Interview with Alex Stone from Counter Attack

 Good morning, Suspense Sisters' followers! I've hijacked Patricia Bradley's post today. If she can make me return to Pearl Springs when that's the last place I want to be, I can take over her blog post!

And don't even get me started on what it's like to leave the Chattanooga police department, destroying my opportunity to be the first Chattanooga Police Chief! 

But she knew me well enough to know that I wouldn't leave the grandfather who raised me in a bind. Plus this gig as his chief deputy is temporary. Or at least it's supposed to be. 

If I leave, it's going to be hard to leave Nathan Landry, the Pearl Springs Police Chief. And we do work well together, me running the Russell County Sheriff's Office and him the city police department.

And, he knows chess...which I don't and the killer in Counter Attack is leaving chess moves at each murder... I have no patience to sit there and try and figure out what my opponent is going to do next...although I should. I do it every day in my quest to capture criminals. But at least with criminals, I don't have to figure out algebraic equations. That's what chess is, you know...

And Nathan is ever so easy on the eyes...Patricia doesn't tell you in the book, but he looks really good in a tight-fitting tee shirt. Those abs...Alex clears her throat. 

Oh, and I suppose you're wondering about the name Alex. It's really Alexis, but really, can you see a bunch of macho men in a police department taking me seriously as Alexis? No, Alex works much better, even though Nathan refuses to call me anything other than Alexis.

Patricia really stretched me in this story, making me delve into the Dark Web. Can I tell you a little secret? The Dark Web isn't all bad. People use it in countries where it isn't safe to contact their relatives or where every email is scrutinized, and the Dark Web lets them email family and friends without worrying about repercussions. 

Well, I better get back to work--Patricia has me really busy in her next book, Fatal Witness...but if you want to know if Nathan and I get together, check out Counter Attack! I hear it's getting really great reviews...

Alexis Stone has no sooner been sworn in as the chief deputy for Russell County, Tennessee, when a serial killer dubbed the Queen’s Gambit Killer strikes again–this time in her hometown. Pearl Springs is just supposed to be a temporary stop along the way to Alex’s real dream: becoming the first female police chief of Chattanooga. But the killer’s calling card–a white pawn and a note with a chess move printed on it–cannot be ignored.

Pearl Springs chief of police Nathan Landry can’t believe that his high school sweetheart Alexis (he refuses to call her Alex) is back in town, and he can’t help wanting to protect the woman he never stopped loving. But as the danger mounts and the killer closes in, can Nathan come through on the promises he makes to himself to bring a killer to justice before it’s too late?

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Leave a comment and I'll enter you in a drawing for a copy of Counter Attack! Or if you already have it, a $10 Amazon gift card. Let me know if you've ever dipped into the Dark Web!

Last month's winner is Amy Bradsher.