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Find Her - Book Tour and Giveaway

11/16/2021

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Find Her
A Lacey James Mystery Book 1
by Chris Patchell
Genre: Mystery, Thriller 

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A simple heist at a hardware store uncovers a brutal crime spree leaving a police officer dead, several innocents murdered, and the small Oregon town of Sweet Home shaken to its core.

Veteran police officer Lacey James answers the call. The robbery suspect has fled, but the items she finds inside the car at the scene raise the hackles on the back of Lacey’s neck: a hammer, a tarp, zip ties, and a stolen gun. This discovery pushes her suspicions to an all-time high and has her questioning what dark and dangerous crimes this man may be involved in?

Eden Mills is smart, kind, and fun-loving. Not the kind to make enemies or run away. But Eden has a stalker, and when Lacey discovers that Eden is missing, possibly kidnapped, there is plenty of reason to fear the worst. As Lacey peels back the layers of the suspect’s crimes, her pursuit of the truth leads to unthinkable tragedy.

A colleague is dead. Her suspect isn’t talking. And time may be running out for Eden.

Can Lacey find her before one man’s obsession destroys more lives?



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​Chapter One

Sadie Gibbons knew trouble when she saw it, and it was right there in aisle four. Born and bred in Sweet Home, Oregon, she knew all nine thousand eight hundred and fifteen souls in town, and the man standing in front of the hammers wasn’t from around here. She did know that he’d been standing there way too long. Professional carpenters who treated their hammers with the same reverence that her second husband, Jimmy, lavished on his prized jigsaw didn’t take this long to make a decision. There were only four models to choose from for god’s sake.
But that wasn’t all. There was something about the way he acted that made the fine hairs on the back of Sadie’s neck rise. He stood there like a zombie, totally zoned out, as her grandkids would say. It just wasn’t right.
Oh, he was pretty enough. The oversized sweatshirt, ball cap, and sunglasses he wore couldn’t hide the fact that he was a good-looking man. Hell, her first husband had been pretty too, and he was a sneaky sonofabitch, god rest his poor departed soul. Like this guy. He avoided eye contact at all costs. And what was worse, he moved like he knew where the security cameras were placed and avoided them.
This wasn’t one of those fancy Home Depot’s where there were more security cameras than potted plants. That said, they weren’t entirely without eyes. Half a dozen cameras were placed at high traffic points providing a bird’s eye view of the store because in this day and age, you couldn’t trust anyone. Especially strangers. Why just a few months ago they caught a guy stealing a chainsaw. A goddamned chainsaw. Not exactly the kind of thing you could hide under one of them hoodies.
Sadie kept her eyes pinned on the stranger, not wanting to miss a single thing. But then the telephone rang. She heaved a heavy sigh. The phone was on the other side of the counter, and she couldn’t very well answer it and still keep the hammer guy in her sights. Where the hell was Jimmy? Probably out for a smoke or fooling around in the paint aisle. Never in her life had she met a man more obsessed with paint.
A few rings in, it became obvious that Jimmy wasn’t gonna answer. Swearing under her breath, Sadie crossed to the end of the counter and picked it up. Apparently, her old bones didn’t move fast enough. By the time she answered, the caller had hung up. What was wrong with people anyway? Always in a rush. Like she didn’t have better things to do than stand by the phone waiting for a call.
Slamming the phone down, Sadie hurried back to her post, where she’d spent the last fifteen minutes watching the hammer guy, only to find that she was too late. He was gone. Her gaze ricocheted off the mirrors perched in the corners of the store, checking the aisles to see if she could catch sight of him, but as her father would have said, he disappeared like spit in the wind.
Dammit.
Sadie hustled her bulk around the corner of the counter and down the aisle where they kept the carpentry tools. Sure enough, a hammer was missing—one of the twenty-ounce Eastwing rip hammer jobbies with the leather grips. Just yesterday morning, she had refreshed stock in this aisle and knew that since then, not a single one had been sold.
“Jimmy!”
Where in the blazes was that man?
“Hold your horses, woman,” Jimmy groused.
Sadie shook her head impatiently. With a stir stick in one hand and paint swatches in the other, Jimmy emerged from the rows of paint cans.
“Jimmy, the guy in aisle four.”
“Who?”
Jimmy craned his head around toward the front of the store. The white strands in his caterpillar eyebrows caught the light, and Sadie huffed out a breath. He was clueless. The hammer guy was long gone.
Frustration rose from the pit of Sadie’s belly and clawed its way up her throat. She let Jimmy have it.
“He walked right by you. Didn’t you see him?”
Jimmy lifted his ball cap and scratched at the stubborn tufts of white hair that clung to his freckled crown. That man was useless. Worse than useless. If it weren’t for her, she didn’t know what would come of him or the store. Jaw clenched; Sadie marched down the aisle as fast as her arthritic knees would carry her. She grabbed the phone and dialed 911.
“What’s the nature of your emergency?”
“We’ve been robbed.”
Sadie tersely relayed the details to the 911 operator and slammed the phone down, wondering how long it would take the local yokels to arrive. Jimmy wagged his head at her, as if she’d lost her mind.
“Woman, you’ve been watching too many true crime shows. You think everyone is the Son of Sam.”
“That guy didn’t look any more like David Berkowitz than I do, and I sure as hell didn’t need any barking dogs to tell me that he was a thief. Besides, I placed an order for those hammers just last week. There were three of them in Monday’s order and now, there’s only two. I may not have graduated high school, but I sure as hell can count.”
For once, Jimmy didn’t argue.


