In the small town of New Hope, everything is expected to be in order, with the colossal mansions and the humble houses seemingly coexisting in harmony. When you take a closer look though, and try to see through the lines, you will only feel the secrets that keep the town divided. Alyssa Mancini, a renowned artist who has spent the past years perfecting her craft, just like her hometown, looks like she leads a charming life on the surface. When she has to return to New Hope to help take care of her ailing father, she is excited to be secretly working on a business deal that will improve the lives of the town's residents and starting her life from scratch. Unbeknown to everyone however, on the inside, Alyssa is haunted by a past that she has been running away from for over a decade.
Alyssa might be determined to make amends for what happened, but before she manages to, her ambitions are suddenly blocked by a tragic revelation. Her new beginning is irreversibly stained by the gruesome discovery of a dead body in the basement of the mansion she bought and the news hit the town like thunder. Her taciturn behaviour makes her look suspicious right away, and to make matters more complicated, old wounds immediately resurface when it is revealed that she has a special connection to the victim. With all eyes on her, she finds herself trapped at the heart of a biased police investigation, and has no choice but to take matters into her own hands. How will she ever be able to defend herself when every finger points at her? Will she manage to disprove every piece of evidence against her?
Joined by old friends who are determined to help prove her innocence, she enters a vicious circle where the harder she fights for the truth, the more apparent it becomes that she's got plenty of enemies too. Enemies that will not stop until they see her fail or take the blame. Things look even worse when Alyssa realizes that someone is actively planting evidence to get her arrested. Will she lose all hope before she reveals the truth in time? Or will her own memories of what happened all those years ago prove to be her downfall?
"Exposing A Lethal Past" is an intriguing cozy mystery novel of approximately 60,000 words. No cliffhangers, just pure captivating mystery.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Alyssa might be determined to make amends for what happened, but before she manages to, her ambitions are suddenly blocked by a tragic revelation. Her new beginning is irreversibly stained by the gruesome discovery of a dead body in the basement of the mansion she bought and the news hit the town like thunder. Her taciturn behaviour makes her look suspicious right away, and to make matters more complicated, old wounds immediately resurface when it is revealed that she has a special connection to the victim. With all eyes on her, she finds herself trapped at the heart of a biased police investigation, and has no choice but to take matters into her own hands. How will she ever be able to defend herself when every finger points at her? Will she manage to disprove every piece of evidence against her?
Joined by old friends who are determined to help prove her innocence, she enters a vicious circle where the harder she fights for the truth, the more apparent it becomes that she's got plenty of enemies too. Enemies that will not stop until they see her fail or take the blame. Things look even worse when Alyssa realizes that someone is actively planting evidence to get her arrested. Will she lose all hope before she reveals the truth in time? Or will her own memories of what happened all those years ago prove to be her downfall?
"Exposing A Lethal Past" is an intriguing cozy mystery novel of approximately 60,000 words. No cliffhangers, just pure captivating mystery.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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