A Mockingbird's Song

by ANDREA KRESS

A dead body in a chimp’s cage. Sergeant Thibault hunts for the killer through dangerous obstacles, among them a beautiful woman. A romantic mystery set in a research facility in North Carolina, Thibault must track down professors who had a compelling interest in keeping one particular student permanently quiet. Thibault is alternately helped and hindered through the twists and turns of conflicting stories and motivations by the Center's Public Information Officer, Gemma Farnese, who turns out to be a suspect herself.

247 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 4, 2015

About the author

Hooked on mysteries at an early age by Nancy Drew, Andrea blasted her way through all the Golden Age authors. Her work is reminiscent of that genre with an inquisitive amateur sleuth, a puzzling murder, a slew of suspects, multiple motives, a few red herrings and a surprise ending.

The BERKSHIRES COZY MYSTERY Series features Aggie Burnside, a young nurse and amateur sleuth trying to figure out whodunnit in 1930s small town Massachusetts. There are 9 books.

The MASSACHUSETTS COZY MYSTERY series has Amanda, Aggie's cousin, solving mysteries in the neighborhoods of Boston. There are 9 books.

The CAROLINA COZY MYSTERY series is a contemporary collection of 3 books.

Reviews

[Nancy Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

My lifelong friend has had a first mystery published. It's set in a fictional Duke University, where she studied anthropology after college. I enjoyed the setting, the writing and Thibault, her protagonist. I'm waiting for the second book.