Friday was release day for Cloaked Campaign, the 18th book in my Reg Rawlins, Psychic Investigator series. If you are a fan of paranormal mysteries, psychics, witches, fairies, or just plain old fantasy adventure stories, the Reg Rawlins Psychic Investigator mystery series is right up your alley. Don’t miss out on this opportunity; pick up your copy of new cozy mystery Cloaked Campaign today!
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I am currently reading Before She Was Helen, by Caroline B. Cooney. It is an interesting story! It sounds like a cozy mystery set in a retirement community, with the protagonist stumbling over the body of her neighbor by chance. But this is not your standard cozy mystery. I would not even class it as a cozy, even though the storyline sounds like one. It borders on psychological suspense with the main character’s back history taking center stage and the murder takes a backseat.
The fascinating protagonist, Helen, is unlike any female sleuth readers have seen before. Not even your usual senior sleuth. She has a plethora of secrets that are slowly revealed as the story progresses. Caroline B. Cooney does an excellent job at uncovering her secrets like peeling layers away from an onion.
Reluctantly, Clemmie inserted the key into Dom Spesante’s front door. Don’t be dead, she warned Dom silently.
Caroline B. Cooney, Before She Was Helen
Summary
Her life didn’t turn out the way she expected—so she made herself a new one
When Clemmie goes next door to check on her difficult and unlikeable neighbor Dom, he isn’t there. But something else is. Something stunning, beautiful and inexplicable. Clemmie photographs the wondrous object on her cell phone and makes the irrevocable error of forwarding it. As the picture swirls over the internet, Clemmie tries desperately to keep a grip on her own personal network of secrets. Can fifty years of careful hiding under names not her own be ruined by one careless picture?
And although what Clemmie finds is a work of art, what the police find is a body. . . and she was the last person at the crime scene, where she left her fingerprints. Suddenly thrown into the heart of a twisted investigation, Clemmie finds herself the uncomfortable subject of intense scrutiny. And the bland, quiet life Clemmie has built for herself in her sleepy South Carolina retirement community comes crashing down as her dark past surges into the present.
From international bestselling author of The Face on the Milk Carton Caroline B. Cooney comes Before She Was Helen, an absorbing mystery that brings decades-old secrets to life and explores what happens when the lie you’ve been living falls apart and you’re forced to confront the truth.
