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J C Gatlin

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by JC Gatlin Every murder has a story.Every story begins at home. Tampa newscaster Tori Younger is saddened to learn her childhood friend, Brooke Martin, hung herself from the old water...

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by JC Gatlin

Every murder has a story.
Every story begins at home.

Tampa newscaster Tori Younger is saddened to learn her childhood friend, Brooke Martin, hung herself from the old water tower in their hometown. Tori hasn’t spoken to Brooke in years and doesn’t feel comfortable returning to attend the services. Then cryptic text messages from Brooke’s cellphone change her mind.

Attending the funeral, Tori confronts a past that still haunts her and questions the text messages haunting her now. Her investigation leads to a fact she suspected all along: her old friend didn’t commit suicide but was murdered. There’s no shortage of suspects either: Brooke’s angry husband who instigated a fight the night she died; Brooke’s high school principal who denies rumors they were having an affair; and a town sheriff who shares a stormy past with Tori and is blocking her investigation at every turn. The only witness appears to be Brooke’s five-year-old daughter who hasn’t spoken since the tragedy and continually draws the same graphic picture of the night her mother’s body was discovered hanging from that old water tower.

Tori knows one of them has Brooke’s cellphone and is texting her from it. Others are convinced it’s Brooke reaching out from the Great Beyond. Either way, someone from her past is playing a deadly game of Hangman.


Page Count: 416
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Publish Date: April 6, 2019
Imprint: Milford House
Genre: Mystery

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
FICTION / Thriller / Suspense

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Virginia Rafferty
A crime novel that is difficult to put down

Gatlin’s novel had me hooked from the first chapter. It was difficult to put the book down. Just when you think you know who the killer must be, another clue leads to a new possibility. Gatlin creates believable characters: Tori haunted by heartbreak; RJ, her cameraman, with boyish charm; Ash, a father and husband; Mike, the handsome sheriff; and Darla, the child who lost her mother. Florida is a perfect location for this crime novel with its waterways, dead orange trees, and abandoned water towers.
If you like mysteries, I recommend this novel

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Pat LaMarche
Clever

JC Gatlin surprised me. That's not that easy. I'm easily frustrated by mysteries because - frankly - they don't often seem all that mysterious. Not so for this book. Grab a copy, you'll enjoy it immensely.