Brian Freeman Author of The Burying Place http://search.barnesandnoble.com/

Naomi Hirahara Author of Blood Hina http://www.naomihirahara.com/

Co-host Roger Clark Partner, Clark, Goldberg & Madruga www.clarkgoldberg.com

Brian Freeman is the author of psychological suspense novels featuring detectives Jonathan Stride and Serena Dial.  His books have been sold in 17 languages.  His debut thriller, Immoral, won the Macavity Award and was a nominee for the Edgar®, Dagger, Anthony, and Barry awards for best first novel. His latest novel, The Burying Place, takes place in the quiet town of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where a baby vanishes from her bedroom in an opulent lakeside home. Was she abducted – or does her father have a terrible secret to hide?

That same night, a young policewoman gets lost in the fog and stumbles into the middle of a horrific crime. Now a sadistic killer wants her to play his deadly game. Lieutenant Jonathan Stride and his team need to move fast to save a child and stop a vicious killing spree. As fear grips the frozen winter farm lands, Stride knows that every snow-covered field may be the next burying place. Each twist in the investigation takes Stride into an elaborate web of deceit and desire. But his biggest obstacles may be the very people he’s trying to help. With everything at risk and time running out, Stride worries how far a desperate mother will go to rescue her baby – and how far a desperate cop will go to save herself.

Naomi Hirahara is a distinguished author who received her bachelor's degree in international relations from Stanford University and studied at the Inter-University Center for Advanced Japanese Language Studies in Tokyo. She also spent three months as a volunteer work camper in Ghana, West Africa. She was a reporter and editor of The Rafu Shimpo during the culmination of the redress and reparations movement for Japanese Americans who were forcibly removed from their homes during World War II. During her tenure as editor, the newspaper published a highly acclaimed inter-ethnic relations series after the L.A. riots. Her latest novel, The Blood Hina, involves Mas, a Los Angeles gardener who as a boy survived the atom bomb attack on Hiroshima, accidentally drops the gold ring he’s supposed to hand to his closest friend, Haruo Mukai, into a fish pond. This is just one of many little disasters plaguing the wedding rehearsal in which Mas is the best man.

Haruo’s elderly bride, Sumako Hayakawa, later calls the nuptials off, accusing Haruo of stealing two hina dolls used in purification ceremonies belonging to her family. Mas’s inquiry into the theft leads him to drug runners and several murders. Naomi’s simple, expressive prose and her gift for creating memorable characters, notably her unusual detective, elevate this above most other contemporary puzzlers. The Blood Hina once again provides a sensitive insider's view of the Japanese-American subculture.
 
Roger Clark is the founding member and managing partner of Clark, Goldberg & Madruga www.clarkgoldberg.com. In his more than 25 years practicing law, Roger has earned a national reputation as a successful trial attorney representing insurers, cable television providers, and small and large businesses in a broad range of business litigation matters. “My philosophy has always been that the attorneys in this law firm must be prepared not just to ‘litigate’ a case, but to try it before a judge or jury, while at the same time keeping the client’s goals and objectives squarely within our sights.” Roger is rated “AV” by Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating that can be bestowed upon an attorney.

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Brian Freeman
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Burying-Place/Brian-Freeman/e/9780312562748/?itm=1

Naomi Hirahara
http://www.naomihirahara.com/

Roger Clark 310-478-0077
Clark, Goldberg & Madruga
www.clarkgoldberg.com/team/rclark.html

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