Justice Perverted by Dee
Wilbur
Virtual Book Tour Dates:
1/13/14 - 2/10/14
Series: The Richmond Saga
Genres: Mystery, Cozy
Mystery, Medical Mystery, Beach Read
Blurb:
Sandy dozed intermittently
with her head on Jon’s shoulder as they headed west on IH10. She thought about
the changes that had just occurred in her life: her father’s death, quitting
her teaching job in New Orleans, and packing all her belongings into the moving
truck she was riding in. Her mind raced to the changes that were to come: her
marriage to Jon, moving to the town of Richmond, Texas, and the effect that the
community would have on her—and she would have on the community. She could not
have foreseen the arrest of Jon’s partner for murder, the teenage marijuana
ring, or the complete perversion of justice about to take place.
Author Interview:
Dee and her mother-in-law left for a two-week vacation immediately after she and Charlie decided to write together. Her final instructions were, “Have an outline of the book ready when I get back.” She claims that she thought it would be a book on cognitive psychology. When she returned, Charlie dutifully presented her with a seventy-page condensation of their first novel, A Jealous God. He had been working on the twists that make the surprise ending for a while.
Author Interview:
Dee Pipes and Charlie Yates write
together as Dee Wilbur, a combination of their middle names. Using first names,
Beatrice Charles, sounded too much like a blues singer. Last names, Yates Pipes
sounded like either a plumbing store or a tobacconist.
When we speak before groups, we
always leave time for questions. It seems like the same questions always
reoccur, so we thought that would be the best way to introduce ourselves. We don’t have some burning issue that we want
to blog about, because we are mostly about writing and reading mysteries.
1. Are you married?
A. Yes, we are, but not to each other.
2. How did you get together to start writing?
A. We, Dee, her husband Bryan, Charlie and his wife Sally,
all sat close to each other for about fifteen years at Rice University
basketball games. Rice has some wonderful student athletes and some winning
athletic programs (think baseball and the Liberty Bowl Owl football team)—but
not basketball. Lots of suffering and
lots of defeat snatched from the jaws of victory bonded our friendships. All four graduated from Rice.
3. What motivated you to start writing?
A. Charlie had retired from thirty years as a practicing
radiologist (interpreting X-rays and nuclear medicine studies). We were out
eating dinner together, and Dee innocently asked, “What are you going to do now
that you are retired?” Charlie innocently answered, “I’m going to work in my
garden and keep my swimming pool clean. And maybe write a book.” A week later
Charlie got an e-mail from Dee saying, “I have decided that I am the one to
help you write your book.” Being smarter than the average bear, Charlie
realized that arguing with Dee was futile. He did get her to agree that they
would write together, equally, rather than that she would be helping him.
4. How did you decide to write mystery novels?
A. We both read mysteries and enjoy them. It seemed like a good place to start.
Dee and her mother-in-law left for a two-week vacation immediately after she and Charlie decided to write together. Her final instructions were, “Have an outline of the book ready when I get back.” She claims that she thought it would be a book on cognitive psychology. When she returned, Charlie dutifully presented her with a seventy-page condensation of their first novel, A Jealous God. He had been working on the twists that make the surprise ending for a while.
5. How did you get an agent?
A. We sent out more than one hundred query letters to
agents found in the Writer’s Guide. We
rapidly got over ninety rejection replies, many of them on pre-printed post
cards. The final ones didn’t arrive until about nine months later, but it was
still a rejection. Undaunted, we changed the first part of their query letter
to read something like this: “This book is the one you have been waiting for;
it will make your career as an agent. There is so much sex in this novel that
it will get a strong R rating when it is made into a movie; when made into a TV
show it will be listed as TVMA14 with strict parental discretion urged.” We
sent out ten copies of this letter. Within two weeks we had received five
requests for the first three chapters. Within two more weeks, we had received
four requests for the entire book, within two more weeks, we had two offers for
people wanting to be our agents.
6. What has been the reaction of your friends and those
that know you?
A. Dee was so frightened about a negative response that she
hoped the pseudonym would serve as a good disguise and that no one would
recognize the authors. In fact Dee Wilbur is a limited liability partnership
with a limited liability corporation as the general partner because she thought
they would be sued. For the most part reaction has been very favorable. Only
two or three people serve as models for characters in the book. They are aware
of this and seem to derive pleasure from it. More people who are not models for
characters seem to think they are and seem to derive much pleasure out of their
misconceptions.
My Review:
Excerpts:
A successful attorney named Jon is the main character of Justice Perverted. He is from a small town in Texas and knows the "ins and outs" of his town. Sandy is his girlfriend, and she lives New Orleans. Her father dies and she moves from a big city to a small town. It is a hard adjustment for anyone to make, especially for two people who are learning to stride together.
This mystery novel keeps you on your toes. It has a plot went in logical progression, so it make this an easy novel to read. I would recommend Justice Perverted to anyone who likes a good mystery or who would like to ease into the genre.
Excerpts:
“And why doesn’t he want to
handle divorces? It’s not like he has to do the investigation?” Daphne asked.
I’m still not getting all of it, she thought. “I know he does pre-nups. He did
one for someone last week, and I’m billing for it today.”
“Two things. Don’t send out the bill for
the pre-nup for another week or two. Doesn’t seem exactly polite to go sticking
your hand out right away. And if that old coot actually does marry little miss
smiley tight britches . . .”
Daphne laughed at the description.
Maureen certainly remembered the couple correctly. And she had been as nice as
anything when they were in the office.
“If
they have the lack of taste to send Jon an invitation to the wedding, we send
them a fifty dollar gift certificate to Yastremski’s Meat Market in East
Bernard and sign the card Jon Miller, Esq.”
“The meat market? For all the wedding
invitations Jon gets?” Daphne asked with a shocked expression on her face.
“Lord, no. Just the ones where he does
the pre-nup. It’s his little joke,” Maureen explained with a grin.
“Back to the pre-nups and divorces,
which of course go hand in hand. If the couple divorces, at least one or maybe
both, will continue to reside in Richmond,” Maureen continued, “and Jon, of
course, wants both of their business.”
Daphne laughed as the light finally came on.
“Yes, indeed. And no one remembers their
divorce lawyer positively.”
“I sure don’t! He took my money, didn’t get me enough money
from that lazy bastard ex of mine, and took his own sweet time doing it,”
Daphne said with feeling as her voice broke.
The older woman looked at her and asked,
“It’s been about a year since you started proceedings?”
“It’s been a year and one month since I
threw his lazy cheating ass out of my house. How did you know?”
“These things seem to go in stages, and
you are at about the one year mark, give or take a couple of months.”
Maybe this woman does know something.
I’m gonna try to keep an open mind and listen and learn, Daphne told herself
silently.
Buy Link: Amazon
About the Authors:
Beatrice Dee Pipes and
Charles Wilbur Yates, Jr. write under the pen name Dee Wilbur, a combination of
their middle names. This is their second work of fiction. A Texas native, Dee
Pipes grew up in a small Texas town. Her degree from Rice University is a B.A.
in English. She currently runs a company that helps other companies with
marketing, project management, and other tasks. She has been married to her
husband Bryan for thirty years. Also a native Texan, Charles Yates, Jr., was
also reared in a small Texas town. He graduated from Rice University in Houston
with a B.A. and Ph.D. in Biology. He received the M.D. degree from the
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He has been married
to his wife Sally for forty-five years. They have four adult sons and six
grandchildren. He now tends his garden in Richmond, Texas.
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