A few months back a heavy promotional push started for Kyra Davis and her new book Sex, Murder and a Double Latte.  The book is displayed prominently in bookstores and has been featured in a few magazines.  Each time I see her name - and that happens pretty often - I think: gee, I have to buy that book.  The cover is fun and flirty.  Davis is new and interesting.  The buzz is good.  Seems like a winner.

Thanks to this article, I’m going to make that purchase this weekend.  Seems as if Davis had hit the point of complete desperation in her life and pushed to try something new.  She came late to the idea of writing and studied before jumping in.  It all paid off with a four-book deal with Mira.  At just the right time:

It sounds like another unbelievable fable from the J.K. Rowling school of writer discovery.

Kyra Davis, a 30ish single mother in the Bay Area, was teetering on the brink of financial and emotional ruin when she decided to take refuge in the written word. Never mind that she had little writing experience, or that she was working as a marketing manager at an upscale athletic club.

About her mixture of whodunit and chick lit, Davis says:

"Just take all your pent-up stuff," Davis says she told herself, "and kill people off on the page."

That quote won me over.  Sure, it’s hardcover, which is always a bit risky (and expensive) with a newbie, but I’m willing to take the chance to see what all the fuss is about.

This entry was posted on Sunday, June 26th, 2005 at 6:50 am and is filed under About Authors, About Books. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.