Unshackled

A Camille Delaney Mystery

by Amanda DuBois

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Book 3 of A Camille Delaney Mystery

Pub Date Feb 04 2025 | Archive Date Dec 02 2024

Girl Friday Productions | Flashpoint

Mystery & Thrillers

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Description

Camille Delaney returns with another investigation—and this time it’s personal.

Shackled to her bed against the pleas of the medical staff, Charli Zhao gives birth to a beautiful daughter she names Willow. Charli had been transported to the hospital from prison, where she is serving time for a crime she didn’t commit. Within hours of the birth, the unthinkable happens: the newborn is abducted, leaving Charli devastated and wondering if she’ll ever find her child, even after she gets free.

Attorney Camille Delaney isn’t used to the inside of women’s prisons—she works in courtrooms. But when a local legal aid group recruits her to help with a case on the inside, she feels drawn to these women’s stories. They are often so similar—a lifetime of trauma culminating in the heartbreaking and often permanent loss of custody of their children, even after they’ve served their time and gotten clean.

When Camille meets Charli, it’s been years since Willow was abducted, and the case has gone cold. But there’s something about Charli’s story—and Charli herself—that Camille can’t refuse. With the help of her trusted friend and private investigator Trish Seaholm, Camille begins a dogged pursuit to find Charli’s daughter and bring the man who framed Charli to justice. As Camille’s quest for the truth takes her team from Seattle to the San Juan Islands to the mountains of Olympic National Park, she must reckon with a system that routinely dismisses the rights of convicted mothers—and has their children pay the price.

Camille Delaney returns with another investigation—and this time it’s personal.

Shackled to her bed against the pleas of the medical staff, Charli Zhao gives birth to a beautiful daughter she names...

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Advance Praise

“... well-researched, entertaining, and fast-paced mystery that is clearly and simply expounded; it introduces a character that fans of the genre will identify with . . .” ―IndieReader, review of The Complication, an IndieReader Approved novel

“‘Page-turner’ hardly does it justice! Camille Delaney as a brainy sleuth with a bevy of bold women helping her; gorgeous Pacific Northwest scenery; medical and legal drama—and suspense that Just. Won’t. Quit. What a ride!” ―Eric Redman, author of Bones of Hilo and The Dance of Legislation

“Amanda DuBois weaves a wonderful tale of suspense. Highly recommend!” ―Shon Hopwood, author of Law Man

“Superb female characters enrich this engrossing tale of medical scares and legal tussling.” ―Kirkus Reviews, review of The Complication

Marketing Plan

Author started a nonprofit to assist the previously incarcerated. Proceeds from this book will go to that nonprofit.
Anticipated praise quotes from national social justice leaders.
Beta readers are mothers in prison.
Working with PR firm, Full Swing.
Author website and frequent e-newsletter.
Podcast and media tour.
Guest article published in Writer's Digest.
Book cover photo taken by Christopher Poulos, a formerly incarcerated lawyer.
Event at Georgetown University with Regina LaBelle, a former President Obama and President Biden official, now a Distinguished Scholar at Georgetown.
Event with Emily Salisbury PhD, the Director of the Utah Criminal Justice Center. Salisbury is the national expert in prison gender responsiveness.
Event with Leesa Manion, the King County Prosecutor in Seattle, and Danielle Armbruster, the Assistant Secretary at Washington State Department of Corrections.
Book reading in Todos Santos, Mexico.
Anticipated bookstore tour in the Pacific Northwest.
Launch party in Seattle, with a book reading by the author, a prominent Seattle lawyer.
Entertainment industry connections.
Social media campaign, over 3K followers
Bookbub submission
Goodreads Giveaway

Author started a nonprofit to assist the previously incarcerated. Proceeds from this book will go to that nonprofit.
Anticipated praise quotes from national social justice leaders.
Beta readers are...