Richard Armstrong, Author, The Don Con
From the author of The Sea Glass Murders, 2021 finalist, Connecticut Book Awards
A feud between two wealthy mystery writers turns deadly—and retired spy Dasha Petrov must find the real killer to clear her name.
Former Nazi hunter, CIA operative, and lethal secret agent, Dasha Petrov has turned away from the high wire of international espionage, retiring to her Gold Coast estate where she basks in the quiet life of doting on grandchildren, taking care of her ailing sister and feeding the birds. She bides her time with some innocent flirtations between two neighbors—the rival mystery writers Barnaby Jayne and Michael Aubrey. The novelists are wildly successful and many times married. They also despise each other, and their silly one-upmanship to impress Mrs. Petrov boils over into a bizarre series of attacks—starting with a poison dart from a blow gun and escalating to booby traps and a car bomb. When Jayne and Aubrey both turn up dead, the preponderance of evidence points to only one suspect—Dasha herself. Now, Dasha must call on her cunning mind and capacity for violence to find the real killers and clear her name.
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Dasha Petrov returns in Book 2 of Cole’s Gold Coast Mystery series. The former C.I.A. operative and freedom fighter knows all of the tricks of the spy game and she employees them to the delight of this happy reader. Tony DeFranco, Westport Connecticut police chief, is also back along with the lovely and talented Tracy Taggart, tv journalist and talented sleuth. You will remember these characters from The Sea Glass Murders, the debut novel in the series which left us hungry for more.
Cole has a real knack for creating strong female characters like Petrov and Taggart and he also knows how to bring us serious manipulation and treachery as perhaps only the fair sex can execute.
This is a mystery that you will fly through. Forget setting it down; you will find that nearly impossible. I will stop short of anything that will require a “spoiler alert”. This book is too good to miss!
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Dasha Petrov returns in Book 2 of Cole’s Gold Coast Mystery series. The former C.I.A. operative and freedom fighter knows all of the tricks of the spy game and she employees them to the delight of this happy reader. Tony DeFranco, Westport Connecticut police chief, is also back along with the lovely and talented Tracy Taggart, tv journalist and talented sleuth. You will remember these characters from The Sea Glass Murders, the debut novel in the series which left us hungry for more.
Cole has a real knack for creating strong female characters like Petrov and Taggart and he also knows how to bring us serious manipulation and treachery as perhaps only the fair sex can execute.
This is a mystery that you will fly through. Forget setting it down; you will find that nearly impossible. I will stop short of anything that will require a “spoiler alert”. This book is too good to miss!
@username Read More
Dasha Petrov returns in Book 2 of Cole’s Gold Coast Mystery series. The former C.I.A. operative and freedom fighter knows all of the tricks of the spy game and she employees them to the delight of this happy reader. Tony DeFranco, Westport Connecticut police chief, is also back along with the lovely and talented Tracy Taggart, tv journalist and talented sleuth. You will remember these characters from The Sea Glass Murders, the debut novel in the series which left us hungry for more.
Cole has a real knack for creating strong female characters like Petrov and Taggart and he also knows how to bring us serious manipulation and treachery as perhaps only the fair sex can execute.
This is a mystery that you will fly through. Forget setting it down; you will find that nearly impossible. I will stop short of anything that will require a “spoiler alert”. This book is too good to miss!
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