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Interview with Greer Noble, author of Checkmate

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Checkmate is as exciting and as action-packed as you can get. It’s definitely not for the faint-hearted.  The anti-hero, Stone, is a psychopath, an evil, detestable character who can charm the devil himself while the hero, Buchanan, is a clean cut, ‘what you see is what you get’ young yachtsman. A chance meeting inextricably entwines their lives when the two things most dear to Buchanan are taken from him.  The story is a tapestry of intrigue, of exotic places, old money and murder, a heart-racing chase while the deadly game takes the most unpredictable twists and turns that even the most trained eye won’t detect.

What genre is this?
It’s an erotic horror thriller.

That’s an interesting cocktail. Who will it appeal to?
Definitely adult readers of either gender. A reader of worldly sophistication who loves a challenging, riveting and thought provoking narrative.

If you like a story that’s utterly absorbing and so fascinating that it arouses your curiosity to such a heightened state, it keeps you engrossed until way after midnight, you’ll love my book.

Tell us about Stone and Buchanan.
Stone is born of a sadistic father and a run-away mother in a neighbourhood from hell. His step mother gets even with his father by abusing him as a child. Streetwise from an early age he graduates from sniffing glue to illicit drugs, child porn and worse. Even in his teens, his charisma, be it evil, draws young women like a magnet. With a change of fate, he’s superficially redeemed and cultivated from gutter to princedom, all the better to charm the opposite sex,  but the die is cast.

Buchanan hails from a loving, close-knit, sports-minded family. A good all-rounder,  he excels at school, is awarded the Victor Ludorum and swims for  his country. A  champion yachtsman, with his love of the ocean, he majors in marine biology, focusing on the wonders and threats of the offshore ecosystem.  His personality makes up for his looks but he’s quite a hunk in that department as well. Both with a love for the sea, it is inevitable that he marries his childhood sweetheart and years of hard work buys them their dream, an old schooner.

We’ve interviewed you before, haven’t we?
Yes, I’ve written Veiled Madness, a decadent murder mystery of the old colonial Africa.

Tell us a bit about yourself.
I’m fourth generation African and when I’m not in Africa I feel I’m in exile. I feel like a mother that’s lost all her family. Africa is in my blood and every time I leave that magnificent continent a little of me dies. It also saddens me terribly to see the wars, disruptions, poverty and poaching that has become the scourge of that beautiful continent. I want to help but the only way I know how.. for now.. is to write.

Do you have a website where we can keep up with your work?
Yes, a website and a blog..
http://greernoble.com/
http://greernoble.com/my-funny-africa-blog.html

How can we follow you on Twitter and/or Facebook?
@WildSafaris
https://www.facebook.com/greer.noble.ba

How easily do new storylines come to you? If we give you four random words – Man, Woman, Airport, Darkness – can you give us a brief storyline?
A dapper black man tries to hide his nervousness as he emerges from the airport building pushing a middle aged white woman in a wheelchair, her headscarf and large sunglasses obscuring her identity. They quickly get into a black Mercedes with shaded windows. It is only in the darkness of the back seat, as they drive away, that she removes her scarf and glasses.. and smiles. It worked every time.

What’s next?
‘My Funny Africa’ is next. It’s my first non-fiction, a collection of enthralling, authentic bushwhacker anecdotes, each story with its own illustration. I’m very excited about it. It’s in the editing stage and, with a bit of luck, should be ready to be published in the first quarter of 2014.

And after that, more fiction?
I can’t wait to write my next  novel. I also can’t wait to get back to Africa to try to do something to help in the sustainability of wildlife, even in the smallest possible way, eg in protecting the turtles, especially at their most vulnerable when they leave the ocean to lay their eggs. I’m hoping to do both. I’m a little indecisive about my next book but I’m considering a sequel to Veiled Madness, which I actually started some time ago. I was hoping to get some feedback from my readers as to their opinion, ie if they’d like to see a sequel to Veiled Madness.

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