Featured Interview With Kim Carter
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and live on the outskirts of town now. My husband and I have three retired greyhounds that have filled the ’empty nester’ gap and are our babies.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
There isn’t a time that I can remember that I didn’t love books. My mother read to me incessantly as a child and I still have all of my ‘well worn’ childhood books now. I read them to my own children as well as their favorites. I didn’t start writing until 1999 when an illness left me homebound for a few years.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite genre is mystery/suspense which is also what I write. I have so many favorites but to name a few….Sue Grafton, Iris Johansen, Karin Slaughter, and Mary Higgins Clark. My husband and best friend, Lisa Mobley Putnam are my greatest supporters and inspiration. My sister, Pam, is my biggest fan and encourager.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book, ‘Sweet Dreams Baby Belle’, was actually inspired by a child’s tombstone in a Biloxi Cemetery. It was broken and only had the name Baby Belle on it. There wasn’t a date of birth or death. My friend and I were so moved by it that we researched her for over two years and were eventually able to repair her broken monument while still maintaining the integrity of the original base made by her family in the late 1800’s. Although the novel is completely fictional, Baby Belle was the inspiration behind it. The book begins with Lizzie, who was a waitress in Atlanta, but marries a cardiac surgeon who sweeps her off her feet and gives her a life of luxury. However, Lizzie soon learns all that glitters is not gold when she discovers her husband’s drug development company is a Ponzi scheme. She realizes that her life could be in danger if she doesn’t somehow escape the gated mansion on the hill. Her only hope is to go to Biloxi, Mississippi and seek refuge with her sister, Maggie. Maggie and her husband Leland quickly find a safe harbor for Lizzie in a house on the bayou. However the house at the end of the street might not be the quiet retreat Lizzie was hoping for. The confines of her hideaway soon get to Lizzie so she begins sneaking out in the middle of the night to walk in the historical cemetery next door. One night a damaged, carved lamb on top of the tombstone of a small child catches her eye, and the story of the child captures her heart. Just when Lizzie Chatsworth thinks her world can’t get anymore complicated, she finds herself in the middle of a mystery from the 1800’s that is pulling her in and demanding she seek justice. As her husband’s empire begins to crumble, he’s more determined than ever to find Lizzie and kill her. But, will the mystery of Baby Belle’s death end Lizzie’s life first?
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