Клуб поклонниц Рорка, и всей серии о Еве Даллас

Надеюсь, эта картинка всё же откроется.
Месяц рождения:
1- роскошная
2 - дикая
3- озорная
4 - загадочная
5 - шаловливая
6 - соблазнительная
7- пикантная
8 - сексуальная
9 - маленькая
10 - хитрая
11 бесстрашная
12 - гордая
Дата рождения
1 - кошечка 11 - ягодка. 21 - конфетка
2 - тыковка. 12 - репочка 22 - зайка
3 - самочка. 13 - булочка. 23- пампушечка
4 - курочка 14 - львица 24- вкусняшка
5- красотуля. 15- стервочка. 25- лисичка
6- милашка. 16- капризуля. 26- пышечка
7- рыбка. 17- кисуня. 27- козочка
8- морковка. 18- вишенка. 28- куропаточка
9- тигрица. 19- детка. 29- крошка
10- обезьянка. 20- цыпочка. 30- птичка.
31- клубничка

Нора Робертс "Охота на бабочек" / Celebrity in Death 2012г, Серия «In Death» - 43.


Этот роман, как детектив и по накалу страстей, относительно спокойный.
Снимается кинофильм о нашумевшем деле Айконов по книге, которую написала журналистка Надин Ферст. Ближе к завершению процесса, киностудия организовала вечеринку в честь окончания съемок.
На званый ужин были приглашены не только актеры, но и прототипы главных персонажей фильма - Ева и Рорк, Пибоди и Макнаб, психолог Мира с мужем.
Ну, и конечно же, не обошлось без происшествий - к концу вечеринки на крыше особняка нашли мертвую актрису, которая в фильме играла Делию Пибоди. На первый взгляд, все указывает на то, что произощёл несчастный случай. Бедняжка Кей-Ти Харрис выпила лишнего, вышла прогуляться и посидеть в одиночестве, споткнулась, стукнулась о бортик бассейна , ударившись головой и утонула, упав в этот бассейн.
Но от цепкого взгляда Евы Даллас не скрыть детали преступления. Она заметила и следы замывания крови, и остатки тряпки, не сгоревшей до конца в камине и другие мелкие зацепки. Профессионал! К тому же, у Евы очень хорошо развита интуиция.
Под подозрением оказываются практически все присутствующие гости - известные режиссеры и продюсеры, популярные знаменитые актеры, и даже - сама Надин.
Какое море информации обо всех этих людях необходимо просеять Еве и ее команде! По крупиночке мелких деталей сложить картину преступления - кому это выгодно. Да саму жизнь убитой Кей-Ти надо рассмотреть под микроскопом, ведь эта женщина обладала ужасным, скверным характером. Её никто не любил, хотя актрисой она была неплохой, но как человек - мерзкой личностью. Ведь она практически на всех знакомых сразу откапывала компрометирующие факты из их жизни. Исходя из этого, на роль желающих "убрать" шантажистку оказалось немало.
Где-то, немного перевалив за середину книги, Ева уже точно знала - кто убийца. Но теперь же надо собрать доказательную базу, а это очень трудоемкий процесс. Противник у Евы умный, хитрый, не оставляющий за собой никаких следов преступления.
Интересная книга, мне понравилась.
Это уже 43-я история в серии, и читая книгу, я узнала, что прошло только 2,5 года с момента свадьбы Евы и Рорка. А кажется, что они уже так долго вместе!
А еще узнала, что Пибоди всего 25 лет. Можно сказать, совсем молодая девушка. И в этой книге Макнаб ей предложит пожениться! Ой, наспойлерила! Но ведь это такой приятный момент!
Рада была прочитать еще один роман Норы Робертс. От меня "5".
Заметки на полях.
Маленькое недоумение вызвало название книги - а при чём здесь бабочки? Чем издателям не понравилось оригинальное название произведения?
Так и хочется в заключении написать: "В ходе расследования преступления ни одной бабочки не пострадало!".

I’m not on Twitter. I’ve said before and will say again, I’d rather be poked in the eye with a burning stick than tweet. I’m only on Instagram and Facebook because the amazing Laura runs the show.

I write. I spend my days working, my evenings either working or with my family. Or zoned in front of the TV, basically brain dead.

