When I read Wicked Good, the novel Joanne Lewis wrote with her sister Amy Lewis Faircloth, I was instantly hooked. Not only did I love the book but all my friends thought my son and I were the models for the book’s cover. Something fun like that made me want to follow Joanne’s budding writing career and when she came out with a mystery, Make Your Own Luck, I couldn’t wait to read it. Joanne took the time to send me an e-copy of her book and answer a few questions about her latest book. Thanks, Joanne!
Make Your Own Luck: A Remy Summer Woods Mystery
Paperback: 364 pages (also available in e-formats)
Publisher: Telemachus Press (June 1, 2012)
Genre: Mystery
ISBN-10: 1937698718
ISBN-13: 978-1937698713
You can find Make Your Own Luck on Joanne’s website as well online bookstores and your local independent bookstores.
Find the author online:
Website:
www.joannelewiswrites.com
Twitter:
#joannetlewis
Review:
Remy Summer Woods is a lawyer because her father is a lawyer – a very successful and famous lawyer. Just as Remy’s plotting her escape from the halls of justice she runs across the only case that could convince her to stay: Bonita Pickney, a 13 year old girl who confesses to murdering her father and insists that they put her in jail as soon as possible. Remy is fascinated by this unlikely murderer and it doesn’t hurt that her father absolutely forbids her to become involved in the case. Soon Remy finds herself kicked out of her father’s firm and rocketing around Florida trying to unravel the circumstances that led to the murder with an unlikely group of helpers that include her drug addicted brother, an aging hippie/dinner owner, a mobster, and a cop.
Remy isn’t the only one “rocketing”. That’s the perfect word to describe this book. The characters are driven to discover the truth and, as a reader, I was driven to finish this book. Happily, it was never predictable. I was constantly saying, “I didn’t see that coming!” I also enjoyed the fact that there were no clear cut good guys and bad guys. You were constantly guessing about people’s motives which made pinpointing the murderer all the more challenging.
Although I enjoyed the mystery, the characters were also well written. I’d like to see more of Remy’s struggle to decide what type of life she wants, how she’ll deal with her father and I welcome more appearances by her crazy family and friends. I lok forward to the next Remy Summer Woods book.
---------Interview by Jodi Webb
WOW: Wicked Good, that you co-authored with your sister Amy Lewis Faircloth, was a slower paced story that focused more on the characters while Make Your Own Luck (MYOL) seems more fast-paced, ripped from the headlines. Which do you prefer to focus on: characters or plot?
JOANNE:
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Thanks, Jodi. You make me look good!!!! Jo
I love Joanne and Amy! Glad to see Joanne back with a new novel and a mystery at that. I also love that she has all these books and projects planned. WOW! I need to get typing. Very motivational and inspirational! :)