Title: No Trouble At All
Author: Lisa Acerbo
Genre: Romantic Thriller
Trouble from
the Past can Kill your Future.
It's a
bad day for Sophie Carter when she stumbles across a dead body in the woods.
But when the suspected murderer turns out to be a leather-clad vagabond who
died in 1889, her carefully controlled quiet life explodes. Not only is Sophie
in the wrong place at the wrong time, but as a local history buff who loves old
legends, she knows too much about the past to remain uninvolved. Trouble is a
killer and no one can escape.
Detective
Jackson Lynch asks Sophie to help him decipher the legend of the Old Leather
Man and unravel the mystery of the murdered woman. Going against her best
judgment, Sophie joins forces with the distractingly sexy detective on the
police investigation and in pursuit of a killer. Jackson is hot to solve the
case as they follow the clues through Connecticut and New York State,
uncovering both legend and fact.
As they
move closer to solving the murder, a series of missteps shove Sophie into
Jackson’s arms and straight into the media. Trouble is everywhere. Jackson’s
career begins to crumble and Sophie becomes a suspect in the heinous crime. The
case unravels. The past and present collide. Sophie is swept into more danger
than she could ever imagine when the Old Leather Man comes looking for her hide
to tan.
Author Bio
Lisa
Acerbo is a high school teacher and adjunct instructor at the college level,
holding an EdD in Educational Leadership. No Trouble at All is her third
novel. Her first novel about zombies, vampires and romance, Apocalipstick,
was published in 2013 followed by a young adult science fiction novel title Remote
in 2014. In addition, she has contributed to local newspapers, news and travel
blogs including The Patch and Hollywood Scriptwriter. She lives
in Connecticut with her husband, two daughters, three cats, and horse.
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about author, Lisa Acerbo
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Book Excerpt
She had
first heard of a crazy old man called the Old Leather Man at the Greenwich
Audubon Society a while back, when she attended a presentation and hike. His
presence in these woods in the mid 1800’s was an unsolved mystery and being a
naturally curious woman who loved history, she wanted to learn more.
By
today’s standards, he would be considered a homeless vagabond, but the Leather
Man had a home. His home had once been the numerous wild spaces of Connecticut
and New York. Still, he would have accurately depicted the description of a
vagabond or wild man. He made his clothes out of thick leather scraps,
carefully hand stitched together to form a durable outfit that helped him
survive the elements.
The heavy
suit was how he got the name.
No one
knew his real one, not for sure. He lived for many years in caves. One happened
to be at the Greenwich Audubon property and another right here.
After the
lecture at the Audubon, Sophie had read all about the Old Leather Man,
fascinated that a man could live alone in the woods without the normal creature
comforts most needed to survive.
Today she
was revisiting another of his caves.
Moving
closer, she again wiped the sweat from her brow and then ran her damp hands
along the material of her athletic shorts.
The gnats
still wanted to be friends.
Slowing
to hike the last uphill area, she swatted them away again.
Of
course, they were too fascinated with her curly ponytail to actually leave.
They liked her too much.
A few
more steps climbing up the dirt and twig laden path, she found herself at the
entrance of the cave. Her heart pounded with excitement. The cliff directly
behind her was a high point on the trail, but she wasn’t going to scale it. As
she looked around, she noticed many outcrops and smaller shelter-like
formations.
Directly
ahead, large chunks of rock, which at one point in time had broken away from
the cliff, now hung above her head at jagged angles, creating an inscrutable
pyramid-shaped entrance. Sophie found it easy to envision the Old Leather Man
coming to one of these caves just before dark, starting a small fire with
precisely placed kindling waiting in the fire pit, and then preparing a meal
and resting.
As she
entered, the interior was tighter than remembered, fostering claustrophobia.
She was a tall slender woman and had to duck down to make her way inside where
large slabs of schist and gneiss formed ceilings and walls. Crouching slightly,
she moved forward only to be engulfed in the cool, murky shade. The interior
fell back into a rich mosaic of darkness.
While
most of the cave remained dark, the space directly in front of her was lit by
the sun. Smaller than she remembered, it was not a gaping cavern but more like
a cozy protected nook. It was a safe place to sleep for the night, large enough
to stay out of the weather and be warm from the fire.
“What the
hell?” she murmured as a horrid stench stung her nose.
It reeked
as if something had died. It had.
As her
eyes adjusted quickly to the dim interior, Sophie looked around, ready to see a
decaying carcass of a raccoon or squirrel. Instead, she saw a bloated body
propped sitting in the far corner, half hidden by a jutted rock outcrop.
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