Rachelle: Tell us a little about your new mystery/thriller
Freeze Frame 2016.
B. David: It’s set days before an upcoming presidential
election. Ad exec Darcy James learns a dark secret behind Benjamin Aguirre, a
third party candidate who’s ahead in the polls and a shoo-in to become our next
president.
RA: It’s up to her to expose him?
BD: Yeah, as the only one who knows the secret, Darcy has to
stop him; but she and her love-interest Sean Higgins are being pursued by the
authorities for a murder they didn’t commit.
RA: What’s the secret behind the candidate?
BD: You’ll have to read Freeze Frame 2016. But I can tell
you it includes drug cartels, international terrorism and politics, all set
against the face-paced world of the automotive advertising industry.
RA: As they say, it sounds like it’s “ripped from the
headlines of today’s newspapers.” How did you research it?
BD: Well, I’ve been involved in the advertising business for
years, so it was easy to take readers behind the scenes to see what really goes
on in those creative sessions.
RA: How about the cartels and terrorists?
BD: I have a friend, a former military officer who’s been
involved in counter-terrorism for our country for years. He helped guide me in
setting up the scenario.
RA: It sounds scary.
BD: It’s even more so when you know it’s based on what is
really happening today. At least with the cartels and international terrorists
being in bed with each other.
RA: Tell me about your central character, Darcy James.
BD: Darcy grew from a tall, gawky teenager into a lovely,
confident 30-year-old woman. She discovered basketball, which she played at
Michigan State, and became comfort with her height when she was voted onto the
MSU Homecoming Court.
RA: And she’s a creative supervisor?
BD: That’s right. She had started as a young writer at Adams
& Benson Advertising, and moved up quickly. She married, and then divorced
a Detroit cop, and moved back to her hometown, Grand Rapids. Now, five years
later, she comes back to A&B in a new role as creative supervisor on the
American Vehicle Corporation account.
RA: I noticed in the first chapter that she’s pretty
comfortable behind the wheel of a 700 horsepower sports car.
BD: Like all the creative people on the AVC car account, she
was sent to the famous Skip Barber Racing School to learn more about the
products she wrote about. She took the training more seriously than most,
entering and winning often at the Gratten track just outside of Grand Rapids.
RA: How can my readers learn more?
BD: The first couple of chapters are on my web site: www.bdavidwarner.com.
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