(Entertainment-NewsWire.com, December 11, 2012 ) Michigan author B. David Warner spoke with host Michael Patrick Shiels on the Michigan Big Show recently, talking about his two books set in Michigan.
Warner wrote Dead Lock and Freeze Frame 2016, both published by Black Rose Writing of Castro, Texas.
“One of the great untold stories of World War II is the part Sault Ste. Marie and the Soo Locks played in the war effort,” Warner told the radio host. “Nearly 90% of the iron ore bound for Allied defense plants had to travel through the locks. If the Nazis had destroyed them, it could have changed the course of the war.”
Dead Lock is the story of Detroit Times reporter Kate Brennan who’s forced to leave town by a mob hit squad. She journeys to the Soo where she goes to work for her uncle’s newspaper. A close friend is murdered, and in investigating the crime, she encounters a Nazi plot to destroy the locks.
Freeze Frame 2016 is set in modern day Detroit. The upcoming presidential election is just days away when ad executive Darcy James discovers a dark secret behind the candidate leading in the polls. But she and her love interest, Sean Higgins, are being hunted for a murder they didn’t commit. They hide out in Gaylord, Michigan, looking for evidence that will prove their innocence, and the presidential candidate guilty of treason.
“I enjoy setting my novels in Michigan,” Warner says. “It’s a beautiful, dynamic state, and I love to write about it.”
Both novels also feature strong female characters. “Both Kate Brennan and Darcy James are strong female protagonists,” Warner says. “They’re tough women who more than hold their own in an often male-dominated world.”
