In her old flannel nightgown and now huddling up in bed in
the late afternoon trying to solve a crossword puzzle, 43
year old single mom, Miranda (Rannie) Bookman just wants to
stay distracted from trying to deal with the challenges in
her life and all the exs. Who is in and who is out? Nice
paying job at Simon & Schuster is definitely out; free-
lance work not so steady. Hubbie is definitely ex, but
should she stay with her lover Tim or split? Solace is
not always from her two kids (one at home and the other
launched), but feeding her addiction to peanut butter and
jelly sandwich does provide a degree of comfort.
So given the circumstances, Rannie is thrilled when Ellen
Donahoe, her friend and senior editor at Simon & Schuster,
calls with a special and lucrative copywriting assignment.
Rannie has been requested to copyedit a new book written by
a very famous "tells all" author, but first she must sign a
contract not to reveal anything in the book before it is
published. Further info and the top secret manuscript will
be given directly to her by the famous, yet highly
reclusive author whose face had been disfigured by a former
lover.
Circumstances change dramatically when Rannie goes to meet
the author. Not only does she almost walk in on a murder
in progress, but other murders follow. Rannie know the
cops are on it, but her inner sleuth has her obsessed with
trying to figure out small clues and anomalies. Can she
identify who killed Ret Sullivan and who is trying to get
the unpublished manuscript before more deaths happen? What
if her well-meaning efforts prove deadly for her with a
killer still on the loose?
ALMOST TRUE CONFESSIONS is the second book in Jane
O'Connor's Closet Sleuth Spills All series and it is
a
totally engaging suspense thriller that is sure to be a
winning hit with her fans! While the story continues from
the first book, DANGEROUS ADMISSIONS, readers new to
O'Connor will be just as quickly and easily pulled into the
storyline. The author has a strong track record for her
children's books, including her bestselling Fancy Nancy
series.
ALMOST TRUE CONFESSIONS is my first exposure to O'Connor's
writings and I found I thoroughly enjoyed her attitude and
humour and could hardly bear to put the book down and read
it late into the night. Having done considerable
proofreading and free-lance work myself, I found Rannie to
be a very likeable character as she deals with the
anomalies in her life. She has lots of connections with
wealthy people from her marriage and from her son going to
a private and exclusive school; yet having been let go from
a good paying job, she has struggles with money and how
making changes in her life will affect her and her
children. I particularly admire how Rannie is ruthless in
her copyediting with a firm swish with her special pencil,
a click on the computer, or mentally as she inwardly
cringes with every grammar and syntax error she hears. The
secondary characters are also very interesting and diverse
and tend to be on the quirky side, yet all are well
described and easy to visualize.
With her strong character development, fast moving plot,
suspenseful situations and sparkling wit that grammarians
and other readers will relish! So, don't miss out! Get
your copy and find out just how this error spotter sleuths
out the murderer's mistake! Enjoy!
This comic mystery set in the elite zip codes of Manhattan
will leave you breathless . . . literally
What could be more fun for a freelance copy editor than
work- ing on a juicy tell-all about one of Manhattan's most
enigmatic society doyennes? But when Miranda "Rannie"
Bookman arrives at Ret Sullivan's tony Upper East Side
apartment, she finds more than the final draft of the
reclusive author's manuscript waiting for her—there's also
the half-naked body of Ret herself, tied to her bed and
strangled with an Hermès scarf.
Was this merely a case, as the police believe, of rough sex
that got a little too rough? Or was Ret murdered because
someone wanted to make absolutely sure she didn't meet her
deadline? Once again, Rannie must prove that her mind is
just as sharp as her Col-Erase blue pencils—or risk getting
rubbed out too.
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