I don’t spend much time on social media. I recognize its power, I appreciate its ability to connect writers with readers. And I also understand how easily it can be weaponized to incite flame wars. So I’m very careful with my use of it–and Laura is even more so.

I write. It’s what I do. What I love and what I’ve spent three decades learning how to do well. Or as well as I possibly can.

But there are a lot of authors who spend a great deal of time on social media. Some are absolute geniuses with the tools, and use them beautifully.

Others. Not so much.

I don’t believe, and have never believed in taking personal issues onto public forums. I don’t believe, and have never believed–will never believe–in a writer attacking another writing on a public forum. It’s unprofessional, it’s tacky and the results are, always, just always, ugly.

Recently another writer used her social media forums to baselessly, recklessly accuse me of stealing the title of her book–which is bullshit right off–to attempt to profit from this theft. She had no facts, just her emotions, and threw this out there for her followers.

First, let’s address the particular title which happens to be similar. I titled this particular book, wrote this book, turned this book into my publisher nearly a year before her book–a first novel–was published. So unless I conquered the time/space continuum, my book was actually titled before hers. Regardless, you can’t copyright a title. And titles, like broad ideas, just float around in the creative clouds. It’s what’s inside that counts.

It’s just a title.

By accusing me, in public, of attempting to ‘shamelessly profit’ off of her creativity, she incited her readers into attacking me–on her feed, then on my pages, then on the internet in general. She did nothing to stop this. I have been accused of theft, of trying to use this first time writer–whose book has been well received–for my own profit. To ride her coattails as I have no originality. This after more than thirty years in the business, more than two hundred books.

I was accused of plagiarism–for a title–of stealing her ideas–though I had never heard of her book before this firestorm, have never read her book.

And trust me, I never will now.

This is what happens when a reckless statement is made on social media. It becomes a monstrous lie that spreads and grows and escalates.

I don’t know this woman; she doesn’t know me. She lit the match, foolishly. Perhaps being young and new and so recently successful she doesn’t fully understand the relationship between a writer and her readers, or the power of an ugly insinuation posted on Twitter. But, God, you should know how tools work before you use them.

We should all take a lesson here. Think, then think again, before you post. Be sure of your facts before you take a shot at someone. Be prepared for the vicious fallout once you do.

Could you have dug a little deeper to check facts? Could you have contacted the person in question and had a conversation? In this case–writer to writer–could you have spoken to your publisher, your agent, about the fact that a title can’t be stolen in the first place?

Could you have, perhaps, checked the timeline? If your book came out a few months before the other book (and if you know SQUAT about publishing) you’d certainly realize it was written, titled and in production when yours hit the stands. So how could a damn title be ‘stolen’?

To be accused of plagiarism by some faceless reader on the internet, one who felt entitled to spread that lie gutted me. I’ve been plagiarized, and will always have an open wound from the blow. To me, plagiarism is the most terrible sin a writer can commit.

I have worked my entire career to build a foundation of professionalism, of teamwork with my publisher, to create a community with other writers, and to show readers I value them–not just with communication, but by doing my best to give them good books.

No one who knows me would believe any of these accusations. But that’s the problem. Those making them don’t know me, they simply lash out because they can.

This foolish and false statement has damaged my reputation. Vicious and ugly accusations and names have been tossed at me when I did nothing but write and title a book.

While this writer issued a kind of retraction after I reached out to her, it didn’t stop some of her readers from calling me a liar, and worse. We reached out again, asking her to put out the fire.

We’ve had no response, not from her, not from her agent.

Shame on them.

I had every intention of letting this go, until the flames kept burning, until the attacks kept coming. And nothing was done by the person who lit the match to stop it.

I don’t like taking my issues public. But I will stand up for myself. I will defend my integrity and my reputation and my work.

I’m appalled by this, sickened by it. I’m disgusted that people who don’t know me would feel free to say vicious things about me. I know very well the anonymity of the internet can foster such nastiness, but it still disgusts me.

Words have great power–to harm, to heal, to teach, to entertain. A writer, one who wants to forge a career with words, should understand that. And use them, as well as the tools at her disposal, wisely.

I’ve very deliberately not mentioned the name of the writer who started this, or the title of her book or mine. I don’t want this to escalate any more than it has. I don’t want my readers to go on the attack. It’s not cool. I simply want to set the record straight.

I’m Nora Roberts. I’m a hard-working writer, and an honest one.

That’s it.