Good As Gone is the first in a series featuring former U.S. Is Good As Gone a stand-alone novel or will it begin another series? Simon’s investigation takes him on a terrifying chase across Europe and ultimately offers him a chance for redemption. But when Simon is cornered by French police on his way to the airport, he’s given an ultimatum: spend years in a French jail for violating their laws, or help them to retrieve a young American girl recently taken from her parents’ hotel room in Paris.
He never touches “stranger abductions” because they hit too close to home. Still haunted by his own daughter’s disappearance a decade earlier, Simon now works as a private contractor who specializes in retrieving children abducted by their own estranged parents. Your latest release is Good As Gone, can you tell us a little about the book? I immediately messaged her back with my new cell number and she called me a few minutes later and made my day. It was a good thing I was using the same email address, or they never would have been able to find me. Only then did I realize I’d never updated my mailing address and phone number with the publisher. In the email she said she’d love to speak to me about my book. On April 30, 2009, I received an email from Kelley Ragland, the executive editor at Minotaur Books. At the time, I was living in Florida I moved back to Hawaii in January 2009. I’d entered the competition with my first novel One Man’s Paradise in 2008. One Man’s Paradise was the result of that decision.Ĭan you tell us a little about winning the MB/MWA First Crime Novel Competition? When I was 29, I finally decided to ditch the Law, move to Hawaii, and try my hand at writing a novel. As I got older, I began reading legal thrillers and decided that I wanted to be a criminal defense lawyer. I think it was the Hardy Boys books that first tempted me to write crime fiction. I’ve wanted to be a writer for as long as I can remember.
Hi Douglas, thanks for talking to us and welcome to Beauty and Lace.
We were able to find out a little more about his life and career in this recent interview so sit back, grab a coffee and find out a bit about Good As Gone author Douglas Corleone. Douglas Corleone was a criminal lawyer who decided to follow his passion and switch career paths.
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