Chasing Sisyphus [The Basilica Conspiracy] by J.L. Peridot

If you were a bounty hunter, who would you most like to track down? The heroine of Chasing Sisyphus is a bounty hunter. I study martial arts as a hobby and my partner’s an instructor, which meant we could test out the fight scenes to make sure they were plausible.

I learned a lot about how misleading TV can be, how simple (while not terribly easy) it is to kill a person, and how the human body responds in violent situations. I’m sure my Google search history could implicate me in a crime… I read up on weaponry, psychology, human anatomy and biomechanics. What kind of research went into writing the story? This hacker kid isn’t just a threat to some fat cats’ bank accounts - something bigger is brewing behind the scenes. Bounty hunting’s illegal in Basilica City and even his growing attraction to her can’t win out against his sense of duty as a cop.Įventually, they realise they’re in over their heads. Here’s the problem - Adria needs the payoff to take care of her sick brother, but Rhys has a file on her down at the station. It’s a romantic suspense story about a bounty hunter and a police detective who cross paths while pursuing the same target: a hacker named Sisyphus. Tell us a little about Chasing Sisyphus ? “Gonna go check it out.My guest today is JL Peridot, author of the stylish and thought-provoking thriller Chasing Sisyphus. Anywhere else, it would be the sound you shut out. Too few people to make a sound like that seem normal. At any other time, it would have been another pip of noise in a filthy district. She was probably still there, waiting under the streetlamp like a femme fatale in those movies Keats kept on mute at his desk on a tiny TV. She seemed a little upmarket for the scene and, come to think of it, he didn’t remember seeing her leave. He couldn’t make out her face, but he sure noticed her tight silhouette as she walked by the Nova Legion statue. Can Adria and Rhys set aside their differences, and their desires, to save the only home they know? Tags: scifi, futuristic, romantic suspense, action adventure, MF, asian heroine, interracial, retrofuture, eroticĬover art by Harris Channing Find this book And with Adria suddenly in his sights, it’s going to take more than falling in love for him to let her go.Īs the pair close in on their mark, they are unwittingly drawn into a high profile conspiracy that could thrust the whole of Basilica into chaos. Born and bred in Basilica, he does his part to keep his city clean. Trouble is, her line of work’s not exactly legal, and she’s barely staying ahead of the cops who want her target, too.ĭetective Rhys Carver may be a little unorthodox, but he’s a good cop. With the reward, she can pay for her brother’s surgery and finally get out of Basilica City.

Love letters to the future Books Newsletter Blog About JL Chasing Sisyphusīounty hunter Adria Yuan is hot on the trail of her final hit: a notorious hacker wanted by the city’s elite.

Chasing Sisyphus [The Basilica Conspiracy] by J.L. Peridot