The Payback Murders by Jane Alden

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Free-lance book editor, Kathleen O'Brien, approaches attorney August Mapes desperate for help. A mysterious writer is sending the editor murder stories that are connected to traumatic events in Kathleen's past. Are the murders real or fevered fiction? What is the potential killer's connection with Kathleen? August needs answers in order to get the NYPD to take on the case. As the stories pile up, August finds herself unable to resist becoming personally involved with the beautiful green-eyed redhead.

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“The Payback Murders: Lawyer August Mapes’ court cases usually involve child custody hearings and family law. When her ex girlfriend refers a friend, Kathleen O’Brien to August, she agrees to at least listen to her concerns. August is pulled into Kathleen’s agoraphobic life and tries to help her find the person sending her stories of possible murders.

The Payback Murders is a moderately predictable read to this avid mystery lover. The plot suffers from the lack of a viable suspect with the ones presented holding no credence and similarly dismissed quickly by August.

Utilizing the 1950’s as a setting is an excellent choice as it provides the characters more compulsion for physical action in obtaining information from the different suspects.

The Payback Murders is a brief and light read when you don’t want to lose yourself too long or deeply into a novel. I received an advanced review copy from Desert Palm Press and I am leaving this review voluntarily.”

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Jane Alden was born and raised in a small Mississippi River Delta community in Arkansas where everyone knew everyone else. After graduating from the University of Arkansas, she taught 7th grade English in Porterville, California, and later moved to Los Angeles to begin a career in health care management. After many lucky circumstances and thanks to wonderful mentors, she became a successful hospital administrator and is presently an executive coach.

Jane and her partner of thirty years live in a small town thirty miles east of metropolitan Los Angeles. Their chocolate lab, Delilah, is the captain of the domestic ship.