UPDATE: After a loooonnnnggg wait, the third book in the series--BLOOD LINES--has been released in EPUB format for those with Nooks or Sony Readers (and I think Kobo) . . . and (this is the updated part)  on Kindle!

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I've written the synopsis for the next book, tentatively titled GHOST.  I can't share that here. Not only would it give away entirely too much--you'd end up confused when the book did come out.  My stories seldom follow the synopsis; this is why I send my editor a "synopsis"--note the quotes for irony.

I've also written the opening scene.  I was going to post it here, but it, too, gives away too much--about next January's book, BLOOD CHALLENGE.   So I'm settling for posting this very short snippet:

It was white.  Maybe that’s why she immediately thought ghost.  It drifted on a diagonal like three-dimensional rice paper—translucent, not transparent, its edges too clearly defined for smoke, its shape vaguely human but faceless.  It floated on a steady, nonexistent air current, starting at the left-rear of the range . . . and coming straight at her.

The quick clamp of fear, irrational and immediate, stiffened her spine as it widened her eyes.  As the thing floated closer it stretched out a hand—and yes, it was a hand.  For all the vagueness of the rest of the form, that milky hand was painstakingly clear, from the mound at the base of the thumb to the lines crossing the palm to the band of a ring on the third finger.  A hand, palm up.  Beseeching.
 

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At long--long, long, long, long--last, I finished BLOOD CHALLENGE!  Sent it off last night. I'm celebrating!

Release Date: January 2011 ISBN: 978-0425239193 Returning characters: Rule and Lily Check out the BLOOD CHALLENGE bookshelf page

BLOOD CHALLENGE excerpt:

Yep.  All four tires, slashed and flat.

Sweat trickled beneath Lily Yu’s athletic bra as she circled her car, ran a clammy finger down her spine, and threatened to sting her eyes.  Not that it was hot.  The heat wave had finally broken, and San Diego was enjoying its customary September balminess.  But the city liked to make up for a total lack of rain this time of year by brewing up high humidity, especially in the mornings.  The sweat her body had pumped out during her run had nowhere to go.