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Bourbon Street Books
July 2015
On Sale: June 30, 2015
368 pages
ISBN: 0062371266
EAN: 9780062371263
Kindle: B00O7XOM5U
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Mystery Woman Sleuth
Therapist-turned-reluctant detective Jessica Mayhew is on the trail once again in this smart, fast-paced novel of suspense from Charlotte WilliamsΓ’β¬βauthor of the debut The House on the CliffΓ’β¬βa tautly written psychological thriller that ventures deep into the recesses of the mind. Jessica Mayhew has enough problems without getting wrapped up in her patientsΓ’β¬β’ drama. Her separation from her husband doesnΓ’β¬β’t seem as amicable as she once thought, and her daughters are drifting away as fast as theyΓ’β¬β’re growing up. But her new clientΓ’β¬βchic, moody, obsessive painter Elinor PowellΓ’β¬βhas a way of drawing people in and soon JessicaΓ’β¬β’s getting involved with what seems to be a most artful murder. Elinor presents a rare professional challenge. She blames herself for keeping a valuable portrait in her studio, where her mother was killed in an unsolved robbery. An attack of claustrophobia is interfering with her work, as is her deepening paranoia about her twin sister, Isobel, and her brother-in-law, Blake, a ruthless art dealer. But when Jessica meets the entire unhappy family at the debut show of BlakeΓ’β¬β’s protΓΒ©gΓ©Òβ¬βa reclusive ex-miner producing gloomy canvases in the Black Mountains of southeast WalesΓ’β¬βshe starts to wonder whether Elinor might be on to something. Might there be more to her motherΓ’β¬β’s death? Could Blake have been involved? And just whatΓ’β¬β’s going on in those lonely hills? Set against the otherworldly Welsh countryside, Black Valley is a novel rich in character, intrigue, and harrowing dangers.
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