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Chris Patchell is the award-winning, USA Today Bestselling author of five novels. A former tech worker turned author, Chris Patchell pens suspense novels set in the Pacific Northwest.
Her novels have been praised by Kevin O’Brien and Robert Dugoni, and her rich complex plot lines and well-drawn characters will keep you turning pages well into the night. When she’s not writing books or watching football, Chris is hanging out with her husband, kids, and two crazy dogs.


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​Inspiration for the Book


Hello world! It’s nice to virtually meet you and thank you for featuring me on your blog!
Inspiration’s a funny thing that can hit you out of the blue. I first came up with the main idea for Find Her over two decades ago, when my husband worked for a corporate security firm back in Vancouver, BC. His company provided security officers from many of the large malls in the area and I wrote a short story about a security officer who was obsessed with someone who worked in the mall. That’s where the story kernel for Find Her was born. Later, I moved to Oregon and fell in love with the area including the small towns that populate the foothills of the Cascade mountains. On a winding drive through the area, I dreamed up Lacey James and that’s when I started to write Find Her.
I wondered what it must be like being a cop in your hometown, where you know everybody, and everybody knows you. Once upon a time I was born and raised in a small Canadian town, and those experiences, those people you grew up with, who were your neighbors and friends, never really leave you. They’ve provided some entertaining fuel for the Lacey James stories and I hope that when you pick up Find Her, you find something that grabs you in the story and helps you enjoy the ride!


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47 Comments
Bea LaRocca
11/16/2021 04:07:03 am

I love the cover, synopsis and excerpt, this sounds like a thrilling read. Thank you for sharing your bio and book details and for offering a giveaway

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Bernie Wallace
11/16/2021 06:43:14 am

How long did it take you to write your book?

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sarah s
11/16/2021 07:58:14 am

how did you come up with idea to write your book about?

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Christina Gould
11/16/2021 08:04:51 am

I love the beautiful cover and the excerpt. Thanks for the giveaway!

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Michele Soyer
11/16/2021 08:26:51 am

Obsession and murder I want to read this during the holidays.

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Eva Millien
11/16/2021 11:15:39 am

HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY, Chris! Find Her sounds like a great book and I love the cover! Thanks for sharing it with me and good luck with your book and the tour! Have a wonderful holiday season!

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Rita Wray
11/16/2021 11:39:00 am

Sounds like a good book.

