Stone Cold Sober

by Rebecca Marks

Dana Cohen, a forty-three-year-old, hard-drinking NYPD detective, spent twenty-two years on the force before retiring to Long Island. Now Dana’s best friend, Marilyn, is directing a local musical theater production. Dana’s estranged lover, and the father of the child she’s carrying, Alex Frazier, is a dancer in the show, but Dana has no theatrical talent at all. So Marilyn cooks up a way to get the two former lovebirds together, hiring Dana to work security. When Dana discovers a gruesome murder during one of the show’s rehearsals, her “detective gene” overtakes her, and she can’t resist the urge to throw herself into this case. But as she investigates, she uncovers some dark secrets and realizes, too late, how far someone will go to keep them hidden…

324 pages, Paperback

Published September 23, 2017

Reviews

[Shomeret]

I decided to try out this series. Stone Cold Sober looked like the one that I would be most likely to enjoy because it involves an amateur theatrical production which reminds me of my own participation in performances of plays and dramatic readings on an amateur basis. So I requested it, and was gifted with a copy for review by publicist Wiley Saichek.

I think that many authors in the mystery field who believe women are the equals of men tend to de-emphasize any issues that might arise from pregnancy. They don't want to appear to be disqualifying women, who might potentially be pregnant, from participation in investigation. Readers who are looking for a crime novel that prominently focuses on the personal dimension of the protagonist's life may find Stone Cold Sober refreshingly realistic in this area.

For my complete review see http://shomeretmasked.blogspot.com/20...