Helen Starbuck Shares “The Killer Without A Face”

A grip-your-seat new thriller!

Multiple Award-Winning Author Helen Starbuck
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Show Notes with Links:

  • Helen talks about why she is drawn to writing suspenseful thrillers.
  • Helen gives us the “elevator pitch” for The Killer Without A Face
  • Her MC, Dani, flees to a tiny town in Colorado that feels completely real.
  • Characters in this novel…as in all…are real and wonderful. I ask if any are based on people she knows. “CAREFUL, OR YOU’LL END UP IN MY NOVEL” (the sign in my guest bathroom!)
  • We discuss her characters and how they made it into her work (Irma and her dog Elmer, Jess the wounded former Marine, that beeotch Polly)!
  • How has your ballroom dancing influenced Helen’s writing?
  • Photos below show Helen dancing with her teacher, Isaac Lynn, at Arthur Murray Studio in Boulder
  • The CRIME STOPPERS broadcast also adds lots of tension!
  • Helen talks about how she captured the idea of trust so well, and how it adds to the tension between Dani and Jess.
  • “Undercurrents of romance”…that tension…Helen takes us through her process of putting this novel together.
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  • The dramatic chase scene…
  • Whodunit? Did she know when she started the novel?
  • We discuss AI in writing and NaNoWriMo‘s new policy.
  • We discuss the Covid virus and vaccines.
  • Helen will attend this year’s Book Nook at the Georgetown Christmas Market hosted by award-winning author Jerry Fabyanic
  • Helen tells us a bit about her next novel.
  • Find her books on Amazon
  • Follow her on her website and sign up for her newsletter.
  • I tell her to stay well, keep writing, and keep dancing!

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