Sentenced to Death
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Who knew being a writer for hire could be so dramatic? Join Veronica in her fourth adventure as writer-turned sleuth!
When writer for hire Veronica Blackstone is asked to write the copy for The Friends of Hyde Park’s annual house and garden tour, she never expects to get involved in a violent death. But that’s exactly what happens when famous author, Landon Donte, is found dead in his study during a dinner to highlight the tour.
With his career on the wane, and apparently having deleted his last manuscript, it looks as though Landon committed suicide. But Veronica isn’t so sure. She discovers that left-handed Landon was killed by someone right-handed and becomes convinced someone murdered him.
It’s true that Landon had many enemies, from his rival and neighbour, bestselling romance author, RL Lincoln, to his put-upon assistant Brad and even his own daughter! But are any of them capable of murder? Veronica is determined to uncover the truth . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Hechtman's winning fourth Writer for Hire mystery (after 2022's Making It Write), fledgling Chicago mystery author Veronica Blackstone, who's also a writer for hire, composing "whatever anybody needed, from copy for websites to celebrations of life for funerals," takes on a new client, the Friends of Hyde Park, an organization that hires her to prepare the booklet that will accompany its annual house and garden tour. One house on the tour belongs to Landon Donte, the neighborhood literary lion, whose most recent book has flopped royally. When, during a dinner for the Friends at Donte's home, he's found in his locked office with a bullet hole in his head, the police are quick to assume the man had been despondent over his recent failure and shot himself. Resourceful and observant Veronica does not agree. A subplot in which Veronica writes love letters for an executive who wants a wealthy businessman to ask her to marry him adds poignancy. Hechtman does a good job introducing her vivid cast, sowing doubt about their potential motives and relationships, and letting their egos collide. This cozy is good fun.
