Sacred Cows
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4.0 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A Connecticut crime reporter investigates the murder of an Ivy League escort in this award-winning mystery series debut.
After a late night on the town, Connecticut crime reporter Annie Seymour only wants to sleep. But a call from her editor drags her to a cold, wet New Haven street, where she's soon staring at the body of a curious murder victim. The young woman had been a Yale student by day and a high-priced escort by night. Eager to get the scoop, Annie quickly uncovers a trail of vice and fraud that leads to the city's highest levels.
Then comes the real shocker: Annie's mother is involved. Now with the help of a sexy private investigator, Annie must uncover the truth, even as she's forced to cover the surreal appearance of fiberglass cows placed in herds throughout the city. Out there is a killer story that can get Annie that elusive Pulitzer . . . or a mention in the next day's obituary column.
Winner of the Sara Ann Freed Memorial Award
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A phone call summons New Haven, Conn., crime reporter Anne Seymour from a beer-fogged sleep to cover a breaking story at the start of Olson's spirited debut, the winner of the first Sara Ann Freed Memorial Award. The dead body of a Yale undergrad lies at the foot of a luxury high-rise condo. Anne faces the usual stonewalling by the detective-on-the-scene which smarts a little extra as he has recently vacated her bed. Dogged by a pesky fellow reporter, Anne struggles to keep her byline to herself, while she's warned off the case by her boss, her cop boyfriend and the university higher-ups. The plot thickens when she learns that the student was a high-priced escort, as is the next young female Yalie found murdered. A slave to her hormones, the smell of garlic and her driving ambition, the spunky, imperfect Anne is an engaging protagonist. Several other well-realized characters, some bovine humor and an amiable sense of the Yale/New Haven community round out this enjoyable first.
