Keeping Secrets

Laurel and Helen New York Mystery #2

by Cathi Stoler

As a senior editor at "Women Now" magazine, beautiful and talented Laurel Imperiole has a life most thirty-somethings would kill for.

When she responds to a series of frantic e-mails from a reader who’s learned that her fiancé may be using several fake identities, she sets off a chain of events that topples her once-secure world.

Teaming up with Helen McCorkendale, a veteran private detective, the women delve into the subject of hidden identity and come up with more than they bargained for.

From a run in with the mob and the world of international banking, to deceit and murder, and Laurel's rekindled affair with a sexy detective, the women find out who they can trust, and who just might kill to keep the truth from ever becoming known.

294 pages, Paperback

First published October 21, 2013

About the author

Cathi Stoler's publishing credentials include her new mystery/suspense series, NICK OF TIME, and OUT OF TIME, in The Nick Donahue Adventures as well as BAR NONE, LAST CALL, STRAIGHT UP, and WITH A TWIST, in the Murder On The Rocks Mystery Series featuring The Corner Lounge Owner, Jude Dillane. She has also written the three-part mystery series TELLING LIES, KEEPING SECRETS, and THE HARD WAY, which features P.I. Helen McCorkendale and magazine editor, Laurel Imperiole,

Awards include the 2015 Short Mystery Fiction Society’s Derringer Award for Best Short Story for the “Kaluki Kings of Queens”. Her Murder On The Rocks novels have earned Finalist spots in The Silver Falchion Awards and the Chanticleer Clue Book Awards. As an active member of the mystery community, she’s a board member of the New York/Tri-State chapter of Sisters in Crime, and a member of Mystery Writers of America, and International Thriller Writers.

Cathi lives in New York City with her husband Paul. You can visit her at www.cathistoler.com or follow her on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Reviews

[Georgiann Hennelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Laurel is a reporter for Women Now a New york Magazine. She has recieved a series of emails from Annie Ellsworth she is in fear for her life, she has just discovered her fiance is not who he claims to be he has several alias and she is afraid of what he will do if he finds out she knows . Laurel empathizes with Anne, and she sees a great opportunity to rescue her and also write a story on hidden identities. Helen Mc Corkendale is a private eye and close friend of Laurels she agrees to investigate both Annies fiance David and Laurels banker boy friend Matt. She had planned to use Matt as the good guy in the story- but now Matt is acting strange and making Laurel paranoid. Soon Helen and Laurel realize they have stirred up a hornets nest, with vengeful Mafiosi, greedy bankers and dirty politicions. Aaron Gerrard Laurels ex agrees to help. They soon find everything is connected. Will they survive or have they sealed their fates? A real thrill ride of a read.I look forward to reading more books by Cathi Stoler.

[Patty Labozzo · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the very start of this contemporary New York mystery, female leads Laurel and Helen uncover, reveal and immerse us readers in "secrets"... some good, some bad, and all involving identity theft, greedy bankers and dirty politicians. Weaving romances just as colorful as the mysteries unraveled, and just as satisfyingly resolved. I loved the storyline, as well how Ms. Stoler interconnected the characters in such a believable, spellbinding, I-can't-put-this-book-down way. Such a great read, I highly recommend it!

[Gayla Glass · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was ok. I really don't love when characters constantly do things that they are unsure of or know will cause problems with/for the people they "love". Laurel and Helen both tend to make their little plans and not involve each other or their loved ones, even when they are involved. Laurel likes maybe even loves Aaron, but still lies to him and does things that she knows will push him away, yes he is overprotective, but still...... It was just ok for me.

[Kevin Egan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strange e-mails, the modern equivalent of a cry in the night, kick off a carefully interwoven web of lies. The Manhattan of trendy restaurants and upscale clubs is accurately rendered. With Laurel and Helen using all their wits to survive, Keeping Secrets keeps you turning pages.

[Doreen · Rating 2 out of 5]

9/26/13 Review tk.

[Marilyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great

the way the miffed and the crime lords comptet are so horable that one can o my image the way the control people.

[Staci Suhy · Rating 3 out of 5]

** I received this book for free as part of a First-Reads promotion.