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Dear Reader,

Yes, it's about time, isn't it? Missing Mona released way back in November of 2015, and it probably looks like I've been playing with motorcycles instead of writing. Well, ok, that's partially true. But my fourth novel, and the second in the Qigiq and Dreeson detective series, is now with the copy editor who graciously fixes all the things that I miss, even though I've been through the manuscript countless times. Next comes typesetting and eBook engineering. If all goes well, Tune Up will be available before Spring turns to Summer.
What's it about?
Ah, the perennial challenge, how to talk about a book without giving anything away. With guidance from my intrepid editor, who has worked with me through four books, let me say:

Tune Up

On their second case, Qigiq and Kandy are loaned to the Traffic Division to investigate an early morning accident. Hit and run. By a motorcycle.

The victim is an elderly Asian woman. A young witness in a nearby dry cleaner and a truck driver suggest all “accidents” aren't created equal.

Then the Captain drops a new assignment on their desk: an affluent Bay Area lawyer is missing. The man's wife stomps into their office screaming about a contract she found hidden in the backups of their home computer. A contract with a seven-figure payout, and an incriminating Exhibit A.

Following the trail of both the motorcycle rider and the lawyer with Kandy complaining, “we’re homicides detectives, there should be a body,” leads to a vintage motorcycle club called the Ton Up where lips are sealed, a yacht harbor on the coast where riddles run deep, and a midnight roadside confrontation that ends with a splash. As the trails twist they soon find that these people and places have one thing in common:

A violist named Mylin.
Who plays in an all-female orchestra called The Girls of the Orient.
And, unbeknownst to her, is the subject of a fine-art photographer’s latest collection.

From San Francisco to Mexico, the treacherous cliffs of the Pacific coast to the desolation of Nevada’s high desert, Tune Up moves like Kandy’s turbocharged Mini through a foggy landscape of false identities, fake romance, and frenzied chases, as Qigiq realizes one picture really can reveal more than 1,000 words.

Last week I kicked back to watch an international SuperSport race over the Internet, popcorn in hand. Much to my amazement, a strange red and white bike shot into the lead. Not the usual suspects: Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki. This was a pointy nosed fire-breathing 675cc triple.
   Triple?
   Who would make a bike with three cylinders?
   MV Augusta, an Italian marque with a long heritage. I heard they had fallen on hard times. Must have been a rumor. Because—they won. By 0.001 seconds. A hundred times faster than the blink of an eye. Congratulations to Roby Rolfo and Team Factory Vamag MV Augusta.
   Yes. You too can put one in your garage for less than the price of a Prius.
Thank you for supporting my writing,
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—Review Corner —

Thank you to the hundreds of readers who have taken the time to write reviews. You help spread the word, one reader at a time, like this reviewer:

"Qigiq and Kandy must literally race against time to prevent more murders in this original, vividly-written thriller which keeps you guessing till the end. Squeeze into Kandy's souped-up Mini, jump on the back of Q's Moto Guzzi, listen to the revs, smell the rubber and hang on for dear life."

— Amazon reviewer