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Mousy and shy to the point of agoraphobic Em Moore is the writing half of a celebrity biography team Her charismatic partner Teddy does the interviewing and the public schmoozing But Emxs dependence on Teddy runs deeper than just the jobxTeddy is her bridge to the world and the main source of love in her life So when Teddy dies in a car accident Em is devastated alone in a world that she doesnxt understand The only way that she can honor his memory and cope with his loss is to finish the interviews for their current bookxan xCautobiographyxD of renowned and reclusive film director Garrett MalcolmEnsconced in a small cottage near Malcolmxs Cape Cod home Em slowly builds the courage to interview Malcolm the way Teddy would have She finds Malcolm at once friendlier more intimidating and much sexier than she had imagined But Em soon starts hearing whispers of skeletons in the Malcolm family closet And then the police begin looking into the accident that killed Teddy and Emxs control on her lifextenuous at bestxis threatenedIn this stunning breakout novel from the beloved author of the Carlotta Carlyle mystery series Linda Barnes slowly winds the strings tighter and tighter leading the listener ever more deeply into the lives of her characters with pitch-perfect pacing and mesmerizing prose.
About the Author
I was born in Detroit; I always say it's where I learned about crime, but I mean no disrespect to a great city. It's also where I learned to love Motown music and do the Stroll. Came to Boston for college, and like so many, stayed, awed by the Atlantic Ocean and accessible public transportation. I still love walking Boston's cobbled streets, riding the T, breathing the history. I started writing while teaching high school theater. Required to enter a one-act play festival sponsored by the Boston Globe, I posted the cast list before I selected the play. (I had great students that year, and 12 of them certainly deserved to be in the festival cast.) When I couldn't find a one-act with 12 roles, I had to write one myself. The festival was a competition, and darned if we didn't keep winning, right up until the state finals, where a man introduced himself to me and inquired whether he might publish that play. I said yes, wrote more plays, then segued into crime fiction. My first Carlotta Carlyle short story, "Lucky Penny," won an Anthony Award. The first Carlyle novel, A TROUBLE OF FOOLS, was nominated for an Edgar and a Shamus, and won the American Mystery Award. Eleven books later, the most recent Carlyle, LIE DOWN WITH THE DEVIL, was named one of the Best Mysteries of 2008 by Publisher's Weekly. In April my first stand alone novel, THE PERFECT GHOST, comes out. It was exciting to work with brand new characters in a wonderfully scenic Cape Cod locale. Please check my website at lindabarnes.com for upcoming appearances and follow me on Facebook.
