Review: Shadow of Doubt by Nancy Cole Silverman

A Mysterious Review of Shadow of Doubt by Nancy Cole Silverman. A Carol Childs Mystery.

Review summary: The basic storyline of this series mystery is interesting, as is most of the cast of characters. But the lead character, a flighty, scatterbrained rookie radio news reporter, is unapproachable as such. A somewhat unsatisfactory ending doesn't help, either. On balance, not a solid hit but not a complete miss either. (Click here for text of full review.)

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Shadow of Doubt
Nancy Cole Silverman
A Carol Childs Mystery
Henery Press (December 2014)

Publisher synopsis: When a top Hollywood Agent is found poisoned in the bathtub of her home, suspicion quickly turns to one of her two nieces. But Carol Childs, a reporter for a local talk radio station, doesn't believe it. The suspect is her neighbor and friend, and also her primary source for insider industry news. After a media frenzy pits one niece against the other — and the body count starts to rise — Carol knows she must save her friend from being tried in the court of public opinion.

But even the most seasoned reporter can be surprised, and when a Hollywood psychic shows up in Carol's studio one night and warns her there will be more deaths, things take an unexpected turn. Suddenly nobody is above suspicion. Carol must challenge both her friendship and the facts, and the only thing she knows for certain is that the killer is still out there. But the closer she gets to the truth, the more danger she's in.