Roberta Writes – Book Promotion: Savage Mayhem by Sue Coletta #readingcommunity #eco-thriller

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Picture caption: Banner for Award-Winning Crime Writer Sue Coletta illustrating all of her books

Today, I am delighted to welcome prolific crime writer, Sue Coletta, to Roberta Writes with a post about her new eco-thriller, Savage Mayhem.

Over to Sue

Picture caption: Book cover for Savage Mayhem showing a burning American buffalo skull

Thank you for hosting me today, Robbie! I appreciate your kind invite to help me share the news of my latest eco-thriller, Savage Mayhem. The opener of Savage Mayhem starts where the previous novel left off. Regardless, every book in the Mayhem Series can stand alone. I write them that way, so readers don’t have to read eight novels to understand the ninth.

In this excerpt, Shawnee hasn’t yet puzzled out why Mayhem is furious with her grandfather. Hope you enjoy it.

“Mourning Dove,” Shicheii called through the screen, using my traditional Diné name, “please accompany him. He’s much too heated to go alone.”

And so, I careened down the stairs. Caught up to the Caddy as it reversed out the driveway, my arms waving above my head for him to stop.

Idling with the tail end in the road, the driver’s window zipped down. “Cat, please pack. If I don’t warn Running Bear before Killzme moves in, he could lose Carolyne and the kids.”

“I know. I’m coming with you.” I scuttled around the back bumper to prevent the Caddy from moving. When I slid into the passenger seat, I reached for the door handle, but he gunned it before I grabbed hold. “Gimme a second, will ya?”

He stomped the brake. The Caddy lurched forward, and my face slammed off the dashboard, my fingers feeling for missing teeth. Not that he noticed, hawkeyed on the road ahead. The passenger door snapped shut on its own. Again, he accelerated. And “accelerated” didn’t mean a slow, steady increase. Hell, no. The force pinned me to the passenger seat, my fingers clawed into the armrest.

“Though I enjoy a good death ride as much as the next girl”—I added plenty of snark—“I’d rather not crash. How ’bout you?”

No response, but the blue lit dashboard illuminated a slight smirk. The Caddy slowed somewhat. Not a lot, but enough to loosen my grip.

Minutes dragged on for days. Trees’ silhouettes whizzed past my window, the headlights tunneling through the darkness. Palpable anger radiated off him, lessened only by the deep lines of concern etched in his forehead.

In a soft voice, I said, “What’d Shicheii do?”

His icy stare landed on me, piercing gray, almost translucent, the intensity strangled my voice box. All I could do was point to the road ahead. Let’s not forget who’s driving.

Book description

Amidst the wild and unforgiving landscapes of Yellowstone Park, join Mayhem, a fearless Apache warrior and champion of the Natural World, and his partner and protégé, Shawnee, as they race against the clock to protect an American Buffalo herd from the ruthless Killzme Corporation.

With a massive bounty on their heads and an army of killers on their trail, Mayhem and Shawnee must use all their cunning and survival skills to outsmart their enemies. They will risk it all to preserve the sacred lineage of the Innocent Ones.

There is no line Shawnee and Mayhem won’t cross.

Even murder.

As the danger intensifies and the clock winds down, will they be able to save the herd? Or will this be the mission that finally breaks them?

Preorder for 99c. Sale ends on release day, April 11, 2024.

About Sue Coletta

Picture caption: Author photograph of Sue Coletta

Sue Coletta is an award-winning crime writer and an active member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers. Feedspot and Expertido.org named her Murder Blog as “Best 100 Crime Blogs on the Net.” She also blogs at the Kill Zone (Writer’s Digest “101 Best Websites for Writers”) and is a Resident Writing Coach at Writers Helping Writers.

Sue lives with her husband in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. Her backlist includes psychological thrillers, the Mayhem Series books 1-3, psychological thriller/mysteries, Grafton County Series, and true crime/narrative nonfiction, Pretty Evil New England. Now, she exclusively writes eco-thrillers, the Mayhem Series books 4-7 and continuing.

Sue’s appeared on the Emmy award-winning true crime series, Storm of Suspicion, and three episodes of A Time to Kill on Investigation Discovery. Learn more about Sue and her books at https://suecoletta.com.

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76 thoughts on “Roberta Writes – Book Promotion: Savage Mayhem by Sue Coletta #readingcommunity #eco-thriller”

  1. It is a great presentation of this book. I’ve come across it in other blog posts and it seems to be a really great book that I’ve put on my TBR list. Incidentally I just finished another great eco-thriller just a few days ago, Zodiak by Neal Stephenson.

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      2. Thank you so much. Your book sound very interesting. I should explain that Zodiak refers to the rubber motor boat that the toxic spill detective in the book used. Lots of environmentalist activists as well as government employees use these Zodiak boats.

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  3. Congratulations, Sue! I look forward to reading Savage Mayhem. Thank you, Robbie, for featuring Sue’s latest. It’s countdown time now—my copy arrives in three days. YAY! 🎉🎉🎉

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  6. Great excerpt! I love Shawnee’s grit and how she doesn’t back down from a man who could crush her with one finger. She’s a great character, as this scene shows. Congratulations to Sue on this new release! Thank you for hosting, Robbie!

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      1. The eco-world is ripe with crimes to be solved. It really is a 21st century genre. Sue is doing the good work in a creative way. Many respects her way!

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