TIKI TIME! AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: TERRY AMBROSE – WIN A FREE KINDLE EBOOK!
Aloha gang, today we are meeting a totally groovy author, TERRY AMBROSE who has two books just published this week. Paradise, Passion, Murder is a Hawaiian anthology of mysteries up for pre-order.
You can find it here: http://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Passion-Murder-Mystery-Hawaii-ebook/dp/B017KY86ZY/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1446913445&sr=1-1&keywords=paradise+passion+murder
But today we are gonna ask him some really dumb questions and promote his new Kindle Worlds novella Tough Choices: A Hawai’i Parkour Adventure Book 1! This is part of superstar author Toby Neal’s Lei Crime Series and a really hot read!
You can check it out here: http://www.amazon.com/The-Lei-
OR comment on this post to enter the draw to win a FREE kindle copy!! Yeah….ALOHA!
Marty Fitch might be living in paradise, but he’s operating in a world where lies are the norm, retribution is swift, and danger lurks around every corner. With the police on his trail, a killer hunting him, and a friend’s life in the balance, Marty must choose his next move carefully. Otherwise, his new career as a crime-fighting video blogger might be over before it starts.
CHAPTER ONE
“Kaiko Fitch here,” I whisper into the mic. It feels good using the name I’ve adopted since arriving here in Hawai‘i. “I’m streaming live video from the rooftop of the old five-and-dime on Kalākaua. You’re witnessing a sting operation being run by the Honolulu Police Department on a midlevel drug dealer, Damien Villa. The man HPD wants to arrest could be the key to much bigger fish in the Hawai‘i drug trade.”
The sun is incredibly intense on this rooftop, but I’m not about to miss this story. I peer through the video camera lens, see one undercover cop dressed in an aloha shirt, then another looking more sinister. “SWAT has been staging two blocks away on a side street. The detectives are in position. When the hammer comes down on Damien Villa, the traffic will go into total gridlock. And that should be happening right—now.”
Nothing happens.
“For some reason the guy who was making the delivery backed off, folks. Kaiko Fitch, doing surveillance on a live drug sting.” I resist the temptation to close with my real name and the personal tagline I enjoyed so much on the mainland—Marty Fitch, one creative son-of-a-bitch.
What’s holding things up? I know things happen on island time, but I didn’t think drug dealers worked that way. The sting should go down any minute. Soon, it has to be soon. In the interrogation room, Villa won’t stand a chance against Pono. It might take awhile, but he’d eventually realize midlevel flunkies were too far down the food chain to do anything other than cooperate. He’d have no choice but to do his time or turn on the higher ups. He was one thing only to all parties—expendable.
The smart money says my cousin Pono will flip him in less than an hour. Pono’s that good at his job. This takedown could be a big break. It might even get him out of the shadow of Lei Texeira. She may have been his partner, but she’d gone on to bigger and better—the FBI, in fact—while Pono had been slotted as someone to pass over.
Movement on the street below breaks my train of thought. “Here we go, folks. It’s happening.” My voice is nothing more than a whisper. I don’t want to give away my surveillance. “This doesn’t look good. One of Villa’s men just showed up and is talking to his boss. Whatever he’s saying, it looks pretty hush hush.”
Villa nods. The man who spoke with him circles his finger in the air. The men break ranks. “Villa and his men are heading for their trucks…They’re so nonchalant. Oh my God, they’re leaving. This is a terrible blow to HPD. They’ve lost the arrest. There was no deal. It could take months of surveillance to recover from this terrible blow.”
“Honolulu Police! Freeze!”
I whirl around. Four HPD SWAT vests, one from the FBI…and guns, lots of guns.
Lei Texeira is marching toward me with her gun drawn. What the hell’s going on?
They’re all decked out in body armor. They look pissed. Why are they aiming at me?
Love this interview with the crazy questions.
Posted by sharon on November 7th, 2015 at 10:38 amWhat a hilarious interview. I loved it! I have your book on my Kindle and I will be diving in this week. Best of luck with your sales, Terry. Aloha!
Posted by Patricia Logan on November 7th, 2015 at 10:51 amThanks for having me as a guest, AJ. By the way, the short URL for the book on Amazon is http://www.amazon.com/The-Lei-Crime-Series-Adventure-ebook/dp/B017DYYVF0/
Posted by Terry Ambrose on November 7th, 2015 at 11:21 amThanks for being here and being such a great sport, Terry! Aloha!
Posted by AJ on November 7th, 2015 at 1:11 pmThank you Pattycakes. You’re up in two weeks. I promise your questions will be equally stupid! xxx
Posted by AJ on November 7th, 2015 at 1:12 pmThank you Sharon!
Posted by AJ on November 7th, 2015 at 1:12 pmSharon has won the free ebook. Congratulations Sharon and enjoy your book!
Posted by AJ on November 15th, 2015 at 9:13 pm