FINALLY: I get to post on the QT bookshelf!
I'm Nancy Allen. My novel, The Code of the Hills: An Ozarks Mystery, will be released by HarperCollins on Tuesday, April 15. It comes out as an e-book on 4/15 ($2.99) and on May 20, it will be available in paperback ($7.99). It is a legal thriller set in the Missouri Ozarks and starring prosecutor Elsie Arnold, who is assigned a high-profile sex case, riddled with holes. To win the case, she'll have to break "the code of the hills."
This has been a long journey, fellow writers. I started writing the book 5 years ago, and on the road to publication, I spent many hours poring over the QueryTracker website. QT helped me find my first agent, and my second. The third try was the charm: my current & wonderful agent, Jill Marr of the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency, secured the deal with HarperCollins.
I encourage everyone to keep following the dream and fighting the good fight. With enough persistence and hard work, you can achieve that goal. I did!