Off the Record

by Bonnie Hearn Hill

Kathleen Fowler, successful California businesswoman, is found dead – her battered body dropped from the balcony of her home and sprawled on the jagged rocks under the cliffs below it. It’s a big story, but what shocks newspaper journalist Geri LaRue is that she has been named the sole beneficiary of this woman—a woman she has never met and whose story she is now covering. As Geri sets out to discover why the estate has been left to her, everything leads back to her own troubled childhood. And when another person is brutally murdered, Geri realizes that the key to finding a killer may be hidden in her own mind.

OFF THE RECORD is first-rate suspense you won’t be able to put down.

Bonnie Hearn Hill is the author of KILLER BODY, CUTLINE, IF IT BLEEDS, INTERN, and MISTRESS.

With Christopher Allan Poe, she wrote the practical non-fiction book, DIGITAL INK: Writing Killer Fiction in the E-book Age.

She speaks at conferences across the country, leads a successful writing workshop in Fresno, California, and mentors numerous writers.

Genres: Fiction

384 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 2006

About the author

Bonnie Hearn Hill's latest novel of suspense, THE RIVER BELOW, was described by Publishers Weekly as, a "poignant standalone (that) is as much a story about friendship and loss as it is a mystery."

Hill is the author of six thrillers from MIRA Books, the Star Crossed young adult series, and the Kit Doyle series, IF ANYTHING SHOULD HAPPEN (2015), GOODBYE FOREVER (2016), and I WISH YOU MISSED ME (2016). With Christopher Allan Poe, she wrote DIGITAL INK: WRITING KILLER FICTION IN THE E-BOOK AGE, a guide for novelists.


Her thrillers INTERN, KILLER BODY, MISTRESS, OFF THE RECORD, LAST WORDS, TIL MORNING, and CUTLINE are now available as e-books.

A national conference speaker and contest judge, she has is proud of the many published authors she has mentored.

Reviews

[Mark Braun · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good characters, not a sappy happy ending amongst characters.

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the third installment of the Geri La Rue series from Bonnie Hearn Hill, Off the Record, Geri returned in the conclusion of this trilogy that was filled with lots of surprised. Geri was outraged, when she lost out on landing the "Off the Record" column for her newspaper. Later, she learned she inherited an apple nursery from Kathleen Fowler, right after she was thrown off the cliff. For Geri, she followed the trail of clues and on who wanted her dead, leaving dead people in her wake. In return, she then discovered it had something to do with her past to face the killer, before she became next in line.

[Thelma · Rating 3 out of 5]

ok

[Rosie · Rating 5 out of 5]

great

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this story, not as much as cutline though. yet another page turner that got my friends wondering what was wrong.

[Kelsea]

DNF first book in series.

[Freida · Rating 4 out of 5]

Real page turner. Keeps you guessing all the way.