Overview
Five months after the events of No Mistaking Death, it's back to Carthage, Ohio, for private investigator Marian Warner. This time she's been hired to look into the disappearance of a beautiful, young courier for the local hospital lab...who turns up strangled. During the course of the murder investigation, Marian works her way down the list of doctors on the victim's route as a lab courier, discovering that one of them, an obstetrician, is being sued for medical malpractice. On a hunch that the crime and the court case are connected, Marian sits in on the trial, where she gets a potent introduction to medical malpractice litigation. Soon, she comes to realize that her old friend, Charlie Levitan, editor of the local paper, is slanting his editorials to boost sales, and the murder investigation begins to feel personal. Who was the dead woman blowing off when she was overheard on the phone the night of her disappearance? Why is a blank birth certificate among the dead woman's personal effects? Trips, pricey furniture-was the victim a blackmailer? In her hunt for the killer, Marian survives courtroom scenes, expert witnesses, Grange Ladies, man trouble, physician meltdown, watering hole locals, and-when she gets close to the truth-an attack on her life.
Full Product Details
Author: Shelley Costa
Publisher: Level Best Books
Imprint: Level Best Books
Volume: 2
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.349kg
ISBN: 9781685126704
ISBN 10: 1685126707
Pages: 236
Publication Date: 02 July 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""Marian Warner is as smart as she is vulnerable, a private investigator whose instincts and experience have taught her to be wary of everyone and everything. Two murders and a boatload of lies in Carthage, Ohio prove she's right. Tension and secrets fill every scene of No Mistaking Death, a taut exploration into good, evil, and the inescapable truth Marian must confront -- that sometimes, they wear the same face."" --Kylie Logan, A Trail of Lies (St. Martin's Press)"
Author Information
"Shelley Costa's story, ""The Knife Sharpener"" (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, July 2023), is an Agatha Award nominee for Best Short Story and has been chosen for inclusion in the 2024 edition of Best Mystery Stories of the Year (The Mysterious Press). She is also the author of several amateur sleuth novels and many crime stories. When she isn't plotting murder, Shelley enjoys Art History, violin lessons, lap swimming, and time with friends and family."
