Today I am privileged to have a special guest on my blog B A Morton, author of best selling hard boiled crime thriller Mrs Jones and its recently released sequel Molly Brown.Tim Winton, in full Timothy John Winton, (born August 4, 1960, Perth, Australia), Australian author of both adult and children’s novels that evoke both the experience of life in and the landscape of his native country. Tim Tigner 2 Pack: Standalone. Four Days with Hemingways Ghost by Tom Winton. The Shepherds Hut by Tim Winton. Cloudstreet by Tim Winton.
![]() ![]() Tom Winton Author Movie In PrintIt’s a fast paced story as Lizzie and Tommy are thrown together and run for their lives. She witnesses a murder and it’s up to Detective Tommy Connell to protect his witness from mobsters and crooked cops. It’s been described as an action movie in print, pure escapism from the title to the last page.ME: Although I find it hard to believe that there can be many people left who haven’t read Mrs Jones please could you give a brief plot summary?BABS: Lizzie, a young British woman arrives in New York to deliver a package.Not based on anyone in particular but an amalgam of character traits that help to make him the kind of man you’d trust to get you out of a scrape.ME: How did you come up with the character of Molly Brown? I think she’s great a kid who doesn’t talk nineteen to the dozen is my idea of heaven.BABS: Kids have an uncanny knack of seeing straight through people. Did you base him, at least in part, on anyone you know personally?BABS: Loyal, impetuous, funny, sexy, incorrigible. A “will they won’t they” between the central characters seasons the plot with a little romance.ME: Describe your hero Tommy Connell in five words.Northumberland is steeped in history and it was far too tempting not to let my imagination run riot. Do you prefer writing historical romance or hard boiled crime thrillers? Which do you find easier?BABS: Wildewood was born out of a love for the wonderful area where I live. They both need each other if they have any chance at all of getting home in one piece.ME: I haven’t yet read the Wildewood Chronicles but the first book was quite popular on Authonomy if I remember rightly. Molly’s obsession with the Wizard of Oz runs in parallel with Tommy’s lack of self belief. Molly has withdrawn within herself, but she hasn’t given up.Tom Winton Author Full Timothy JohnHe would do anything for her, but because of his past he believes he will ultimately, lose her, hurt her and basically ruin her life. He has three days to stop a hit man, recover a hostage and deliver a baby!ME: Can you give us a short passage from either Mrs Jones or Molly Brown that you are especially proud or fond of?BABS: Tommy Connell may be a little reckless in his pursuit of the truth but no one can question his love for Lizzie. Tommy is forced once again to face the fact that sometimes, good men are required to do bad things. I certainly have more WiP’s that are crime related.ME: So what comes next for Tommy Connell? Will there be a third book in the series or does the end of Molly Brown mean he has to be true to his word and settle down for a quiet life? Personally I can’t see him ever being able to do that.BABS: The next book in the series, Mr Valentine, picks up the story about six months further on and develops the menacing character of Luther who was introduced at the end of Molly Brown. If I had to choose a favoured genre for writing, I’d have to say crime. Now, he couldn’t co-ordinate. He’d dropped the latch the night before, done up all the locks and chains just like he’d promised Lizzie. It was still dark out, that murky time just before dawn.The noise was relentless. He kicked at tangled sheets, wiped perspiration from his brow and struggled to his feet. Dragged him kicking and screaming from a nightmare where fear was all he could recall. “Give me a goddamn minute!”The banging stopped as suddenly as it had begun and in the subsequent eerie silence Connell became aware of a different sound. Four bolts, two locks- where was the damn key?“Okay, Jeez, I’m coming,” he cursed. He slammed a hand at the door in an effort to shut out the din, so he could think. Ielts topics speakingHe pulled her to her feet and wrapped his arms tight around her slender frame. She looked up through a curtain of wet curls, her cheeks streaked with tears, her eyes rubbed red. Hugging her knees rocking on the balls of her feet. I’m here, babe, hang on.”When he finally wrenched the door open, she was crouched on the floor. His nightmare paled as his fear grew exponentially.“No – Lizzie! I’m coming. He dropped his hands, felt the room sway and steadied himself against what he knew was to come.“What’s happened, Lizzie? Just tell me, honey.”“They came, after you called…,” she sobbed. You’ve got to tell me what’s wrong?”She looked at him and he was stung by the accusation in her eyes.He felt it then, a churning deep in his stomach. “Lizzie, honey, you’re scaring me. Where’s Joe?” He leaned away from her, caught her face gently between his hands. “They said you’d gone too far and now it was time to pay.”He stared at her, looked through her, past her, and the moment hung. I pleaded with them.” She took a breath, seemed to draw strength from somewhere deep inside. “They took Joe and Molly…I tried to stop them. Prisma for pc downloadHe could not lose any of them, this couldn’t be the end.ME: Who would you like to play Tommy Connell in a movie or TV adaptation of your work?BABS: I think Jeremy Renner (Hurt Locker, The Bourne Legacy) would make a very good Tommy Connell. His nightmare returned with sudden clarity, the fear, the uncontrollable anger and despair. She had fought to protect his son and a child she barely knew and despite her efforts she had failed. When she raised her hand to shield the bruises from him he saw angry finger marks on her pale wrist. He re-focused and saw that her face was bruised, her lip swollen. Please could you give us some book buy and/or blog links so people not familiar with your work can find it?BABS: Thanks for inviting me to chat about my work, Melanie. Things get scary when Detective Joe McNeil brings a murderer’s victim back to life…It’s planned for a summer release.ME: Thanks very much for visiting my blog today. It’s about love and loss and how far a person would go to recover something precious. It’s a little different to my usual work. All my books can be found on Amazon.
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