{"id":1299,"date":"2016-06-16T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2016-06-06T11:21:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T15:21:15","slug":"cbbs-anniversary-guest-kirsten-weiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/2016\/06\/16\/cbbs-anniversary-guest-kirsten-weiss\/","title":{"rendered":"CBB&#8217;s Anniversary Guest: Kirsten Weiss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My favorite fictional villain remains Moriarty. He was a worthy villain &#8212; the equal of Sherlock Holmes. In the end, Sherlock Holmes was unable to best him with his intellect &#8212; Holmes&#8217;s greatest strength &#8212; and had to resort to brute force. I like a villain who provides a real challenge!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kirsten Weiss<\/strong> writes genre-blending steampunk suspense, urban fantasy, and mystery, mixing her experiences and imagination to create a vivid world of magic and mayhem.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1300\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/2016\/06\/16\/cbbs-anniversary-guest-kirsten-weiss\/kirstenweiss_perfectly-proper-paranormal-museuml\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/KirstenWeiss_Perfectly-Proper-Paranormal-Museuml.jpg?fit=328%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"328,499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"KirstenWeiss_Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museuml\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/KirstenWeiss_Perfectly-Proper-Paranormal-Museuml.jpg?fit=328%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/KirstenWeiss_Perfectly-Proper-Paranormal-Museuml-197x300.jpg?resize=197%2C300\" alt=\"KirstenWeiss_Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museuml\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/KirstenWeiss_Perfectly-Proper-Paranormal-Museuml.jpg?resize=197%2C300&amp;ssl=1 197w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/KirstenWeiss_Perfectly-Proper-Paranormal-Museuml.jpg?w=328&amp;ssl=1 328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><strong>A Perfectly Proper Murder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Maddie Kosloski\u2019s career flatlines, she retreats to her wine-country hometown for solace and cheap rent. Railroaded into managing the local paranormal museum, she\u2019s certain the rumors of its haunting are greatly exaggerated. But a new ghost may be on the loose. A fresh corpse in the museum embroils Maddie in murders past and present.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon:\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bookshow.me\/0738747513\">http:\/\/bookShow.me\/0738747513<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Barnes &amp; Noble:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-perfectly-proper-paranormal-museum-kirsten-weiss\/1122049842?ean=9780738747514\">http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-perfectly-proper-paranormal-museum-kirsten-weiss\/1122049842?ean=9780738747514<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kobo:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-us\/ebook\/the-perfectly-proper-paranormal-museum\">https:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-us\/ebook\/the-perfectly-proper-paranormal-museum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-via=\"compbeastsblog\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My favorite fictional villain remains Moriarty. He was a worthy villain &#8212; the equal of Sherlock Holmes. In the end, Sherlock Holmes was unable to best him with his intellect &#8212; Holmes&#8217;s greatest strength &#8212; and had to resort to brute force. I like a villain who provides a real challenge! 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