But interacting with a family fueled by alcohol and mired in scandals, Bogie is reminded why he does investigations for his Boston based company from a computer in Florida. Although Bogie wants to contact his ex-lover, Bailey Hampfield, he’s reluctant to do so since Bailey dumped him four years earlier. Knowing that Bailey had his child after she cut him loose, Bogie ponders how he can establish a relationship with the three year old daughter he’s never met. While he thinks about it, Bailey gets in touch with him and asks for protection. Someone is trying to kill her.
By the time Bogie meets Isabella, it’s apparent that he still loves the mother and adores the child. Bogie tells himself that he’s not interested in the BPD investigation into Bud’s death, but he continues to be drawn into it while trying to discover who is attempting to kill Bailey. The investigations seem to parallel each other, then intersect and become intertwined. As the story develops, Isabella, a precocious child obsessed with martial arts, slowly becomes the focus.
The underlying theme of this mystery is lies. Everyone seems to be running on lies and half truths. The only pure and true character is The Girl in White Pajamas.
"Multiple generations of dysfunction catch up to a once-prominent Boston police family in Birdy’s elaborate debut mystery." - Kirkus Reviews
"Best Book I've read in a long time. You really feel like you're walking through the streets of Boston with the writer. Can't wait for the next book to come out! Thank you Chris Birdy for a truly entertaining read!" - from Goodreads
"This is one of the most suspenseful and exciting murder mysteries I have ever read." - from Amazon
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Sharon x"Best Book I've read in a long time. You really feel like you're walking through the streets of Boston with the writer. Can't wait for the next book to come out! Thank you Chris Birdy for a truly entertaining read!" - from Goodreads
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About the Author
Chris Birdy was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After graduating from high school, she did a four year stint in the Middle East. When she returned to the States, Chris settled down in the Boston area and became a true Bostonian by collecting college degrees while raising a family.
For more than twenty years, Chris has been a member of the legal community performing investigative work for Boston law firms conducting business in rough housing projects and crack house neighborhoods. Several years ago, while sitting in a courtroom with a client, Chris watched as a police officer was lambasted by an attorney. The attorney was defending a young woman who crashed her car into two other vehicles before she passed out drunk behind the wheel. The occupants of the other cars were seriously hurt and the cop, a former EMT, tried to assist the injured while waiting for ambulances to arrive. The attorney questioned the cop's every move, shredded his testimony and made him seem inept. Embarrassed, the cop returned to his seat beside me and muttered, "Everybody lies. The judges lie, the lawyers lie, the witnesses lie.." Chris wanted to tell him not to worry that in about five years he'd be just as good a liar as they were. The seeds for The Girl in White Pajamas were planted in that courtroom.
Chris lives outside of Boston and in Palm Beach, Florida with her husband.
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For more than twenty years, Chris has been a member of the legal community performing investigative work for Boston law firms conducting business in rough housing projects and crack house neighborhoods. Several years ago, while sitting in a courtroom with a client, Chris watched as a police officer was lambasted by an attorney. The attorney was defending a young woman who crashed her car into two other vehicles before she passed out drunk behind the wheel. The occupants of the other cars were seriously hurt and the cop, a former EMT, tried to assist the injured while waiting for ambulances to arrive. The attorney questioned the cop's every move, shredded his testimony and made him seem inept. Embarrassed, the cop returned to his seat beside me and muttered, "Everybody lies. The judges lie, the lawyers lie, the witnesses lie.." Chris wanted to tell him not to worry that in about five years he'd be just as good a liar as they were. The seeds for The Girl in White Pajamas were planted in that courtroom.
Chris lives outside of Boston and in Palm Beach, Florida with her husband.
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ReplyDeleteI only have little white lies but no real big lie yet to anyone....
ReplyDeleteI haven't told very many lies in my life thankfully, unlike some people.
ReplyDeleteThat I didn't have a Myspace profile when I did!
ReplyDeleteTo my hubby when I bought something.Deb P
ReplyDeleteThe biggest lie I ever told is : I did not eat that.
ReplyDeleteThat I had slept at my sisters after a party, I got found out
ReplyDeleteThe biggest lie I ever told was that I was not at the party when I really was and my sister did not know it.
ReplyDeletegosh, i cant remember when i told a lie, maybe as a kid.
ReplyDeleteI lied to my parents about my sister getting married. (I was only 18). They asked me if I knew anything about it and I told them no when I was really there!
ReplyDeleteNo, you don't look fat in those pants. Thanks for the awesomeness, the contest, & generosity.
ReplyDeletewow i dont know if i can say the biggest lie ever... but when i was a teenager i did steal my dads liquor and lied about it
ReplyDeletecan't tell it here, its about a third-party thing =)
ReplyDeleteI don't lie
ReplyDeletethat i didn't plagiarise
ReplyDeleteThat I didn't eat the last cookie
ReplyDeleteI don't really lie - sometimes white lies, the polite and conventional kind, or sometimes denying my true feelings or opinion to try to keep the peace, but I'm more outspoken about my opinions so that doesn't really work for me.
ReplyDeleteTelling someone that I was not angry anymore and I was...enraged in fact. But I didn't think I was until put to the test.
ReplyDeleteProbably something with "It wasn't me".
ReplyDeleteno it doesn't make you look fat - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com
ReplyDeleteI lied about my age (always!)
ReplyDeleteI used to lie about my age all the time.
ReplyDeleteIt Wasn't Me!! ;-)
ReplyDeleteBiggest lie is too personal to talk about Rosanne rosans4@comcast.net
ReplyDeleteyes, that is cute
ReplyDeleteIts hard to tell, the biggest lie was probably about money.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest lie I have told was something I told myself years ago, that I was in love with somebody.
ReplyDeleteHmmm. I can't remember. I think it was probably something I broke then lied to my mother about not breaking it in order to avoid getting into trouble. lol
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lied to stop my children getting wrong
ReplyDeleteAbout my husband's clothes!
ReplyDeleteI had a healthy breakfast.
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About my work
ReplyDeleteMine would be have to be about money.
ReplyDeletewhile a lid under 11, I lied about my mother being drunk.
ReplyDeleteHow about black instead
ReplyDeleteThat I was excited to go to someone's birthday party. sleveene@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteI don't know about the biggest lie but when I was little I stole my sister's car and then broke the headlight out of it and lied again and said I didn't know how it happened.
ReplyDeletethe biggest lie i ever told was how i got the gash on my cheek that needed stitches.told them it was my fault but it wasnt.
ReplyDeleteMy weight.
ReplyDeleteThe Beck Valley Book Tour for The Girl in White Pajamas is now coming to a close. It has been an honor to be reviewed by this group. Each blogger was highly professional, knew the subject matter and contributed their blogs and posts in a timely manner. I look forward to the next tour of The Girl in Black Pajamas.
ReplyDeleteIt was wonderful working with you Chris to help promote your book, although it was so positively received that I think the book speaks for itself xx
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