MURDER, SHE UNCOVERED

Murder, She Uncovered

(Murder, She Reported Series)

by Peg Cochran

About the Book

 

Murder, She Uncovered (Murder, She Reported Series) 

Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series 

Alibi (May 28, 2019) 

Print Length ~230 Pages 

Digital ASIN: B07H1X2RT9

An intrepid 1930s Manhattan socialite uncovers deadly secrets during an assignment to the Hamptons in this riveting historical cozy mystery for readers of Victoria Thompson, Anne Perry, and Rhys Bowen.

Westhampton, 1938. To the dismay of her well-to-do family, Elizabeth “Biz” Adams is quickly establishing herself as a seasoned photographer over at the Daily Trumpet. Growing more confident in her decision to pursue a career, Elizabeth is thrilled when she and her reporter sidekick, Ralph Kaminsky, are sent to Long Island to cover the story of a young maid found dead in one of the glamourous summer homes in the devastating aftermath of the Great New England Hurricane—also known as the Long Island Express.

At first it’s assumed that the young woman was caught in the terrible storm, but when a suspicious wound is found on the side of her head, the police suspect murder. The maid’s death becomes even more tragic when it’s discovered she was pregnant, and with Elizabeth and Kaminsky at the scene of the crime, the Daily Trumpet scoops all the other papers in town.

The young woman’s boyfriend emerges as the likeliest suspect. But as Elizabeth follows the story, she begins to wonder whether someone in the household of the maid’s employers might be responsible—someone who’ll stop at nothing to keep the truth about the baby’s paternity hidden. . . .

Elizabeth Adams is a modern young woman of the late 1930s. Having taken sort of a girl Friday position at a newspaper, wanting to earn her own money and make her own mark on the world, when a photographer position opens up she takes a leap of faith and becomes the second hand to a gruff, seasoned reporter, Ralph Kaminsky. This story takes place immediately after a hurricane destroys Long Island. Over 700 persons are reported dead, but for at least one of them it was murder.
Kaminsky has his own need to prove himself. He fears some young reporter with more pep in his step and his eyes on the prize, that being a byline and coveted scoop on the front page, will send him into early retirement. He has to be in best form and beat out all the others reporters and competing papers on the big stories.

On top of work stress, Elizabeth deals with family expectations. She is of an age to be settling down with a suitable husband. The trouble is, Elizabeth feels an attraction for a detective she meets as part of her job. This difficulty of the classes mingling is a repeated theme through the book.

I especially enjoyed the number of suspects and various motives for murder presented. 
All of them were very plausible. Elizabeth puts herself in danger to get the story and to follow her values. 

Once again, the ending is quite exciting.

About the Author

Mystery writing lets Peg indulge her curiosity under the guise of “work” (aka research). As a kid, she read the entire set of children’s encyclopedias her parents gave her and has been known to read the dictionary. She put pen to paper at age seven when she wrote plays and forced her cousins to perform them at Christmas dinner. She switched to mysteries when she discovered the perfect hiding place for a body down the street from her house.

When she’s not writing, she spends her time reading, cooking, spoiling her granddaughter and checking her books’ stats on Amazon.

A former Jersey girl, Peg now resides in Michigan with her husband and Westhighland white terrier, Reg.

She is the author of the Sweet Nothings Lingerie series (written as Meg London), the Gourmet De-Lite series, the Lucille series, the Cranberry Cove series, and the Farmer’s Daughter series.

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