Mortal Sins
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
From the author of Hidden Agenda, a reporter and amateur sleuth gets wrapped up in a murder case involving a wealthy recluse and international espionage.
Toronto’s a big city, and corpses are always turning up, but rarely are they so very well-dressed.
Judith Hayes is a well-respected journalist, and interviews are always turning up, but rarely with super-reclusive billionaires.
Finally, the world of mystery fiction is rooted in unlikely connections, the hidden strands that tie un-guessed-at motivations to unexpected acts, but rarely do those strands create such a tangled web as in Mortal Sins, leading Judith and her cop-boyfriend from New York to Bermuda to Paris and at last to Hungary, where the billionaire’s wartime childhood proves to have been the breeding ground for secrets that have stretched terrible tendrils to the edge of the twenty-first century. A deviously plotted thriller with a spy-story kicker and a froth of romance to help the espionage slide down.
Praise for Mortal Sins
“A tightly plotted, well-written, and richly atmospheric novel.” —Booklist
“A deftly written novel abounding with intrigue . . . . Readers will eagerly await the next assignment for Porter's thoroughly credible and engaging heroine.” —Publishers Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Judith Hayes, the Toronto-based journalist and single parent who debuted in Hidden Agenda , returns in a deftly written novel abounding with intrigue. Granted an interview with reclusive financier Paul Zimmerman, Judith receives an unsolicited ending for her profile: he dies suddenly of an apparent heart attack. But Zimmerman's ex-wife, Eva, sends Judith a telegram proclaiming he was murdered. Circumstances become more bizarre as Judith's consort, homicide detective David Parr, links the businessman to one of his current casesthe death of Harvey Singer, a retired clothing manufacturer. The connection between the two men remains inexplicable until Judith visits Eva. She and David then embark on a trip to Hungary to discover the past relationship between Zimmerman and Singerthe key to solving and, more importantly, understanding both crimes. Readers will eagerly await the next assignment for Porter's thoroughly credible and engaging heroine.
