Killing
the Story
An accidental death that was no accident…
For the record, Estelle Crane, the gutsy editor of The
Observer newspaper, died after a hard fall on ice. But years later, her son
discovers a cryptic note hinting her death might not have been an accident
after all.
Was Estelle pursuing a big story that put her life in
danger?
That’s what Isabel Long — along with her 93-year-old
mother, Maria, her ‘Watson’ — agrees to investigate in Dillard, a town whose
best days are in the past.
A former journalist, Isabel follows leads and
interviews sources, new and familiar. She quickly finds a formidable threat in
Police Chief James Hawthorne, who makes it clear Isabel is not welcome in his
town — and who warns her against poking her nose into Estelle’s death.
Of course, that’s after Isabel has discovered the
chief’s questionable policing and a troubled history with Estelle that goes way
back.
Killing the story means dropping it because there
aren’t enough facts to back it up. But Isabel won’t make that mistake. She’ll
see this one through to the very end.
Can she uncover the plot that led to Estelle’s murder?
Killing the Story is the fourth in the popular Isabel
Long Mystery Series.
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Author Bio
– Joan Livingston is the author of novels for adult and young
readers. Killing the Story, published by Darkstroke Books, is the fourth in her
Isabel Long Mystery Series, featuring a longtime journalist who becomes an
amateur P.I. solving cold cases in rural New England.
She draws upon her own experience as a longtime journalist in
Massachusetts and New Mexico to create Isabel Long, a sassy, savvy widow who uses the skills she acquired in the business to solve
what appears to be impossible cases. She also relies on her deep knowledge of
rural Western Massachusetts, where she lives, to create realistic characters
and settings — from country bars (where Isabel works part-time) to a general
store’s backroom where gossipy old men meet.
She credits her mother, Algerina — the inspiration for Maria,
Isabel Long’s ‘Watson’ — for instilling in her a love of reading and the power
of the written word.
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