{"id":123,"date":"2011-08-20T16:45:47","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T22:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2024-02-26T00:02:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T07:02:02","slug":"conflict-of-interest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/conflict-of-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Conflict of Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a title=\"&quot;Conflict of Interest&quot; on Kindle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tinyurl.com\/Conflict-on-Kindle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Conflict of Interest<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>is a story about a professional assassin with a problem. Now, we all have work-related issues, but when Meg Harrison (the lead character from the short story, <strong><em>With Friends Like These<\/em><\/strong>) has a work-related issue, someone usually ends up dead&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2018_Conflict_of_Interest_cover_300x450-200x300.png\" alt=\"Conflict of Interest - a Hit Lady for Hire novel by Lauryn Christopher\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2018_Conflict_of_Interest_cover_300x450-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2018_Conflict_of_Interest_cover_300x450.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><em>It\u2019s a bad idea to piss off a professional assassin, and Meg Harrison \u2013 corporate spy and sometimes assassin \u2013 is definitely pissed off.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Not only has a new, and very irritating, client hired her to kill her own sister, but to top it all off, Meg didn&#8217;t even know she *had* a sister. For Meg, this is a contract that hits a little too close to home.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A <strong>&#8220;Hit Lady for Hire&#8221;<\/strong> novel.<br \/>\n<\/em>Available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.books2read.com\/ConflictOfInterest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">your favorite online retailer<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Praise for <strong>Conflict of Interest<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<address>&#8230; With <em>Conflict of Interest<\/em>, Christopher turns the hit-man formula on its head, and in doing so gives us a surprising and entertaining read&#8230;.<\/address>\n<address>&#8212; <strong><a title=\"BigAl's Books &amp; Pals review of Conflict of Interest\" href=\"http:\/\/tiny.cc\/avcr4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Al\u2019s Books &amp; Pals<\/a><\/strong><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>&#8230;A slick suspense&#8230;<\/address>\n<address>&#8212; <strong><a title=\"Conflict of Interest - reviews on Amazon.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Conflict-of-Interest-ebook\/product-reviews\/B004F9P8W2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patricia K. Batta<\/a><\/strong><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>It\u2019s a strange feeling to like an assassin and I wouldn\u2019t have thought I would. After all, as a therapist, I\u2019m more into the \u201clet\u2019s make people feel better\u201d side of things. Yet there\u2019s no question that in \u201cConflict Of Interest,\u201d author Lauryn Christopher manages to portray Margaret Harrison, corporate consultant, in a such a way that I find it completely understandable that she hires out to kill people as a side gig. A girl needs to make some play money, after all. Have a little savings set aside. A nest egg, you might say&#8230;<\/address>\n<address><strong><strong>&#8212; Donna White Glaser, <\/strong><\/strong><strong><a title=\"Conflict of Interest - review on A Grateful Bookaholic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.agratefulbookaholic.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Grateful Bookaholic<\/a><\/strong><\/address>\n<\/blockquote>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conflict of Interest\u00a0is a story about a professional assassin with a problem. 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