Bestselling Author D.V. Berkom Releases New Thriller THE BODY MARKET

SEATTLE - Jan. 13, 2015 - PRLog -- Bestselling thriller author D.V. Berkom is pleased to announce the release of The Body Market, the third novel in the popular Leine Basso thriller series. Leine Basso is a former assassin who works for SHEN (Stop Human Enslavement Now), a fictional anti-human trafficking organization, and searches for victims who have been kidnapped and sold into sex slavery. In The Body Market, Leine finds herself up against more than she bargained for when she’s hired to find the daughter of a Beverly Hills power couple.

Everything’s for sale…

Former assassin Leine Basso is hired by a wealthy Beverly Hills power couple to find their missing daughter, Elise, who was last seen partying with her boyfriend at a club in Tijuana. At first, police believe the two teenagers are the victims of a carjacking. But when Leine finds their missing vehicle with the boyfriend’s mutilated body inside, and the local cartel warns her away, she knows if Elise isn’t already dead, she will be soon, or worse.

In the lethal world of organized crime, there’s always a worse.

As Leine races to uncover the reason behind Elise Bennett’s disappearance, she must also battle the powerful interests fighting to keep her from the truth.

When asked why she chose to write a novel about such a gritty and heart-wrenching topic as sex slavery, Berkom responded, “For years, I’d been aware of human trafficking, but only in an abstract kind of way. Then I watched a documentary on child sex trafficking at my local community college. I hadn’t realized how pervasive sex slavery was in our world until that moment, and I was compelled to do something about it. The book I wrote in response to that documentary was the second in the series, Bad Traffick. It was a natural progression to include human trafficking as the basis for The Body Market, although the book deals with another shocking aspect of trafficking, as well. I chose to release the novel in January in order to coincide with Human Trafficking Awareness Month to help raise awareness of this multi-billion dollar criminal industry.”

Advance reviews have been effusive in their praise of The Body Market: “gutsy, savvy, and intelligent…” Bestselling author Carol E. Wyer “biting dialogue and gritty descriptions…” Charles Ray’s Ramblings “fast-paced [with a] kick ass heroine…” Books and Pals Reviews

Berkom goes on to state, “According to the U.S. State Department, more than two million people are trafficked worldwide every year. Eighty percent of these victims are exploited for sexual slavery; fifty percent are minors. There needs to be more information out there about trafficking. My hope is The Body Market helps to do that.”

ABOUT AUTHOR D.V. BERKOM:  D.V. Berkom is a slave to the voices in her head. As the author of two popular thriller series (Leine Basso and Kate Jones), her love of creating resilient, kick-*ss female characters stems from a lifelong addiction to reading spy novels, mysteries, and thrillers, and longing to find the female equivalent within those pages.

Raised in the Midwest, Berkom received a BA in political science from the University of Minnesota and promptly moved to Mexico to live on a sailboat. Many, many cross-country moves later, she now lives in Washington State with her partner, Mark, a chef-turned-contractor, and several imaginary characters who all love to tell her what to do.

For more information about D.V. and her books, visit her website: www.dvberkom.com.

THE BODY MARKET is available at most major online retailers in print and eBook format.

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The Body Market
306 page paperback, $17.99; eBook, $3.99; ISBN:  978-0692346709

Published by Duct Tape Press (January, 2015)

Available at Amazon,com, BN.com, iBookstore, KOBO, Smashwords

Website: www.dvberkom.com

Source: D.V. Berkom