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New York Times bestselling AUTHOR CARLA NEGGERS
BRINGS AN ANCIENT IRISH LEGEND TO LIFE
THE ANGEL
May 2008
A novel of suspense
A young woman’s passion for myth and magic leads her into the heart of a murderous evil in THE ANGEL (MIRA Books, May 2008, $24.95 U.S./ $24.95 CAN.), the newest novel by New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers.
On a remote stretch of the rugged coast of Ireland, folklorist and illustrator Keira Sullivan pursues the mysterious Irish legend of an ancient Celtic stone angel. As she searches an isolated ruin, she’s certain she’s discovered the mythic angel, but before she can examine her find, she senses a malevolent presence...is someone in there with her? Then the ruin collapses, trapping her.
Keira’s uncle, a Boston homicide detective, enlists the help of Simon Cahill to find his missing niece. Simon, an expert with Fast Rescue, a rapid response search-and-rescue organization, is trying to keep a low profile after secretly assisting the takedown of a major criminal network, but he rushes to Ireland, pulling Keira out of the rubble just as she’s about to free herself.
Simon isn’t interested in myths or magic, nor is he surprised when Keira can’t find a trace of her stone angel. He doesn’t believe it exists. But the gruesome evidence of a startling act of violence convinces him that whatever she found in the ruin, the danger she faces is real.
When the violence follows them to Boston—and escalates—Simon and Keira realize that the long-forgotten story that has captivated her has also aroused a killer...a calculating predator who will certainly kill again.
Suspenseful and evocative, THE ANGEL is a riveting novel of dangerous myths, haunting secrets and the shattering truth concealed within them. It is Carla Neggers at her best.
THE ANGEL
CARLA NEGGERS
$24.95 U.S./ $24.95 CAN.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-2483-6
ISBN-10: 0-7783-2483-4
Praise for Carla Neggers:
“No one does romantic suspense better!”—Janet Evanovich
“Suspense, romance and the rocky Maine coast—what more could a reader ask?”—Tess Gerritsen
CARLA NEGGERS
New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers is always plotting her next adventure, whether in life or for one of her books. Her fertile imagination and curious nature make her ready for anything. It is also these qualities that sparked her love of reading as a child and continue to drive her passion for storytelling today.
With her trademark blend of action, suspense and down-to-earth, realistic characters caught up in extraordinary circumstances, her novels never fail to take her readers on an exciting journey.
Carla began writing as a youngster, when she’d grab a pad and pen and climb a tree to spin her stories. Growing up in western Massachusetts, she is the third of seven children. Just before she was born, her Dutch immigrant father and Southern-born mother packed up the car with two kids and all their belongings and headed north to start a new life. They settled in an eighteenth-century carriage house on 90 acres and began a long process of renovation.
After graduating as valedictorian of her high school class, she went on to major in journalism at Boston University, graduating magna cum laude. She enjoyed a brief stint as an arts and entertainment writer, then turned to writing fiction full-time and now has more than 50 books to her credit.
Travel and research both play a large part in Carla’s writing. She can often trace the germination of a plot to the exact moment of inspiration. “It’s part of the fun of being a writer; you never know what will spark an idea. For example, on a trip to the Netherlands some years ago, we did a tour of a canal-like waterway,” she says. “I kept thinking—what would happen if a dead body floated by? What if it was an American? It’s the way my mind works—around me, everyone else was admiring the quaint countryside. I was devising a murder.”
The plot for THE ANGEL, Carla’s most recent book, was born while she was standing amid the ruins of an old cottage on the Beara Peninsula in Ireland. She was visiting the original home of her son-in-law’s ancestors and began to spin a plot that was a mix of the Irish folktales told to her by a friend, the atmosphere of the cottage and the titillating thought that there might be a fairy or two lurking in the ruins.
Once a plot is hatched, the real researching begins. Her novels have taken her atop the northeast’s highest peaks, onto a shooting range with a police academy instructor and across the world as she scouts out locations and seeks the authenticity that imbues her novels.
The author’s greatest pleasure comes in those moments when she feels she’s gotten the story just right—when it all comes together on the pages of her book, exactly the way she’s envisioned the tale in her mind. Then, when readers connect with the story, her satisfaction is complete. “Everything comes down to the finished book,” says the author. “When I hear from a reader that the story resonated, and that he or she had a great time reading it, I know I’ve done my job and done it well.”
When she’s not working on her next book, Carla enjoys traveling, hiking and kayaking. She’s set out to become a “4000-footer” by climbing all 48 peaks over 4000 feet in the New Hampshire White Mountains, and she’s always planning the next trip—and the next adventure—either of which just might inspire a new story.
Carla lives in Vermont, where she and her husband have recently renovated their mountain house not far from picturesque Quechee Gorge.
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