What do you do when your hot-air balloon gets shot out of the air by a crazed murderer?
Brace yourself with this week's Pick Your Poison—where we create a cocktail inspired by a recently published mystery, thriller, or crime novel—the “Crash Landing” cocktail, inspired by Sharon Bolton's Dead Woman Walking!
Just before dawn in the hills near the Scottish border, a man murders a young woman. At the same time, a hot-air balloon crashes out of the sky. There’s just one survivor. She’s seen the killer’s face – but he’s also seen hers. And he won’t rest until he’s eliminated the only witness to his crime. Alone, scared, trusting no one, she’s running to where she feels safe – but it could be the most dangerous place of all…
Read an excerpt from Dead Woman Walking!
PICK YOUR POISON
“Crash Landing”
Ingredients:
– 2 oz. scotch whiskey (preferably blended, but dealer's choice)
– 3 oz. ginger beer
– 1 oz. lime juice
– 1/2 oz. simple syrup
– 1 or 2 dashes Angostura bitters
– lime wedge (garnish)
How to make the cocktail:
- Add scotch, lime juice, and simple syrup to a mixing tin with ice.
- Shake well.
- Strain into a collins glass over fresh ice.
- Top with ginger beer.
- Add 1 or 2 dashes of bitters on top.
- Garnish with a lime wedge.
So have a few “Crash Landing” cocktails, and don't forget to order your copy of Sharon Bolton's Dead Woman Walking today!
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Sharon Bolton is a Mary Higgins Clark Award winner and an ITW Thriller Award, CWA Gold Dagger and Barry Award nominee. Her books included the Lacey Flint novels: Now You See Me, Dead Scared, Lost, and A Dark and Twisted Tide. She lives near London, England.