Former Broadcast Journalist Bases New Novel -- KILL-TV -- on Resume
KILL-TV is a humorous mystery that takes deadly aim at your funny bone.
Grass Valley, CA, April 27, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Former Broadcast Journalist Utilizes Resume in New Humorous Mystery Novel-- K-I-L-L-TV -- Featuring Female News Director
The hilarious author of the babyboomer anthem to parenthood, Maternal Meanderings, and the humorous mystery featuring quaint Nevada City as its setting, Last Call, now brings us a new mystery that takes deadly aim at your funny bone—K-I-L-L TV.
K-I-L-L TV highlights author Dean-Epps’ humorous flare for comedy and creation of likeably unique characters. Drawing from her own personal résumé, having worked at an NBC-affiliate television station for six years, Dean-Epps presents fictitious television station, KQPT-TV, as an exciting backdrop for the plot providing just the right touch of realism and details which place the reader directly into the story. The alliterative female protagonist news director, Leslie Lloyd, is a recovering alcoholic who grapples with the dual challenges of working a high-pressure career and a high-pressure murder case. The plot begins with the murder of KQPT’s insufferable station owner, Lincoln Delaware Bradbury III, on April 15th. Tax Day. Who knew that Old Ben Franklin’s old axiom about, "death and taxes” would provide a one-two punch introduction to the plot of K-I-L-L TV?
We are pulled into K-I-L-L TV’s action when we learn that Leslie was known to disagree with the head honcho; publicly, loudly, and frequently. It doesn’t escape anyone’s attention that Leslie and Lincoln had one humdinger of an argument a mere day’s worth of hours before, least of all the police. The fight leaves Leslie distraught, causing her to forget to file her tax return on her way home from work, leading her to become the girl most likely to be incarcerated for the murder of her boss and income tax evasion.
As if that isn’t enough, Leslie’s husband, that rat-bastard Bob, is leaving her and she’s in desperate need of an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting—or ten. An unexpected diversion in the form of a love connection with policeman, Jared Stanford, provides a welcome breather, even as a veritable Lombard Street of plot twists engulf her. The song title chapter headings set the tone for the intrigue as we get a closer look at Leslie’s life, friends, and struggle to stay on top in the uncompromising world of broadcast journalism. She does this with style, intelligence, and clever asides, all while the killer watches and waits at…K-I-L-L TV.
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Author’s Biography. Diane Dean-Epps graduated from California State University at Sacramento with a major in Communication Studies-Broadcasting and a minor in Business Administration, pursuing an unfinished dance minor along the way. She has also wended her way to a Master of Arts in English. After a diverse and scintillating ten-year career in television broadcasting she returned to school to earn her secondary teaching credential in English/Language Arts and she has been teaching high school ever since. She lives and works in Nevada County, bonding with her musician husband, two children and multitude of adopted four-legged furry children every chance she gets. She has three published books to date: Maternal Meanderings (Humor), Last Call (Humorous Mystery), and KILL-TV (Humorous Mystery), with I‘ll Always Be There…Unless I‘m Somewhere Else?! on the publishing horizon. Her numerous essays have appeared in a variety of publications, including The San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento magazine and The Contra Costa Times.
For Further Information Contact:
Diane Dean-Epps, 530-273-4431, Extension 2216
Website: www.dianedeanepps.com
The hilarious author of the babyboomer anthem to parenthood, Maternal Meanderings, and the humorous mystery featuring quaint Nevada City as its setting, Last Call, now brings us a new mystery that takes deadly aim at your funny bone—K-I-L-L TV.
K-I-L-L TV highlights author Dean-Epps’ humorous flare for comedy and creation of likeably unique characters. Drawing from her own personal résumé, having worked at an NBC-affiliate television station for six years, Dean-Epps presents fictitious television station, KQPT-TV, as an exciting backdrop for the plot providing just the right touch of realism and details which place the reader directly into the story. The alliterative female protagonist news director, Leslie Lloyd, is a recovering alcoholic who grapples with the dual challenges of working a high-pressure career and a high-pressure murder case. The plot begins with the murder of KQPT’s insufferable station owner, Lincoln Delaware Bradbury III, on April 15th. Tax Day. Who knew that Old Ben Franklin’s old axiom about, "death and taxes” would provide a one-two punch introduction to the plot of K-I-L-L TV?
We are pulled into K-I-L-L TV’s action when we learn that Leslie was known to disagree with the head honcho; publicly, loudly, and frequently. It doesn’t escape anyone’s attention that Leslie and Lincoln had one humdinger of an argument a mere day’s worth of hours before, least of all the police. The fight leaves Leslie distraught, causing her to forget to file her tax return on her way home from work, leading her to become the girl most likely to be incarcerated for the murder of her boss and income tax evasion.
As if that isn’t enough, Leslie’s husband, that rat-bastard Bob, is leaving her and she’s in desperate need of an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting—or ten. An unexpected diversion in the form of a love connection with policeman, Jared Stanford, provides a welcome breather, even as a veritable Lombard Street of plot twists engulf her. The song title chapter headings set the tone for the intrigue as we get a closer look at Leslie’s life, friends, and struggle to stay on top in the uncompromising world of broadcast journalism. She does this with style, intelligence, and clever asides, all while the killer watches and waits at…K-I-L-L TV.
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Author’s Biography. Diane Dean-Epps graduated from California State University at Sacramento with a major in Communication Studies-Broadcasting and a minor in Business Administration, pursuing an unfinished dance minor along the way. She has also wended her way to a Master of Arts in English. After a diverse and scintillating ten-year career in television broadcasting she returned to school to earn her secondary teaching credential in English/Language Arts and she has been teaching high school ever since. She lives and works in Nevada County, bonding with her musician husband, two children and multitude of adopted four-legged furry children every chance she gets. She has three published books to date: Maternal Meanderings (Humor), Last Call (Humorous Mystery), and KILL-TV (Humorous Mystery), with I‘ll Always Be There…Unless I‘m Somewhere Else?! on the publishing horizon. Her numerous essays have appeared in a variety of publications, including The San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento magazine and The Contra Costa Times.
For Further Information Contact:
Diane Dean-Epps, 530-273-4431, Extension 2216
Website: www.dianedeanepps.com
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