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Killer Focus: A quick read lakehouse mystery
Three lakefront cottages.
Two deadly secrets.
And one grad student who can't mind her own business.
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Anthropology student Jack Bardot has sequestered herself away in a lakefront cottage to finish her PhD without distractions. But when she realizes she has not one but two sets of vacation neighbors, her semi-professional thirst for people-watching overrules her good sense and she abandons her dissertation to indulge in her favorite activity. And while the dark-haired woman in the house to the left looks familiar, it's the behavior of the Instagram Influencer couple on the right that gets her attention. At least, at first.
As she ramps up her surveillance, things take a worrying turn, and Jack realizes a little too late that her snooping has put her in real danger.
Cheap thrills and expensive lessons.
"Entertaining"
Two deadly secrets.
And one grad student who can't mind her own business.
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Anthropology student Jack Bardot has sequestered herself away in a lakefront cottage to finish her PhD without distractions. But when she realizes she has not one but two sets of vacation neighbors, her semi-professional thirst for people-watching overrules her good sense and she abandons her dissertation to indulge in her favorite activity. And while the dark-haired woman in the house to the left looks familiar, it's the behavior of the Instagram Influencer couple on the right that gets her attention. At least, at first.
As she ramps up her surveillance, things take a worrying turn, and Jack realizes a little too late that her snooping has put her in real danger.
Cheap thrills and expensive lessons.
"Entertaining"
103 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 18, 2023
About the author
Margot Drew Delaney
11 books4 followersSmall towns, high rises, college thrillers and twisty mysteries.
Margot spent ten years in academia and psychology research before throwing up her hands with frustration and finding something that could similarly mess with her head.
But at least now she’s her own boss.
She uses her PhD in psychology mostly for good but sometimes for evil and yes, that includes overthinking everything and yes, she’s probably analyzing you right now.
Margot spent nearly four years living in London, England, and two years living in Toronto, Canada (attending University of Toronto), before returning to New Zealand to finish her studies. (Toronto will always feel like home).
She now lives in Auckland (without any pets or husbands), always striving to find that balance between spending quality time with her favorite people and sweet, sweet time alone with her stories (TV shows, movies, books).
Margot spent ten years in academia and psychology research before throwing up her hands with frustration and finding something that could similarly mess with her head.
But at least now she’s her own boss.
She uses her PhD in psychology mostly for good but sometimes for evil and yes, that includes overthinking everything and yes, she’s probably analyzing you right now.
Margot spent nearly four years living in London, England, and two years living in Toronto, Canada (attending University of Toronto), before returning to New Zealand to finish her studies. (Toronto will always feel like home).
She now lives in Auckland (without any pets or husbands), always striving to find that balance between spending quality time with her favorite people and sweet, sweet time alone with her stories (TV shows, movies, books).
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April 7, 2025
A very quick read
I wasn’t ready for this to end! Good story though. I hope there will be more Jack Bardot mysteries and longer story lines.
I wasn’t ready for this to end! Good story though. I hope there will be more Jack Bardot mysteries and longer story lines.
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