Hollister McClane

Laurie Lisas latest novel Hollister McClane is a captivating fun and lighthearted picaresque mixing crime fiction with a bit of good old-fashioned Southern charm. Hollisters adventures will keep you reading non-stop!Hollister McClane is a small-town southern Missouri gorgeous (if she does say so herself) heroine who has a knack for accidentally robbing banks a convenience store and a possible drug cartel. She might inadvertently throw in a couple of grand theft autos but truly she wouldnt hurt a fly--not even when that Ruger falls into her lap.Savvy and self-taught eternally optimistic and zealously patriotic Hollister walks runs hitchhikes and drives from one chance encounter to another across Americas heartland. After accidentally robbing her first bank dressed as Uncle Sam Hollister sees her newfound life on the run as a matter of Fate. And it doesnt hurt that she is a genius at disguises (if she does say so herself).Hollister always tries to do the right thing with her newfound bounty but somehow it keeps slipping through her fingers. Also there are a few obstacles along the way: the law the lovers the three not-quite-ex-husbands the babies and always world-weary Mama. When Hollister finally does use that gun unfortunately shes pointing it too close to home.-----------------------------------------------------FROM THE AUTHORHollister McClane was the fourth of nine novels that I have written. It is my first picaresque novel and also happens to be the fourth of my books to publish. As a picaresque Hollister McClane exhibits many of the genres defining characteristics: comedy sarcasm first-person narration with an autobiographical and colloquial ease of telling and a criminal (but likable) female protagonist on an episodic recounting of her adventures on the road.I started to think about writing a picaresque novel many years ago while in grad school after studying Saul Bellows The Adventures of Augie March (which I consider one of my all-time favorite books by one of my favorite authors) and Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I did not write Hollister McClane with the thought that it would fit into one of the popular mainstream genres. Rather I viewed Hollister McClane as my own somewhat roguish adventure in writing to fulfill my long-standing fascination with the picaresque genre. I fell in love with Hollister as she led me from adventure to adventure while writing the story and I missed her after completing the book. I hope my readers find Hollister to be as endearing as I did.-----------------------------------------------------You can read more about Laurie and her novels join her Reader List for special opportunities and previews and find her on social media at LaurieLisa.com and her Amazon Author page.