During the last week, I’ve had the privilege of answering questions from a few newspapers in the U.S. I’m looking forward to sharing the articles when they come out. One of the questions that often came up was something like, “How did your lead character, Marcie Kane, come about?” My answers had to be brief for the interviews so I thought it could be fun to expand on the question a bit here.
Marcie is a figment of my imagination, but she’s also a combination of strong, independent women I have met over the years. She’s an African American in her mid forties from South Carolina. When we first meet her in The Vanishing Wife, she’s happily divorced from her professional basketball playing ex-husband whom she refers to as He Who Shall Not Be Named. She is witty and occasionally sarcastic as she helps her friend, Mason Seaforth, look for his wife who disappears the night of their 20th wedding anniversary.
Marcie intrigued me so I thought it would be interesting to send her along life’s path while she becomes entangled in various other mishaps. She’s not quite the same happy-go-lucky person in A Perilous Question as the gunfight that wounded her in The Vanishing Wife has left her with nightmares and psychological issues. She stumbles across a human trafficking ring and recklessly pursues those responsible.
Life definitely improves for her in Remote Access. She is calmer and has found her happy place. She doesn’t lose her penchant for finding trouble though or her ability to solve problems with brains rather than brawn as she and FBI Special Agent Nathan Harris try to stop an assassination attempt on the president of the United States.
What’s in store for her next? Readers will be able to find out in my next book coming out in late 2019 or early 2020. You can rest assured she will be teaming up with Nathan again to deal with the latest situation she will find herself in. I can tell you this much. Drones will be involved and not in a nice way.
Get ready for the next in the series by catching up with all of Marcie’s adventures in The Marcie Kane Thriller Collection at 2IiNWsr.
