POPULAR  IZZY MCNEIL MYSTERY SERIES TO CONTINUEAS  “RED-HOT” AUTHOR LAURA CALDWELL GETS NEW BOOK DEAL

Red-hot mystery author Laura Caldwell, who released not one, not two, but three books this summer—to ignite the popular Izzy McNeil trilogy—announced that she has signed with MIRA books to write four more Izzy McNeil novels.  In June, Caldwell published Red Hot Lies, the story of a sassy, red headed Chicago attorney whose fiance disappears on the same day her client is killed.  The book was followed by Red Blooded Murder (July) and Red, White & Dead (August), all of which feature Izzy McNeil against the backdrop of Caldwell’s buzzing hometown Chicago.

The books are scheduled to hit stores after the release of Unlikely (tentative title), Caldwell’s non-fiction book with Free Press (a Simon & Schuster imprint) about a murder trial she handled which changed her life.  That book is set for September 2010.

“I’m thrilled to write four more books in the Izzy McNeil series,” said Caldwell.  “Never before have I felt there was still so much material to cover in the life of this character and those of the people around her.  And the fact that so many readers are writing to share what they liked (and what they didn’t; It’s okay, I can handle it) makes it even more exciting. Some readers have made the most incredible suggestions that never would have occurred to me.  I have a feeling there will be many readers acknowledged in these books.”

While Caldwell has 10 books published, the popular summer mystery trilogy was her first series.