Reason To Doubt (A Carol Childs Mystery)
by Nancy Cole Silverman
About the Book
Reason To Doubt (A Carol Childs Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
5th in Series
Henery Press (November 6, 2018)
Hardcover: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 163511425X
ISBN-13: 978-1635114256
Paperback: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 1635114225
ISBN-13: 978-1635114225
Digital ASIN: B07G9MCWWZ
Carol Childs is in the middle of one of the biggest stories of her life. Her daughter Cate has returned from college with a boyfriend in tow. A photographer who police suspect to be The Model Slayer, responsible for the murder of three young women.Not since the Hillside Strangler has Los Angeles been so on edge.And when the police arrest Cate’s boyfriend, Carol’s personal life and professional worlds collide. A tattooed cocktail waitress calls the radio station and asks to speak with Carol off the record. She knows the true identity of the real Model Slayer because she says she killed him.Tensions mount as the clock ticks. The police are convinced they have the right man. Mother and daughter aren’t talking. Carol can’t reveal to investigators all she knows, and unless Carol can find the real killer before the trial begins, an innocent man may spend the rest of his life in prison or be executed for a crime he didn’t commit.
From the author:
Mothers and Daughters....
The plot for REASON TO DOUBT, the story about a young photographer who is arrested for the murder of three young fashion models hit close to home. Loosely based on the murder of a young Hollywood model whose body was found poised and tied to a tree in the hills above my home, it was a story I couldn’t forget.
Not since the Hillside Strangler, had a crime so shook the city. Police believed the murderer to be a photographer, someone the girl had known and trusted. And their investigation included the questioning of nearly every young, male fashion photographer in town. A small, select group. All who admitted to using the girl for various shoots. Each of them had her addresses and phone number in their Rolodexes. Including my brother in law. And when the arrest finally came down, the city breathed a collective sigh of relief.
Years later, when I was hunting around for a plot line for my next Carol Childs Mystery, I remembered thinking about the story. What if it hadn’t been a stranger the police arrested? What if it had been someone I knew? Someone close to me?
That’s how my writer mind works. So I took Carol Childs, a reporter and single mother of two, and put her in the mix of a family crisis. Carol’s daughter Cate has just returned from college, and like lots of young people, who come home after their first year away, she’s made new friends. Including Pete, a young freelance photographer who has driven Cate home from school, and had been making ends meet shooting headshots for local models and wannabe actress types.
Voilà! Not only did I have the beginnings for a good murder mystery, but I had the makings for terrific subplot dealing with the growing angst between mother and daughter.
As an author, and mother of an adult daughter, I was excited about exploring the opportunities of Carol’s relationship with Cate. It’s a pivotal time for both women. Cate has returned home after her freshman year, confident and self-assured. A young woman in love, capable of making relationship choices of her own. And, Carol, who for the last year has been reporting on the unsolved murders of three young women, is suddenly faced with letting go of her parental role and accepting Cate’s judgment. Something she’s none too sure about.
Turn up the heat, and Pete is arrested for the murders, and the two women are pitted against one another. Cate defending her boyfriend, and Carol reporting on the very murders for which her daughter’s boyfriend has been accused. Add in a listener to the radio station where Carol works who calls in and tells Carol – off the record – she knows who really murdered ‘those girls,’ and we have a type of Gordian knot. The likes of which can only be unraveled by Carol.
Anger, doubt, and ultimately trust all play critical roles as each woman fights for what she believes to be true until the killer is revealed in a final climactic scene that leaves both mother and daughter looking at each other with a new appreciation for who they are.
About the Author
Nancy Cole Silverman credits her twenty-five years in radio for helping her to develop an ear for storytelling. In 2001, Silverman retired from news and copywriting to write fiction full time. In 2014, Silverman signed with Henery Press for her new mystery series, The Carol Childs’ Mysteries. The first of the series, Shadow of Doubt
, debuted in December 2014 and the second, Beyond a Doubt
, was July 2015. The third, Without A Doubt
, was released May 24, 2016. Room for Doubt
was released on July 18, 2017, Reason to Doubt
hits stores November 6. For more information visit www.nancycolesilverman.com
, debuted in December 2014 and the second, Beyond a Doubt, was July 2015. The third, Without A Doubt, was released May 24, 2016. Room for Doubt was released on July 18, 2017, Reason to Doubt hits stores November 6. For more information visit www.nancycolesilverman.com
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