About this item
Having spent the last seven years in Texas, Border Patrol Agent Peyton Cote is returning home to northern Maine, hoping it will be a safer environment for her young son. But the criminal element has turned what was once a quiet corner of the country into an illicit trade route . . . and there's no telling what they'll do to protect their interests. When Peyton finds a baby abandoned in a frozen field near the border, she's pulled into a deadly conspiracy that puts everything - her life, her career, her family - at risk. "Packed with thrills and high-octane action" (Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author) , Bitter Crossing takes fearless heroine Peyton Cote on a breakneck journey through the underground world of dangerous smugglers who play for keeps.
About the Author
Thanks for stopping by. I'm D.A. Keeley (and John R. Corrigan and, believe it or not, K.A. Delaney) .
Peyton Cote is a kick-ass US Border Patrol agent and a single mom. She struggles to balance the two. A unique aspect of these novels is that they're set in northern Maine's Aroostook County, a fascinating and wonderful place where I lived for ten years. I try to honor that region by portraying it authentically.
I love meeting readers and am happy to join your book-group discussion, either in person or via Skype of Google Hangout. I enjoy readings, Q@As, school visits, and workshops as well. So please reach out to me on Facebook or Twitter.
You can learn more about Peyton by following me on twitter @DAKeeleyAuthor.
BOOKS, BIO, & CONTACT
I was born in Augusta, Maine, and live with my wife and three daughters at Northfield Mount Hermon School (Mass.) , where I'm the English department chair, a teacher, and may very well be the only mystery writer in America who's also a dorm parent. In 1979, prior to many discoveries in the field of learning disabilities, I was broadly diagnosed as "learning disabled, presumed dyslexic" -- a theme that resonates through some of my works.
I played college hockey, then covered the city desk at a couple newspapers before heading to the University of Texas at El Paso to earn my MFA. Along with a host of other writers, I write a regular post for the Type M for Murder blog-site (http://typem4murder.blogspot.com/) .
A Mainer through and through, I try to get to Old Orchard Beach as often as possible.
DA Keeley Books
DESTINY'S PAWN (June 2016, Midnight Ink)
FALLEN SPARROW (June 2015, Midnight Ink)
BITTER CROSSING (2014, Midnight Ink) *
*finalist for 2015 Maine Literary Award
KA Delaney Book
THIS ONE DAY (2013, Five Star/Gale)
John R Corrigan Books
364 DAYS (AHMM, 2012)
SHOOTER (AHMM, 2011)
OUT OF BOUNDS (University Press of New England, 2006)
BAD LIE (UPNE, 2005)
CENTER CUT (UPNE, 2004)
SNAP HOOK (UPNE, 2004)
CUT SHOT (Sleeping Bear Press, 2001)
An essay about my father's battle with cancer: http://etude.uoregon.edu/autumn2009/essay.html
Contact Info:
Social Media:
*John Corrigan & DA Keeley Author on Facebook
*twitter@johnrcorrigan
*twitter@KADelaneyauthor
*twitter@DAKeeleyAuthor
C/O agents:
Julia Lord & Ginger Curwen
Julia Lord Literary
38 West Ninth St., New York, NY, 1011
(212) 995-2333
julialordliterary.com
