The Full Scoop
A Riley Ellison Mystery
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Reeling after tragedy hits close to home, young journalist Riley Ellison becomes obsessed with uncovering the secret that led to her grandfather’s murder years before and that just took another life in Tuttle Corner. Her desperate search for answers leads her down a dark path, both personally and professionally, as she struggles with how far she's willing to go to get answers. Just as she finally discovers the truth, she’s forced to choose between exacting justice and protecting the people she loves most. With pressure coming in from all sides, Riley has to look deep within to decide if she can let go of the past in order to hold on to the future.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Orr's amiable fourth mystery featuring Tuttle Corner, Va., investigative reporter Riley Ellison (after 2019's The Ugly Truth), Riley is convinced that colleague Hal Flick's recent vehicular death was no accident and that it's somehow connected to the suspicious death of her grandfather, Albert Ellison, seven years earlier. Riley examines Hal's research into five members of the Miller family who died in a plane crash in 1959. Disgraced former sheriff Joe Tackett, recently imprisoned after pleading guilty to corruption charges, then claims to have evidence that Albert was, indeed, murdered. He's willing to trade the information for a transfer or reduced sentence, but Riley's ex-boyfriend, federal agent Jay Burman, seeks to block the county prosecutor from cutting a deal with Tackett. Defying Burman, Riley seeks to bring Tackett's evidence to light as she pursues the startling truth about the Miller family. A subplot involving an online astrology service doesn't mar the pace or weaken the suspense. Readers will hope to see a lot more of the intrepid Riley.
