Bitter - Re de Jauregui

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Résumé :
Shadows slink through the night in Alkali Flat as homicide detective Juanita Bitter investigates murders most foul. But when a Dispatcher's body is found in the stairwell of the police department, Bitter is forced into a case where everyone is a suspect-especially her fellow officers. Worse, that same Dispatcher had managed to put Bitter in the hospital a few days earlier... When the sun goes down, the strange, exotic, and magical emerges in Bitter's Sacramento. And if something hisses at her from a dark alley, it may not be a stray cat. ---------- The short story, Bitter Blood, introduces Bitter and her world?down the street, around the corner, and one dimension over from the real Sacramento. Bitter Nights picks up the continuing story of Bitter a few months later. Murder, monsters, and mayhem?crime meets urban fantasy and Bitter must solve the case before someone else dies.

Biographie:
Ruth de Jauregui, originally trained as a graphic artist, began writing books while working as a book designer for William P. Yenne at American Graphic Systems. While working for Bill, she wrote her first two books, Ghost Towns and 100 Medical Milestones That Shaped World History.RE de Jauregui's latest book is Bitter Sins the second book of the Bitter series. This time, Bitter finds herself back in Las Vegas, where murder, monsters and mayhem ensue. The first book of the series, Bitter, includes the short story Bitter Blood and the novel Bitter Nights. This crime noir meets urban fantasy series does NOT feature vampires, sparkling or not. Bitter, a BIPOC homicide detective, works in a diverse Sacramento that exists around the corner and one dimension over from the real Sacramento. Days may seem normal, but the night is filled with strange happenings that a tough cop may, or may not, accept as reality. The next Bitter book, Bitter Dreams, will be available in 2024.de Jauregui also writes garden articles, a garden column, and released 50 Fabulous Tomatoes for Your Garden. It provides a little history plus the description and seed or plant sources for 50 mouth-watering varieties of tomatoes. It also has a how-to-grow section with information on germinating, transplanting, watering and fertilizing tomatoes. Her cookbook, The Soul of California - Cooking for the Holidays, features her own California Soul recipes for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and Super Bowl Sunday, including scrumptious California-style black-eyed peas, smoked turkey, baked ribs, and sweet potato pie.A steamfunk novel is still simmering on the back burner. This alternate history of California and the United States features events in the mid-1800s in the independent state of Califa, a member of the vast African empire that flourished after the Moors defeated the last remnants of Isabella's and Ferdinand's armies in Spain. In the next pot over on the back of the creative stove, a four-book urban fantasy series is also simmering. Still no vampires or zombies, though there are ghosts and magic and the Fae. While working on her latest books, she provides informational and how-to articles published on websites such as SFGate, Hunker, eHow, and more. Readers can find de Jauregui's published books and sneak peeks of works in progress at www.ruthdj.net.She also maintains a book website focused on science fiction and fantasy for Teens and Young Adults of Color -- Alien Star Books www.alienstarbooks.com. Looking for diverse main characters in teen and young adult speculative fiction? Stop by the website, there's something for nearly everyone!