a young woman.
The Missing Partner — Opps! The greatest sleuth in Victorian England
goes missing, leaving Vic to rescue him, a suffragette, and about 100 servants.
Not to mention an eviscerating cat. Yes, let’s not mention the cat.
A Right to Love — A romantic detour for Jacko. Want
to see how amply rewarded Jacko was when he & Vic save an old woman from
Bedlam?
The Mesmerist — The Mesmerist can control people from afar and make them murder for
her. Worse yet, Xavier Thorn has fallen under her spell.
Well Kept Secrets — The problems with secrets is that they always come to
light, no matter how you wish to silence them.
The
Darkest Days — Muddled cases make Vic very grumpy.
The CrimeLords’ War — Vic
is almost killed twice as she tries to prevent a CrimeLords’ War, stop a female
Russian spy, and locate Xavier.
Toxic Diamonds — The Queen’s Diamonds have been
stolen, Director Stone of Scotland Yard is missing, and there is a toxic gas
that may kill hundreds of Londoners.
As a fan of Victorian mystery fiction, I can honestly say that I will be working my way through this series ASAP!
Happy Reading,
~AR
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