The Mystery Bookshelf, where you can discover a world of mystery and suspense, is pleased to feature a new crime novel we recently received from the publisher.
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The Girl Next Door by Brad Parks
A Carter Ross Mystery (3rd in series)
Minotaur Books (Trade Paperback)
Publication Date: January 2013
ISBN-13: 978-1-250-01340-8
About The Girl Next Door (from the publisher): Reading his own newspaper's obituaries, veteran reporter Carter Ross comes across that of a woman named Nancy Marino, who was the victim of a hit-and-run while she was on the job delivering copies of that very paper, the Eagle-Examiner. Struck by the opportunity to write a heroic piece about an everyday woman killed too young, he heads to her wake to gather tributes and anecdotes. It's the last place Ross expects to find controversy — which is exactly what happens when one of Nancy's sisters convinces him that the accident might not have been accidental at all.
It turns out that the kind and generous Nancy may have made a few enemies, starting with her boss at the diner where she was a part-time waitress, and even including the publisher of the Eagle-Examiner. Carter's investigation of this seemingly simple story soon has him in big trouble with his full-time editor and sometime girlfriend, Tina Thompson, not to mention the rest of his bosses at the paper, but he can't let it go — the story is just too good, and it keeps getting better. But will his nose for trouble finally take him too far?Purchase Options for The Girl Next Door:
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About the author: Brad Parks is a graduate of Dartmouth College and spent a dozen years as a reporter for The Washington Post and The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger. He is now a full-time novelist who lives in Virginia with his wife and two small children. Learn more about the author and his award-winning series of mysteries featuring investigative reporter Brade Parks on his website, BradParksBooks.com.
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