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Jessica Kallan #2
Dead Write
Murder Between the Lines
After five contentious weeks, amateur sleuth/research assistant Jessica Kallan is at the end of her considerable patience. She’s been herding self-absorbed bestselling author Ethan Miller; his relentless ex-wife, Constance; and the rest of his dysfunctional entourage through a grueling book tour. Even worse, a young man claiming to be Ethan’s son disrupts the last event and is later found stabbed to death at Constance’s highly-respected alma mater, St. Josephine’s College For Women.
With Ethan and Constance as the prime suspects, Jessica must once again plunge into a scandalous new crop of Miller family secrets. But unexpected leads and dangerously-unreliable witnesses put her investigation up against the decidedly unholy past of the college and its staff of nuns. And with an insidious murderer closing in, Jessica must gamble on fact and fiction to bring a killer truth to light…
After five contentious weeks, amateur sleuth/research assistant Jessica Kallan is at the end of her considerable patience. She’s been herding self-absorbed bestselling author Ethan Miller; his relentless ex-wife, Constance; and the rest of his dysfunctional entourage through a grueling book tour. Even worse, a young man claiming to be Ethan’s son disrupts the last event and is later found stabbed to death at Constance’s highly-respected alma mater, St. Josephine’s College For Women.
With Ethan and Constance as the prime suspects, Jessica must once again plunge into a scandalous new crop of Miller family secrets. But unexpected leads and dangerously-unreliable witnesses put her investigation up against the decidedly unholy past of the college and its staff of nuns. And with an insidious murderer closing in, Jessica must gamble on fact and fiction to bring a killer truth to light…
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Published June 27, 2023
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About the author
Susan C. Richards
2 books4 followersWrite to Die is the first book in the Jessica Kallan mystery series, published by Camel Press.
Write to Die introduces Jessica, author Ethan Miller, and his eclectic household. Jessica and Ethan seem to have resurrected a murderer as they search to solve a twenty-year-old murder case. Now they must race to find the truth before someone else ends up dead.
Dead Write, brings Jessica and Ethan together again in another murderous adventure at a small private college in southern Missouri.
Book three in the Jessica Kallan series is currently in the works.
Where Secrets Live, written under the name, S. C. Richards, is a novel of suspense, published by Crooked Lane Books. Liz McCallister searches for her sister's killer and quickly discovers that her family is buried in decades of ugly secrets.
Where Secrets Live was a finalist in the Mystery/Suspense category of the 2018 Daphne du Maurier contest.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Susan C. Richards, currently resides in Northern Minnesota.
Stop by for a visit at: https://susancrichards.com/
Write to Die introduces Jessica, author Ethan Miller, and his eclectic household. Jessica and Ethan seem to have resurrected a murderer as they search to solve a twenty-year-old murder case. Now they must race to find the truth before someone else ends up dead.
Dead Write, brings Jessica and Ethan together again in another murderous adventure at a small private college in southern Missouri.
Book three in the Jessica Kallan series is currently in the works.
Where Secrets Live, written under the name, S. C. Richards, is a novel of suspense, published by Crooked Lane Books. Liz McCallister searches for her sister's killer and quickly discovers that her family is buried in decades of ugly secrets.
Where Secrets Live was a finalist in the Mystery/Suspense category of the 2018 Daphne du Maurier contest.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Susan C. Richards, currently resides in Northern Minnesota.
Stop by for a visit at: https://susancrichards.com/
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September 2, 2023
4.5 stars
Dead Write is a sequel to Write to Die, but works well as a standalone. I liked the first book a lot but enjoyed this one even more. The story takes place at a small fictional liberal arts college in Missouri. Jessica Kallan is a research assistant for a bestselling author, Ethan Miller. Ethan has been rekindling a relationship with his ex-wife, Constance, and agrees to lead a writing seminar at her alma mater as a favor to her.
However, from the beginning Jessica has had a feeling that something is off about Constance pushing for this stop on Ethan's long book tour. She is proven correct when a murder occurs and there are several suspects. Jess uses her research skills to conduct her own investigation into the murder. The author is able to skillfully tie everything together in a surprising way by the end of the book. I really hope there is a third book in this well-written mystery series.
Dead Write is a sequel to Write to Die, but works well as a standalone. I liked the first book a lot but enjoyed this one even more. The story takes place at a small fictional liberal arts college in Missouri. Jessica Kallan is a research assistant for a bestselling author, Ethan Miller. Ethan has been rekindling a relationship with his ex-wife, Constance, and agrees to lead a writing seminar at her alma mater as a favor to her.
However, from the beginning Jessica has had a feeling that something is off about Constance pushing for this stop on Ethan's long book tour. She is proven correct when a murder occurs and there are several suspects. Jess uses her research skills to conduct her own investigation into the murder. The author is able to skillfully tie everything together in a surprising way by the end of the book. I really hope there is a third book in this well-written mystery series.
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