Character bios: Caitlin Murphy and Asako O’Brian…
Caitlin’s story starts in Soldiers of God, a novel that’s a bridge between the “Clones and Mutants Trilogy” and the “Chaos Chronicles Trilogy” (someday I might write a sequel). I have many strong female characters, but this FBI agent is sometimes a bit fragile as well as generally strong, the first because she falls for a priest, Juan Pablo Gomez, who she runs as an informant. Subplot one. Vladimir Kalinin, the ubiquitous villain in many of my novels, and most recently in one extended fictional timeline in the “Clones and Mutantss Trilogy,” is back creating more mayhem. Subplot two. And she has to solve a hate crime too. Subplot three. (Are they connected? Read the book.)
Asako O’Brian first appears in the first novel of the “Clones and Mutants Trilogy” (Full Medical, my very first book). She’s an FBI forensics specialist who becomes friends with Caitlin Murphy, although their friendship is a bit rocky at the beginning. Caitlin is twenty years younger than Asako and not known for her sweet disposition; Asako, on the other hand, is seasoned and sweet.
Caitlin has a reputation for being smart as a whip and very intense. Complicating the usual problem of balancing an FBI career with a meaningful relationship, some consider her brains and intensity as reasons why some men shy away from her.
Asako sees a lot of her younger self in Caitlin with some notable exceptions. Where Asako is a petite brunette, Caitlin is a tall and large-boned redhead, the smallest of four siblings only because three brothers were former Notre Dame linemen. She thinks her height also drives away some men, those whose egos suffer when dating a woman taller than them.
Caitlin has become a bit of a loner because of her job and insecurities. Caitlin’s mornings and evenings often are focused on Miss Boots. Her cat offers her better companionship than most men. She has a personality, not a fake one some lout dreams up to impress Caitlin. The cat is always happy to be on her master’s lap purring while Caitlin reads or watches TV, anything to get her mind off her ticking biological clock and the hypocrisy, prejudices, chaos, and violence she has to deal with in her job, and in the world she lives in.
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The first edition of Full Medical is only available in print from Xlibris Publishing; the second edition is only available as an ebook from Amazon and Smashwords. The first edition of Soldiers of God is only available in print from Infinity Publishing; the second edition is only available as an ebook from Amazon and Smashwords. (These are both sci-fi thrillers; neither one is a cat mystery.)
The Great Spring Thaw Sale continues. Every week a new ebook goes on sale at Smashwords for two weeks. If you missed one, please note that all my ebook are reasonably priced. Smashwords is the only place you’ll find my ebooks on sale. Use the coupon code for a book on sale during checkout.
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