MystNoir's Featured Mysteries for Winter 2013
Caren Gray manages Belle Vie, a sprawling antebellum plantation that
sits between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, where the past and the present
coexist uneasily. The estate's owners have turned the place into an
eerie tourist attraction, complete with full-dress re-enactments and
carefully restored slave quarters. Outside the gates, a corporation with
ambitious plans has been busy snapping up land from struggling families
who have been growing sugar cane for generations, and now replacing
local employees with illegal laborers. Tensions mount when the body of a
female migrant worker is found in a shallow grave on the edge of the
property, her throat cut clean.
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She’s a cop-turned defense lawyer. Her husband is a
research scientist. She lives in a half-million-dollar home. Yet on this
night, Andrea Wilson—a woman who seemingly has everything—awakens to a
living nightmare. Her husband Paul is dead, she’s covered in his blood,
and the police are banging on her door. Andrea doesn’t remember what
happened, but she knows how it looks. With just a split second to make a
choice, Andrea decides to run, and in doing so, risks everything in an
attempt to clear her name. Enter Detective Mike Coletti. He and
Andrea shared a relationship once. Now all they share is the chase. As
Andrea races to prove her innocence and Coletti struggles to track her
down, they each uncover clues about the mystery of Paul’s death. Along
the way, Andrea uncovers the biggest mystery of all: Is her
husband actually still alive?
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A brutal murder, missing documents and an unscrupulous opposing counsel
lead attorney Vernetta Henderson on a quest for justice—and
ultimately—revenge. The hotshot L.A. lawyer takes on a corporation with a
long history of discriminating against women. While Vernetta simply
wants justice for her clients, the corporation’s hired gun wants to win .
. . and she doesn’t care how. On the home front, Vernetta’s infamous
sidekick Special has finally found true love. But is the price more than
she’s willing to pay?
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Ten’s soon-to-be-adopted
daughter, Chela, runs into old friend Maria from her earlier days as a
prostitute in Los Angeles. The pair dives into the South Beach club
scene, but Maria mysteriously goes missing. When Maria’s
body washes ashore, Chela and the authorities fear that her suspicious
death is connected to a serial killer preying on young prostitutes.
Tennyson believes he knows who the killer is, but the suspect escapes
when the actor-detective tries to capture him.When it’s
believed the suspected killer may have committed suicide, things return
to normal for Ten and his family. But the respite doesn’t last long, and
Tennyson discovers someone is after him, his girlfriend, and Chela.
Realizing it’s the killer who’s terrorizing him, Ten is presented with a
lose-lose dilemma: save his daughter or the woman he loves.
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Love is in the air in Willow, Ohio, but not for teacher Kendra Clayton.
Her lawyer boyfriend, Carl, dumped her and moved away and the other man she thought she could count on,
Reverend Morris Rollins, has romantically hooked up with her nemesis,
Detective Trish Harman. Even Kendra's grandmother has a
new man in her life, a widower named Leonard Duncan, who Kendra doesn't
trust for a minute. Adding to Kendra's misery is murderer Stephanie
Preston, who Kendra was set to testify against, is on the loose and may
be seeking revenge. Making matters worse, Kendra discovers the
dead body of local art dealer, Justin Ramey during the reception for
recent art school graduate Joy Owens.
Joy is hardly Kendra's favorite person. So When Joy asks her to
find Justin's killer because her best friend, Pia--Justin's estranged daughter--is
the prime suspect, Kendra tells her to take a hike. But when Joy tells Kendra she has some juicy dirt on her
grandmother's new man, and will only give it up if she agrees to help
her clear Pia, Kendra grudgingly finds herself teamed up with Joy Owens
in the hunt for a murderer.
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