Gemma Halliday | High Heels Mysteries
Yay, I get to be on the Fresh Fiction blog! (squee!) Hi all! I’m Gemma Halliday and I write the High Heels Mysteries about L.A. shoe designer turned crime fighter, Maddie Springer, and the sexy yet stubborn LAPD detective, Jack Ramirez. So far I’ve had a blast writing about Maddie’s many adventures. In Spying in High Heels she navigates the L.A. freeways (no small task!) to track down a missing boyfriend, $20 million in embezzled funds, and ultimately, a cold 
blooded killer - despite the interference of one sexy detective, trying to derail her ‘girly’ investigation at every turn. The second book, Killer in High Heels, begins with a mysterious phone message that leads Maddie to Las Vegas were she encounters a group of Prada smuggling shoe counterfeiters, a handful of aging drag queens, and once very scary mobster. Not to mention the likes of Ramirez, hot and bothered to see her interfering in one of his investigations. Again.
The third Heels installment just hit bookstores and, not to play favorites, but I think I had more fun writing this one than any of the others! Undercover in High Heels finds Maddie back in L.A., Hollywood to be exact, where she goes undercover as the new wardrobe assistant on the set of TV’s hottest prime time soap, Magnolia Lane. Which sounds like a dream job until a beautiful young starlet winds up dead on the set. Now it’s up to Maddie to catch a killer as she sifts through a leading lady with a secret, an actor on the verge of a nervous breakdown, a sexy cyber scandal, and one tabloid reporter who'll stop at nothing to get the story of the century. Not to mention the case's familiar lead detective, Jack Ramirez, whose patience with Maddie is wearing thin, maybe for good this time.While book number three hits the shelves, I’m also crossing my fingers that Maddie and her
gang may be expanding into other mediums soon. Spying in High Heels is currently in development with the USA Network for a TV show in the upcoming 2007/2008 season! This is completely thrilling news to me not only as a writer, but also as a huge TV watcher. Okay, maybe watcher isn’t exactly an accurate description. I’m a total addict. Take away my TV and I go into withdrawals, trolling the Internet for updates on all my favorite shows. The ones I can’t live without: Grey’s Anatomy (man, did I cry during the season finale! Burke, how could you?), House (why am I always attracted to the bad boys?), Law and Order: CI (moving to the USA Network in the fall!), and of course the show that Maddie’s fictional Magnolia Lane is modeled after, Desperate Housewives (OMG – did Edie really kill herself?! Over Carlos?! No. Freakin. Way.). So, if any of you are willing to come out an publicly admit to being TV junkies too, tell me what your can’t-live-without shows are and I’ll send one lucky commenter a signed copy of Undercover in High Heels.
Until then, happy reading (and watching!)!
Gemma Halliday
Gemma Halliday
Here is my group blog (it's brand new – we're very excited!):http://killerfictionwriters.blogspot.com/
Labels: contemporary, Gemma Halliday, mystery, woman sleuth
posted by Fresh Fiction @ 7:00 AM
8 Comments:
Hi Gemma. How cool that Spying in High Heels is in development for a tv show. I am definitely a tv junkie. I love House, NCIS, Bones and all the CSI's.
Congrats!! That is pretty exciting! Do you have any say in what goes on as far as development and casting?
Well...I am admittedly a TV junkie. I LOVE medical dramas: Grey's Anatomy, ER, and House. Can't live without 'em and can't miss an episode. Also...I'm a Lost junkie. Lets just say, if the TV is on, my eyes are glazed over watching it!
Yes, I love the CSI's too! Vegas is still my favorite.
As for the show, I really have no say about development, casting, etc., but the producers have been so fantastic about keeping me in the loop. And they've said they're really trying to keep the show as close to the books as possible. So, I have complete faith in them and am really looking forward to seeing what they do with it.
Oh, I thought of another fav show! Project Runway. Anyone else just dying for the new season to start?
TV junkie here and accounted for. Our TV in the bedroom is sent away and supposedly being fixed. The TV is in livingroom is down(Satellite) and I'm frothing at the mouth; what to do!!! I just can not miss Big Brother tonight or House on Tuesday or CSI Miami any night. Help!!!!
Congrats!! That's awesome. I love the show Heroes.
Thanks, Stacy!
I hope your TV gets fixed soon, Robyn. Wow, I'm not sure I'd survive that!
Okay, I'm closing my eyes and picking my random winner for an UNDERCOVER ARC now... and the winner is... crystalg! Congrats! I'll email you for your contact info.
Thanks for stopping by, everyone!
~Gemma
Hi Gemma,
I'm a tv junkie...I watch every and all the anime I can, morning, noon, and night...of course, I can't watch while I'm sleeping...Duh! Sure I can watch them in my dreams on the biggest tv screen of all, my IMAGINATION...No really Gemma, I'm a tv addict. I can't live without Mr. Crackerbox, what's his name? Spongebob. Can't live without CSI, hmm, smell a mystery. Can't live without anything on Comedy Central. Can't seem to think of anything...Why did you have to go and put me on the spot Gemma? Oh, what the heck, somebody has to do it...Alright Gemma, I know, you're probably thinking I'm nuts...Oh well, so does my stepmom
Adela T.
Oops, see I told you, you will think I'm nuts. You already picked winner, here I am, like duh, an idiot posting a comment. Just knew I was going to be the lucky winner of your book. Aw shucks, maybe next time I'll read before I write...Anyways, you know what I'm trying to say...Just want it the darn book. See you in San Fran at the book signing.
Adela T
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