Susan M. Boyer

Susan M. Boyer
Born (1961-02-12) February 12, 1961
Faith, North Carolina
Occupation Author
Nationality American
Education N.C. State University, Catawba College, College of Charleston
Genre Mystery
Notable awards Agatha Award
Website
www.susanmboyerbooks.com

Susan M. Boyer is an American author best known for the Liz Talbot series of mysteries. She lives in Greenville, South Carolina.

Boyer's first book, Lowcountry Boil, was released in 2012 and won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel in 2013,[1][2][3] was nominated for a Macavity Award from Mystery Readers International,[4] won the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense in 2012,[5] and was a finalist for the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award in 2012.[6]

Before becoming a full-time author in 2004, Boyer worked in computer programming, systems analysis, and project management.[7]

Novels

Lowcountry Boil

Private investigator Liz Talbot returns to her home of Stella Maris, South Carolina for her grandmother’s funeral. When her brother, the chief of police, tells Liz that their grandmother was murdered, she moves back home to find the killer. John Malik of Huffington Post said, "It's a simmering gumbo of a story full of spice, salt, heat and shrimp."[8]

Lowcountry Bombshell

Released in 2013 by Henery Press. Liz Talbot works to uncover a diabolical murder plot in time to save Marilyn Monroe-lookalike Calista McQueen's life and her own. Sara Reyes of Kirkus Reviews said, "this is the story that keeps you flipping the pages until late at night".[9] Oline Cogdill described it in the Sun-Sentinel as: "A light mystery melded with the private detective genre has proved to be a winner."[10]

Lowcountry Boneyard

The third book in the Liz Talbot series was released April 21, 2015. Liz Talbot is hired to locate a missing Charleston, South Carolina heiress. Charlaine Harris said: "Lowcountry Boneyard has everything you could want in a traditional mystery: a credible and savvy protagonist, a meaty mystery, and setting that will make you want to spend time in South Carolina. I enjoyed every minute of it."[11]

Lowcountry Bordello

The fourth book in the Liz Talbot series will be released in 2015. Liz Talbot is hired to investigate one of her oldest friends, and ends up in the thick of a scandal with bodies.

References

  1. ↑ Oline Cogdill. "Mystery Scene". Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Mystery Fanfare". Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "N.C. author wins an Agatha". Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Nominees for 2013 Macavity Awards.". Crimespree Magazine. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  5. ↑ http://www.rwamysterysuspense.org/pdf/2012UnpublishedRanking.pdf
  6. ↑ http://www.susanmboyerbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Agatha-Award-Press-Release.pdf
  7. ↑ "Susan M. Boyer – USA Today Bestselling Author » About Susan". Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Shrimp, Grits and Murder". The Huffington Post. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Fresh Fiction: Memory and Renewal". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Books in Brief: Cinders, Dallas 1963, Lowcountry Bombshell". www.buffaloNews.com. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Susan M. Boyer – USA Today Bestselling Author". Retrieved 23 January 2016.

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