I am so happy to have Marguerite Ashton here for a Q & A today for my stop on her blog tour for her new book Promised Lies which was released on the 8th June! First of all, though, let’s read a little about the book…

Detective Lily Blanchette has a lot on her plate. Her sister, Celine, was murdered, her parents are on the verge of divorce, and after a whirlwind romance, she married a man she barely knows.

When the bodies of two young women are found, it is clear that the killer is the same person who murdered her sister, Lily sets out to find out who that is.

As the investigation comes to life, Lily realises that all is not as it seems in her life, who can she actually trust and who is she?

What is the first book you remember reading or having read to you?

A Birthday for Frances by Russell Hoban.

Who is your favourite literary character?

Dorian Gray

Which book have you always meant to get around to reading, but still not read?

Dan Brown – Davinci Code

Oh me neither! I lift it and then just say later and later never comes…

If you could only take one book with you on a desert island, which would it be?

David Baldacci – Absolute Power.

What are you currently reading?

Ted Dekker – Skin

Who would be at your dream dinner party (alive, dead or fictional)?

Queen Elizabeth the 1st, Reba McEntire, Ellen DeGeneres, Janet Reid, Louis Armstrong, and Lexi Thompson. 

Good choices indeed 🙂

What’s the best advice you have ever received?

If you want to write books, then you go do it. Don’t let anyone tell you, you can’t – Grandmother Marguerite (my namesake)

Wonderful to have such an encouraging Grandmother!

What’s the worst advice you have ever received?

Stop writing, you’ll never amount to much.

That is terrible advice! Thankfully you didn’t listen to it!

Who is your hero or heroine (real or fictional)?

My Mom, Renee

Aw, that is so sweet!

Thank you so much for taking the time to let your readers, and myself, find out some more about you.

We have 2 signed copies of Promised Lies by  Marguerite Ashton to give away. Hit the the button to enter –>

When Marguerite Ashton was in her twenties, she took up acting but realize

d she preferred to work behind the camera, writing crime fiction. A few years later, she married an IT Geek and settled down with her role as wife, mom, and writer. Five kids later, she founded the Crime Writer’s Panel and began working with former law enforcement investigators to create; Criminal Lines Blog, an online library for crime writers who need help with their book research.

She’s a workaholic who hides in her writer’s attic, plotting out her next book and stalking Pinterest for the next avocado recipe.

A member of Sisters in Crime, Marguerite grew up in Colorado, but is now happily living in Wisconsin and playing as much golf as possible. She can be found on Twitter and Facebook.