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Marcy Meyer
11/16/2021 11:54:52 am

The cover looks great. Thanks for sharing.

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Sherry
11/16/2021 02:13:27 pm

I really like the cover and the excerpt.

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Wendy Jensen
11/16/2021 02:23:03 pm

The book details sound like a great mystery.

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wendy hutton
11/16/2021 03:29:14 pm

sounds interesting, congrats on the release

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Jon Heil
11/16/2021 03:49:57 pm

Will she be found for animal food or walking in zombie mode

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Beyond Comps
11/16/2021 04:03:56 pm

Great cover!

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bn100
11/16/2021 10:31:34 pm

intriguing

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Terri Quick
11/16/2021 11:17:19 pm

Cool cover

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Debbie P
11/17/2021 11:41:17 am

I love a good mystery and this sounds like a really good read.

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Susan Smith
11/18/2021 12:51:16 pm

I love reading mysteries. Thanks for sharing!

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Barbara Montag
11/18/2021 01:16:15 pm

Mystery, Thriller - Just what I love!
And what a fitting cover,
Thank you for sharing this.

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Peggy Salkill
11/18/2021 01:25:37 pm

Looking forward to reading!

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Courtnie
11/18/2021 08:16:43 pm

I can't wait to read this book!

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Thomas Gibson
11/19/2021 01:54:08 pm

Cover looks great! Excerpt sounds interesting.

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Calvin
11/19/2021 03:33:30 pm

Gives off a good vibe, nice mystery book.

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Ann Fantom
11/19/2021 04:56:55 pm

This sounds like an interesting book and I also like the cover.

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Cindy Merrill
11/19/2021 05:00:03 pm

This isn't the type of Genre I particulary enjoy, but my husband has me reading the Left Behind" books relating to book of Revelations- and I desperately need a break.

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Julie Lundstrom
11/19/2021 05:57:14 pm

This sounds like an interesting book to read.

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Abigail Gibson
11/19/2021 06:48:11 pm

This book looks awesome and Happy Thanksgiving!!

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David Basile
11/19/2021 07:38:19 pm

Sounds like a interesting book

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angela heerde
11/19/2021 09:54:11 pm

i like book details

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David Hollingsworth
11/20/2021 01:53:49 am

Congrats on this book!

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Serge B
11/20/2021 06:10:58 am

I liked the excerpt!

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Cynthia C
11/20/2021 12:49:42 pm

The excerpt is interesting. Thank you for sharing it.

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beth shepherd
11/22/2021 01:04:53 pm

This looks like a great read

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Ken A Ohl
11/22/2021 04:36:02 pm

this book looks intriguing

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Karin
11/23/2021 06:28:33 am

Great excerpt

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Terri Shaw
11/27/2021 11:14:10 pm

This sounds incredible! My kind of book.

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Danielle Day
12/14/2021 04:08:49 pm

I like it!

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Daniel M
12/15/2021 02:43:55 pm

like the cover

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Kassidee Matthews
12/15/2021 10:10:00 pm

thank you!!

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Debbi Wellenstein
12/16/2021 09:05:22 am

I enjoyed the excerpt. Thanks for the giveaway!

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Carol G
12/16/2021 11:11:36 am

This definitely sounds like a thriller/mystery that I want to read.

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Marie Cantelli
12/16/2021 01:39:43 pm

WlThrillers are my fav kind of book. What gives you inspiration. The things of your nightmare?

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jose rosado
12/16/2021 05:05:46 pm

What do you think of the book details? Do you have any questions for the author?


Who could play Lacey James in a movie???

THX

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jason jennings
12/16/2021 07:53:11 pm

sounds good cant wait to read it

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Sand
12/16/2021 09:17:20 pm

Sounds like a great book!

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Renata
12/16/2021 09:51:29 pm

Sounds good!

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Betty Curran
12/16/2021 10:23:30 pm

This sounds just like my favorite kind of story to read.

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Karen A.
12/16/2021 10:29:28 pm

Sounds like a fantastic read.

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