A Guest at the Armchair: Heather Texle

Welcome to A Guest at the Armchair, where we pull up a second chair for an author we admire and talk about one of their books. This time the signal’s coming through from Heather Texle, beaming in to tell us about herself and On Impulse.

Hi! Thanks so much to Armchair Alien for inviting me to share a little about my book with you. If you picked up Jeannette’s winter holiday anthology, Now I Have a Raygun, Ho-Ho-Ho!, you may recognize my name. I also had a short story in it titled, On Icing. It’s set in my Reliance Sinclair series, which is a murder mystery set in space. If you’re into fast-paced science fiction with all the gritty feels, then this may be your jam.

When the Department trained me to catch criminals, I never dreamed I’d become one.

Agent. Suspect. Intergalactic fugitive.

I was one of them until I shot my partner in self-defense. Even though the Department cleared me of wrongdoing, my co-workers didn’t agree. They turned their backs on me, so I turned my back on them.

My partner’s actions never made sense. After ignoring my gut for a year, I asked my tech-genius best friend to dig into it. Now Jarrett’s gone dark, and I soon discover he’d been brutally murdered. An officer finds me standing over the body, blaster in hand. Even I admit it looks bad.

There’s no way I can trust the Department to investigate further—not if I’m already the prime suspect. My only option is to run. Is it impulsive? Sure. Will having law enforcement dog me across the galaxy make life difficult? Most certainly. I’ll have to stay one step ahead of them if I want to solve Jarrett’s murder and clear my name.

Doing that will require every trick the Department taught me—and a few I learned on my own.

You can find On Impulse at most major retailers or check out my website for more information and a free short story:

Thanks again for having me and happy reading!