Suddenly Deadly: A Terry Strong, PI, Mystery

by Lo Monaco

“I wonder if, when a person kills another person--by accident or deliberation--regret and sadness, as well as a sense of revenge served well, affects the killer. Would I have ever considered or felt any of those emotions? Would I have chosen to commit an act as retribution or mistake? Does anyone have the right to deprive another human being of his or her allotted three-score and ten?”—Terry Strong

Terry Strong, PI has always solved her cases…but maybe not this time.

Terry is hired by Naydeen, to find her cousin, Wayne. Naydeen’s brother, Artie, has been murdered and she needs to tell Wayne what happened. Artie’s lover, Sean, an old friend of Terry’s, has been arrested for Artie’s murder and begs Terry to find the real killer. He says the police don’t know that Artie had a carry-on bag full of money in his closet and he’s scared silly thinking that it was money from drugs.

When Terry finds Wayne, he’s terrified and says Naydeen only hired Terry to find him so Naydeen could kill him.

Can Terry find who killed Artie? Or is Sean really guilty? Has Naydeen used Terry to find Wayne to kill him?

Things become even further tangled by Terry's growing feelings toward Wayne and the questioning of her own abilities to unravel a convoluted and confusing case of deceit, betrayal and death.

247 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 13, 2023

About the author

A native Californian, I have recently returned from Italy, where I lived for almost 16 years. I am a former judge for the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Awards. I am a former editor of Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, both print and online versions. My first novel, “Lethal Relations”—(self-published) was Short Listed for the 2018 Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards for Mystery and Mayhem section. (It was subsequently republished by Level Best Books.) My second novel “Poison Butterfly,” was also self-published. My third novel, “Suddenly Deadly,” (self-published) was Short Listed for the 2022 Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards for Clue section.