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KILLER COIN
A Toby Wong Novel
BY ELKA RAY
Blurb
Part cozy mystery and part family drama, the second novel in Elka Ray’s Vancouver Island mystery series will keep you up late with a twisty tale of love, money, and murder.
While divorce lawyer Toby Wong spends her days helping couples split up, she’s still hoping for her own love story. The second novel in Elka Ray’s Vancouver Island mystery series finds Toby settling back into island life and looking forward to getting to know two attractive men better–charismatic Josh Barton, whom Toby first fell for as a teen, and the newly-met Detective Colin Destin.
Unfortunately, Toby’s romantic prospects take a hit when she’s sucked into a family drama. Toby’s mom, Ivy, is distraught when her best friend–wealthy socialite Daphne Dane–goes missing. Is Daphne’s new boyfriend behind her disappearance? And is he a conman, like his betrayed wife–who’s also Toby’s client–alleges?
Things get worse when Toby finds a battered body. As well as threatening her relationships with Josh and Colin, Toby’s involvement with the Danes puts her in danger.
PRAISE FOR DIVORCE IS MURDER
The first Toby Wong Novel
Vividly realized with memorable characters
Toby Wong visits her quiet hometown in British Columbia, where nothing ever happens–until her old high school rival is found murdered. Shortly after returning to her sleepy hometown on Vancouver Island, Chinese-Canadian divorce lawyer Toby Wong runs into Josh Barton, who broke her heart as a teen at summer camp. Now a wealthy entrepreneur, Josh wants to divorce Tonya, the mean girl who made Toby’s life hell all those years ago. Not long after Toby takes Josh’s case, Tonya is found murdered. Josh is the prime suspect. Together with her fortune-teller mom and her pregnant best friend, Toby sets out to clear Josh, whom she still has a guilty crush on. While he seems equally smitten, can Toby trust him? The handsome cop charged with finding Tonya’s killer doesn’t think so. Since Tonya stayed in touch with everyone from that lousy summer camp, Toby keeps running into ex-campers she’d rather forget. Could one of Tonya’s catty friends be her killer? Are Toby’s old insecurities making her paranoid? Only too late does she realize that she really is in danger.
“A little romance, a little murder, and mean girls galore. A delicious mystery set on Victoria’s stunning shores.”
– C.S. O’Cinneide, host of She Kills Lit
Toby Wong, Character Interview
1. What is your name? Do you have a nickname?
Elka Ray is the Canadian author of The Toby Wong Novels. Born in the UK and raised in Canada, Elka divides her time between Central Vietnam and Canada’s Vancouver Island and sets her fiction in both locales, to include Saigon Dark, Hanoi Jane, a short-story collection, What You Don’t Know: Ten Tales of Obsession, Mystery & Murder in Southeast Asia and a series of children’s picture books published in Vietnam.
Elka is also a freelance editor for Heritage, Vietnam Airlines’ inflight magazine, based in Hanoi, Vietnam; a designer and editor for MaiGuppy, a producer of picture books, greeting cards, and souvenirs in Hanoi; and a freelance writer and copywriter, whose clients include Vietnam Tourism Administration and the Four Seasons Resort.
When she’s not writing, drawing or reading, Elka is in the ocean.
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Links to Elka‘s website, blog, books, etc.
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Thanks, Elka, for sharing your story with us!
Don’t miss the chance to read this book!
Thanks, Karen, for introducing me to Ella and her writings….interesting character interview and Elka’ s background, as well.
Interesting book! I love the story of toad jerky for show and tell. LOL. I took a bat in a jar of alcohol once for show and tell. You’ll find genuine love. After a few disastrous relationships, I found my knight in shining armor. He’s practically perfect in every way. We just celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary.
Oh, nice cover!
Good morning, Elka, and welcome to Karen’s Killer Book Bench. I’ve always wanted to live on a small island, but I know it would probably drive me crazy too. It sounds like Toby loves it, though, when she can avoid the family drama. Her mom sounds fun! I can’t wait to see what happens in your book. Thanks for sharing it with us today!
Elka’s books sound like great reads and the book covers are mysterious looking, I love them. I love the characters interview. I will be adding this book to my TBR list. Thank you for sharing about your book. Have a Great week and stay safe .
Thanks so much for sharing your book with us. It sounds intriguing.
Snort, brrrr-itos! Great interview!