BREAKING CREED BY ALEX KAVA
SEPTEMBER 2015
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Born 1960, in Silver Creek, NE;. Education: College of Saint Mary, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1982. Memberships: International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime. Addresses: Home: Omaha, NE; Milton, FL. E-mail: serialkillerlady@aol.com.
Alex Kava, born Sharon Kava, grew up in rural Nebraska, and she held a variety of jobs, one of which included cleaning up in the morgue and surgery departments of a hospital while she attended college.Writer, graphic designer, and teacher. Worked in various jobs for a hospital and a newspaper, and, for fifteen years, as a designer, writer, and director of a public relations firm; Square One (graphic design company), owner; part-time college teacher.
RYDER CREED SERIES:
- Breaking Creed: introducing Ryder Creed, #1 (Jan 2015)
Receiving attention after intercepting drug deals with his canine assistants, K9 search and rescue trainer Ryder Creed teams up with FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell to stop a human smuggling operation and halt a series of brutal murders.
- Silent creed, #2 (July 2015)
MAGGIE O'DELL SERIES:
- A Perfect Evil, #1, (2000)
- Split Second, #2, (2001)
- The Soul Catcher, #3, (2003)
- At the Stroke of Madness,#4, (2004)
- A Necessary Evil,#5, (2006)
- Exposed, #6, (2008)
- Black Friday,#7, (2009)
- Damaged, #8, (2010)
- Hotwire, #9, (2011)
- Fireproof, #10, (2012)
- Stranded, #11, (2013)
STAND ALONE NOVELS:
- One False Move (novel), 2004.
- Whitewash (novel), 2007.
SERIES READ-ALIKES:
1. The Search by Nora Roberts Reason: Search and rescue dogs take center stage in these suspenseful stories surrounding murder investigations. Romance blooms between the main characters in the steamier The Search, while it is a more subtle backdrop in Breaking Creed. (Anthea Goffe)
2. The Promise by Robert Crais Reason: Animal lovers will enjoy the police dogs featured in these fast-paced, suspenseful novels with intertwining storylines and plenty of plot twists. Breaking Creed adds a touch of romance to the mix. (Anthea Goffe)
3. The Kill Switch by James Rollins, Reason: The Kill Switch features a military operation with potentially devastating scientific aspects; Breaking Creed is a twisty suspense novel tackling an operation that smuggles both drugs and people. Both fast-paced novels feature a dog handler and his four-footed partner. (Shauna Griffin)
AUTHOR READ-ALIKES:
1. Lisa Gardner -- Reason: Both Alex Kava and Lisa Gardner turned from writing Historical Romances to Suspense. Both authors include extensive forensic detail, complex protagonists, psychological insights, plot twists, and an undercurrent of romance in their works. (Krista Biggs)
2. Diane Fanning -- Reason: Diane Fanning and Alex Kava write police mysteries featuring a policewoman and and a female FBI agent. These are strong women who are determined and principled. The suspense-filled stories have multilayered plots that are often told from multiple viewpoints. The stories are gritty and violent with realistic characters. (Merle Jacob)
3. Tami Hoag -- Reason: Like Kava, Tami Hoag develops strong characters and offers up fast, tight plotting with a female protagonist. The use of the repetitive character will appeal to readers of Kava who like meeting characters who reappear in subsequent novels. (Krista Biggs)
4. Becky Masterman -- Reason: Becky Masterman and Alex Kava write thrillers featuring FBI agents who hunt serial killers. These are complex women who are troubled by their work and their personal lives, but they are gutsy to a fault. These suspenseful books move quickly and are filled with violence, plot twists, and evil characters. (Merle Jacob)
5. Elizabeth Heiter -- Reason: Elizabeth Heiter and Alex Kava write hard-hitting, fast-paced thrillers featuring strong female FBI special agents who search for serial killers. The protagonists are complex women in difficult jobs, but they are also still looking for love. The dark stories feature violence, ugly villains, and pageturning suspense. Merle Jacob
