EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 30, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Barnaby Moss and Arnie Kotkin have faced more than the average couple. In addition to the normal stress that comes with a lifetime commitment, the two seem to be magnets for dangerous encounters. In Susan M. Hooper's new book, Silent Alarm (now available through AuthorHouse), these domestic partners must once again test their amateur sleuthing abilities.
Barnaby and Arnie have a lot on their plates these days. Still recovering from their last chance encounter with the criminal world, they simply want to dive back into their relationship and their personal lives. As Arnie immerses himself in his graduate studies, Barnaby returns to the recording studio as an engineer, where he is tormented by acts that can barely carry a tune.
A bungled burglary at the Litchfield, Conn., home of wealthy oral surgeon Jack Fentnor and his wife, Helene, hits close to home for Barnaby and Arnie. The Fentnors, Arnie's relatives, recently installed a new alarm system, not realizing they had paid a wolf to guard the sheep.
Ryan and Frank, two young criminals, take advantage of Ryan's job at a respected security company to make their move on the Fentnors who, as Barnaby likes to put it, "have two dollars more than God." Silent Alarm tracks the two thugs as they flee the burglary and go on the run, traveling through parts of three states. As the story unfolds, members of the Moss and Kotkin family are pulled into the fray, and a simple case of robbery becomes a tangled web of murder.
A Connecticut native, Hooper worked as a legal secretary and assistant for 23 years before turning to writing and making crafts. Her Boslee Bears and Beverage Can Kids creations have gained her a prominent place in the Connecticut craft circuit, and she is the author of five books in this mystery series. Belle Harbor Skeletons; Murder Junction; Another Day, Another Murder; Silent Alarm (all available through AuthorHouse); and Puzzles (soon to be published). According to the Midwest Book Review, the series' premier, Belle Harbor Skeletons, "isn't just a good 'gay novel' or a good mystery or a good story about family secrets. It's a really good novel overall. It moves easily and will certainly keep the reader involved." Hooper hopes that each of her books displays this same level of quality.
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