SERIES: A Red Herring Mystery #1
GENRE: Cozy Mystery
PUBLISHER: Kensington
RELEASE DATE: May 29, 2018
PAGES: 336
As a reporter, she’s used to covering the news.
Now she’s the headline.
Alex Vlodnachek has been a reporter for 12 years, a P.R. rep for three months, and a murder suspect for all of 24 hours. When her agency’s double-dealing CEO is stabbed, scheming co-workers cast the new redhead as a compelling red herring. The story is media catnip—especially her salacious nickname: Vlod the Impaler.
Even Alex has to admit she looks guilty.
Out of a job and under suspicion, Alex is running low on cash, when she’s visited by a second disaster: her family. Soon her tiny bungalow is bursting with her nearest and not-so-dearest. To keep herself out of jail—and save what’s left of her sanity—Alex returns to her reporting roots. She goes undercover to reclaim her life, break the story, and unmask a murderer. Pretty much in that order.
What she doesn’t know: The killer also has a to-do list.
And Alex is on it.
Reviewer’s Note: While I really enjoyed the plot and the main character, I chose not to review the book here because of the disappointing amount of profanity and ‘mature’ conversations.
Dana Dratch is a former newspaper reporter and current personal finance writer. When she’s not finishing Seeing Red—the next Alex Vlodnachek mystery—you’ll spot her byline on a host of top news sites. You can learn more about her mysteries at ConfessionsofaRedHerring.com.
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It’s disappointing to know there is foul language and adult situations in a cozy book.
I know! I was very disappointed
I was interested in this story until you mentioned the language and other stuff which completely ruins a book for me. I can put up with some, but there are so many other books without it, why bother?
I know – it was so disappointing. I love cozy mysteries bc usually bad language is at a minimum if present at all. But this one went outside the norm lol :-/
Sorry to hear that there is foul language in the book. That always spoils a book. It is not necessary.
Marilyn