Press Release: "NICE WORK" by Denise Weeks

NICE WORK by Denise Weeks won the Oak Tree Press First Mystery Novel contest in 2011 and is now available from Oak Tree Press at the end of July 2012.  A traditional mystery with an edge, NICE WORK is the first book in the Jacquidon "Snoop Sisters" Carroll series.  Jacquidon Carroll could've killed her boss when he downsized her--or so the police think.  Can she and her sister find the real killer in the maze of BDSM clubs and secret societies that her (ex-)boss turns out to have been involved in before it's too late?  No explicit stuff--everything's played for laughs.  It's a "Snoop Sisters" sort of romp like Anne George's Southern Sisters series.  The book will go live on Amazon and will be orderable at any bookstore (Barnes and Noble, for example) by July 27th.  Right now, there's a direct link to the pre-order special that's on the Oak Tree Press sales site--a special for $12 with free shipping.

Follow the progress of NICE WORK, the novel that won the 2012 Oak Tree Press Mystery Contest and is scheduled for release in the late fall of 2012, and the development of its author, Denise Weeks:
http://deniseweeks.blogspot.com/

Follow the blog of NICE WORK's main characters, Jacquidon and Chantal Carroll:
http://jackiesjotting.blogspot.com/

Shalanna Collins' book blog (for my YA fantasy and literary work):
http://shalannacollins.blogspot.com/

Webpage listing all my books (Shalanna Collins and Denise Weeks):
http://tinyurl.com/bvffdml

My personal journal (not book-related, mostly whimsy):
http://shalanna.livejournal.com/

Obligatory sales pitch--get the book at a discount price of $12 when you pre-order at our Oak Tree Press Direct site! 366 pgs trade paper and FREE SHIPPING for this special offer! Books will be delivered first week in August. This is before Amazon or any other link goes live. If you buy and email me, I'll send autographed bookplate. If you review it on Amazon, you'll get a code for another FREE Oak Tree Press book (no, REALLY, courtesy of my adored publisher!) You can't lose!

Page down to the N section (NICE WORK by Denise Weeks)--about 24 PAGEDOWN keystrokes and use the BUY NOW button (DON'T WORRY about retail price listed--your price is $12 for special early bird friends deal that I have worked out with publisher!)

Or you could try the "free read" of three chapters that another promotional site has up.

The Book Pre-Ordered for $12
http://www.oaktreebooks.com/Shop%20OTP.htm
Free Read of First Three Chapters in PDF Form
http://www.manicreaders.com/index.cfm?disp=bookdetail&bookid=26189

Obligatory sales pitch over!!

Denise Weeks has been writing since she could hold a crayon.  She graduated from Southern Methodist University with bachelor's degrees in computer science and in mathematics (with a minor in English); she worked as a software engineer for several years.  All the while she was scribbling, scribbling.

She has worked as a software weenie, soft-serve cone maker at Dairy Queen (she perfected that little twirl on the top of the dipped cone), and secondary school math tutor.  Her favorite foods are curried yak, chocolate, and French fries. She knows (but is not telling) a plethora of alchemical and occult secrets. Homeland Security has identified her as a person of interest.  (Okay, just kidding.  She doesn't really eat curried yak.)  She is currently at work on yet another novel.

She and her husband live happily in a northern suburb of Dallas, Texas, with their two beloved pets:  a yappy Pomeranian and Denise's elderly mother.

Denise Weeks/Shalanna Collins