Arts and Thefts Is Coming!

Hey, all!

I've had a busy but good week. I started a new job, which is lovely, I saw the One Republic concert in Salt Lake (which was my first rock concert and it was a BLAST!) and I learned that the new local edible cookie dough shop is actually quite delicious. Oh, and my ARCs came.

Yes sirree!

They came! I got ARCs for Arts and Thefts!

It's real! And it's great to see the cover of the book and hold the thing in my hands and feel its weight. Wow. A few years ago, I was dreaming of publication, and now I have two books. Life is interesting.

So, Arts and Thefts comes out February 13, 2018, and is the sequel to Under Locker and Key. Here's the summary, straight from Amazon:

Middle school retrieval specialist Jeremy Wilderson must team up with preteen private detective Becca Mills once again to solve his most mind-boggling case yet in this action-packed MAX novel.

Ahh, summer vacation! Jeremy Wilderson, Scottsville Middle School’s first (and only) retrieval specialist, is enjoying a slower-than-usual season of retrieving (NOT stealing) lost objects in order to help the under thirteen population of Scottsville.
But crime doesn’t take a vacation! And when sabotage strikes Scottsville’s event of the year—the Summer Art Show—threatening to ruin the burgeoning painting career of Jeremy’s best friend, Case, it’s up to Jeremy to figure out what’s going on. Of course, his archrival Becca Mills, who just happens to think Jeremy, Case, and their friend Hack are involved in the crime, is also looking into it.
Jeremy has only a few precious hours to stop the sabotage before more contest entries—and kids’ dreams—are slashed and burned.
But Jeremy’s specialty is retrieval…not detective work! The only solution is to team up with Becca to solve the case, something Jeremy’s not exactly thrilled to do. Not to mention, he has to keep his alliance with Becca a secret from Case and Hack, who will disown him if they see him working with the enemy. Somewhere between being stuck inside an air vent and slathered in red paint, Jeremy has to wonder: is he in over his head?

If you're interested in learning more, or preordering it (because that's available now), you can check it out at this link. I'm hoping to have some promotional events soon regarding Arts and Thefts, including an ARC giveaway, and I'll keep you posted on anything coming.

This was a lot of fun to write, so I hope it's fun to read. Right now, I'm working on a new project that is also a lot of fun (superheroes), and I look forward to keeping you posted about that one's development.

To close, I want to share this link. It's a site that navigates good charities to donate to or help, and here's their page for charities helping with Hurricane Harvey. If you're interested in helping out, this is a good starting place:

Hurricane Harvey: Charity Navigator

Here are this week's debuts:


Young Adult:
Scott Reintgen - Nyxia (9/12)
Ismee Williams - Water in May (9/12)