Character Name: Olivia Redmond
1) Tell us a little about yourself – both something we
learn from Deadly Rescue and something that readers might not guess
As you find out in Deadly Rescue, I know very little
about my mother. I was only six years old when she died in the influenza
epidemic of 1918, and my father refuses to talk about her. We don’t have any
close relatives to tell me anything. I’ve always wanted to know more about her,
and readers of earlier Deadly Series books may not realize that. When I meet
Mrs. Jørgensen, who was friends with my mother before WWI, I find someone who
can tell me about my mother and is willing to answer my questions. I’m excited
about that possibility.
2) How did you first meet your writer?
I first met Kate Parker when she started writing
Deadly Scandal. My husband had just been murdered and I was lost in my grief
and frustrated that the police thought he killed himself. Kate stayed with me
through all the twists and turns my life took and has been with me ever since.
3) Want to dish about her?
What can I say about Kate? She’s perfect. She also
puts words in my mouth and thoughts in my head, so I’d better go along with her
opinion on this one.
4) Why do you think that your life has ended up being
in a book?
I live an exciting life. I have a position on a London
daily newspaper, the Daily Premier, that has sent me to Nazi Germany,
and Austria and Czechoslovakia just as they were being taken over. I’m also
loaned out to Britain’s spymaster, Sir Malcolm Fremantle, from time to time,
forcing me to deal with Nazi spies and sympathizers. Now he’s sent me to
Denmark immediately before they were invaded to rescue people who may not want
to be rescued. I’ve certainly found my life exciting.
5) Who’s your favorite character? Why?
Although he doesn’t make an appearance in Deadly
Rescue, my favorite character is my husband Adam. He’s handsome and brave and
charming and funny and loyal. I could go on, but you’d probably get tired of
reading this. Right now, he’s off with the British Army doing whatever it is he
does for them wherever it is he’s doing it. I’m worried sick for him. The war
is heating up, and that’s never good when you’re an army captain.
6) Who’s your least favorite character? Why?
That’s easy. Katrine, the Jørgensens’ daughter. When
we first meet, she’s engaged, or not, to a German chemist who is working with
her father. The German wants to stay in Denmark since his countrymen are taking
over, so Katrine wants to stay, too. Her parents want to leave for England
where they once lived, but they don’t feel they can since Katrine won’t be
chaperoned. As Katrine shows us over and over again, everything is about her.
And she can’t stand me. From the first time we speak, she’s telling me to leave
immediately and not even stay for the weekend after traveling hundreds of
miles.
7) What’s next for you?
World War II heats up, France, Belgium, and the
Netherlands fall, and the German air force begins pounding Britain,
particularly London. Adam and I are invited to spend a quiet weekend at Rosalie
Billingsthorpe’s country estate. I met her during Deadly Cypher and we’ve
stayed friends. Somehow, quiet is taking on a whole new meaning.
Deadly
Rescue, the ninth book in the Deadly Series by USA Today bestselling author
Kate Parker, is on sale in ebook and paperback at all the usual online
retailers.
About Dark Rescue
As the Phony War morphs into the Blitzkrieg, two British intelligence officers risk getting trapped behind enemy lines in the ninth Deadly mystery from USA Today Bestselling author Kate Parker
April, 1940. Hitler is invading Denmark on Tuesday. Olivia Redmond has only a weekend to bring a Nobel Prize winning chemist and his war-altering research to Britain. The scientist and his wife want to leave, but their troublesome daughter will do anything to stop her parents from departing.
When the daughter’s German fiancé is murdered, the police refuse to let anyone depart until they find the killer. If Olivia wants to escape Denmark with the chemist and his breakthroughs, she will have to unmask the killer before the Nazis stop her forever.
Deadly Rescue, book nine of the Deadly Series, is for fans of World War II era spy thrillers and classical cozy mysteries, of intrepid lady sleuths with determination and smarts. No explicit cursing, violence, or sex.
About Kate Parker
Since she was unable to build a time machine in her backyard, Kate Parker immerses herself in research and then creates the world that lives inside each book that she writes. Her favorite place is London and her time travel destination is anywhere from the late Victorian era through World War II. Since she lives in the Carolinas with her daughter and a 95-pound puppy, the practical side of her is thankful for air conditioning and all the modern comforts of life. Comforts she will take with her if she ever figures out how to build her time machine.
I enjoyed the interview with Olivia and Deadly Rescue sounds like a thrilling read for me to enjoy! Thanks for sharing it with me!
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Thank you for sharing your wonderful review of Deadly Rescue, the author's interview and book details, I have enjoyed reading this post and I am looking forward to reading this story
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