Greg Messel has spent most of his
adult life interested in writing, including a career in the newspaper business.
He won a Wyoming Press Association Award as a columnist and has contributed
articles to various magazines. Greg lives in Edmonds, Washington on Puget Sound with his wife Jean DeFond.
Greg has written ten novels. His
latest is "San
Francisco Nights" which is the seventh in a series of mysteries set in
1959 San Francisco. "Shadows In The Fog," "Fog City
Strangler," "San Francisco Secrets," "Deadly Plunge" are
sequels to the first book in the series "Last of the Seals." His
other three novels are "Sunbreaks," "Expiation" and
"The Illusion of Certainty." For a more detailed summary of Greg's
novels go to www.gregmessel.com
Greg is currently working on his
eleventh novel "Dreams That Never Were" which is not part of the
mystery series.
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About the Book:
Title:
SAN FRANCISCO NIGHTS
Author: Greg Messel
Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing
Pages: 232
Genre: Mystery / Suspense
Author: Greg Messel
Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing
Pages: 232
Genre: Mystery / Suspense
The wife of a wealthy San Francisco shipping magnate leads a secret life but someone is
threatening to expose her. Private eye Sam Slater and his wife and
partner, Amelia, meet a mysterious woman in a large red hat during a train
trip. The woman approaches him pleading for help because she‘s receiving
anonymous notes quoting Bible verses which are becoming more and more ominous
with each passing day. Her secrets have been discovered but by whom? What
really happens behind closed doors in Room 505 in a swanky downtown hotel?
Sam is willing to take the case
but Amelia warns that this woman is nothing but trouble. What does the woman
really want? She’s been watching Sam for months and has a scheme to pull him
into her world.
Find out in the latest Sam Slater
Mystery “San Francisco Nights” set in the fall of 1959. It’s the seventh book
in the series but is a heart pounding stand alone whodunit.
Watch the book trailer at YouTube.
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As a book bloggin’ and book luvin’ Princess, I’m always
curious to find out how authors got the ideas for their books. How did
you come up with the idea for your book?
It’s the seventh in a series of mysteries and I feel that
each book has added another layer to the character development and the
history behind them. The original idea for the series came on a trip to San
Francisco. I grew up in the Bay Area and spent much of
my youth in San Francisco. I got to
thinking about the world we lived in during the 50s and 60s. I had been looking
for a character I could base a series on and also wanted it to be mysteries. I
found what I was looking for when I imagined Sam Slater in 1958 San
Francisco. I began revisiting venues in San
Francisco and thinking about mysteries for my private
eye to solve.
Can you tell us what your book is about?
The title is
“San Francisco Nights.” A rich woman has a secret world that she fiercely
guards. However, someone has discovered her private world and now she’s
receiving anonymous notes quoting Bible verses which are growing more ominous
with each passing day. Sam and Amelia Slater encounter the mysterious woman in
the large red hat, while riding on a train. The woman pleads for them to help
her. She’s sure someone is following her and plans to kill her. Meanwhile, a
ruthless ex-con, who blames Sam and Amelia for putting him in prison, escapes
and vows revenge.
Can you tell us a little about the main characters of
your book?
Sam is a former baseball player for the San Francisco Seals
and as his baseball career comes to an end, he is invited to become a partner
in a private eye business with his longtime friend, Jimmy Jankow. But Jimmy is
murdered by a ruthless gangster and Sam’s first case is to find out who killed
his friend. Meanwhile, he begins a romance with TWA stewardess Amelia Ryan. She
has a knack for solving mysteries. Amelia is forced to resign as a stewardess
when she marries Sam and then joins him in the private eye business.
If you could tell your younger writing self anything,
what would that be?
I should have been more self confident. I was better than I
thought.
What would you say is one of your interesting writing
quirks? Quirks? Me?
I’m normal. I’m sure I have some. I like to listen to music
while I’m writing but mostly I like for it to be quiet. I can’t multi-task when
writing. Nothing too crazy.
Do you hear from your readers? What do they say?
I do and that’s one of the best things about being an
author. My readers have been very complimentary and love Sam and Amelia.
Everyone loves a good whodunit and I try to deliver.
What is the toughest criticism given to you as an author?
In the course of writing ten novels there have been a couple
of times that I’ve had editors say “throw out this entire chapter, it adds
nothing to the story.” That came as a jolt but I rewrote sections to blend
things together after eliminating those chapters and I concluded my editor was
right. Sometimes you can get too in love with your own writing or your own
research. That’s why you need a good editor and other eyes to review your book.
What has been your best accomplishment?
I think writing ten novels and having two more in
development is a major accomplishment. I feel this body of work allows me to
truly say that I’m an author.
Do you Google yourself?
Of course. I wonder what pops up when someone does a search
on my name. It also is a way to check your search words. I want all of the
information about my books to come up when my name is typed. I also do a search
on YouTube and Amazon to see what is displayed. I want my book trailers to
appear on YouTube and they do.
How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have?
Two or three. They are mostly novel-like books telling
stories from my family history. One is a story of my grandparents trying to
survive in the 1930s during the Depression in rural Indiana.
I’m turning over in my mind how to make it into a novel. It’s a very compelling
and unique story.
Do you have anything specific that you would like to say
to your readers?
I love creating a new world for me and my readers to
inhabit. I love the writing process and am driven to try to get better and
better with each novel.
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