Divorce is Murder
by Elka Ray
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GENRE: Romantic Suspense, Mystery
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BLURB:
As teens, they bullied her. Twenty years on, she's not scared of them. Except she should be...
After returning to her quiet hometown to care for her ailing mom, divorce lawyer Toby Wong is hired by Josh Barton, a guy who broke her heart as a teen at summer camp. Now a wealthy entrepreneur, Josh wants to divorce Tonya, the mean girl who tormented Toby all those years ago. When Tonya is found murdered, Josh is the prime suspect.
Together with her fortune-teller mom and her pregnant best friend, Toby sets out to clear Josh, whom she still has a guilty crush on. As she delves deeper into Tonya's murder, Toby keeps running into catty ex-campers she'd rather forget. Are her old insecurities making her paranoid? Only too late does she realize she's in danger.
The first entry in an addictive new series, Divorce is Murder introduces fans of mystery and romance to an irresistibly smart and sarcastic new heroine - Chinese Canadian divorce lawyer Toby Wong.
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Excerpt:
That noise? Had I imagined the soft tremor of the door, the handle just starting to turn? I must have because the door stayed tight shut, no light around the edges, no eager whisper of my name. I tried to slow my breathing, to be even quieter than I was already, to force my ears to be even sharper.
The floor was cold and hard. My butt hurt, and my knees felt welded in place. It was painful to stretch out my legs. I held onto a table and stood, as stiff and rickety as my Grannie Mei Li, in the hospital, a few days before she’d died. I forced myself to straighten up, forced myself to face the cold hard truth: I’d been waiting a long time. Too long. It was very late. My eyes felt gritty.
He wasn’t coming.
A slow tentative shuffle to the door, my heart as heavy as my footsteps. Why did he write that note but not come? Had he been caught? Surely, if he could have, he’d have come to me.
A slick of silver lead my hand to the doorknob, which felt even colder than my creaky fingers. Cold and smooth. It started to turn but stopped. I tried again. And again. It was no use. The door was locked. It couldn’t be!
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My review: Toby Wong is
a lawyer. One day, she gets a blast from the past—the same boy she had a crush
on in summer camp stands in her office as a married man. She finds out that he
actually married her arch nemesis and now he wants a divorce. Given that she
had no clients, Toby was in no position to turn down representing Josh.
With a
divorce case to work on, Toby soon learns from a newspaper that Josh’s wife,
Tonya, went missing, and the police suspect foul play. Of course, Josh didn’t
know where Tonya was and just wanted the divorce over and done with. But until
Tonya can be found, the papers can’t be served. Crap!
Not wanting
to face the bully that tormented her all those years, Toby hoped that Tonya
would stay missing. But, of course, she shows up—in the waters of the marina,
where Josh moors his boat. It was murder. Could Toby’s client be a suspect? What else was he hiding behind that handsome
face?
Well-written
and easy to read. It was thorough and
investigative, skimming into court orders and procedurals.
My rating: 4 stars
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
ELKA RAY
Stories that don't let go
Elka Ray writes fast-paced romantic mysteries and scary thrillers - a dichotomy that reveals her belief in Yin and Yang, or the balance of opposites. A great lover of scientific facts, she may be found clutching crystals for good luck; reads highbrow journals and tabloid trash; and refuses to watch romcoms yet moved in with her now-husband on their first date.
Elka is the author of three novels – the romantic mysteries DIVORCE IS MURDER and HANOI JANE – and the noir thriller SAIGON DARK. She also has a collection of short crime and ghost stories set in Southeast Asia – WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. Elka lives with her family near Hoi An, Vietnam. She is represented by Folio Literary Management. - link to http://foliolit.com/agency#f.About
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ReplyDeleteSorry I'm so crazily late to this party... Thanks for reading & reviewing!!! Happy Thanksgiving! Elka
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