I love finding mysteries to share! This week, I have a thriller series that I'm reviewing--and, this morning, I have A Fate Worse than Death by Britt Lind in our book review spotlight! Learn about the book and the author--and be sure to enter for a chance to win a prize in the book tour giveaway at the end of this post! Stop back throughout the week as I feature other books from the Rosemaria Baker Hollywood Mystery series too!
Category: Adult Fiction (18 yrs +), 118 pages
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Publisher: Bublish
Release date: Aug, 2021
Content Rating: PG: My book has some bad language and mild sex
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Being the daughter of a cop and an actress gave little Rosemaria a dichotomous view of life. Her mother was inclined to get lost in her fantasies while her father had to face the harsh realities of a world filled with murder and mayhem. Nine-year-old Rosemaria loved both her parents and admired her mother’s talent but even at a young age she felt drawn to her father’s work as a detective, constantly begging him to share with her every detailed description of the dangerous criminals and close calls he survived while chasing the bad guys.
Whatever Rosemaria did she did it well; be it hitting baseballs, shooting baskets, writing school papers, she put her all into every endeavor. When tragedy invaded her world at the tender age of ten, she survived because of her innate ability to compartmentalize her feelings and move forward.
While still in college she was faced with a terrifying situation where she had to use all of her mental and physical capabilities in an effort to save her father’s life. Ignoring what would have been safe and expected of her and asking no one’s advice, she risked everything to find him and bring him home alive.
Quick, Fast-Paced Mystery. The author offers a very fast-paced story in this short prequel to the series, but also creates a complete, engaging story that holds the reader's interest from beginning to end. With interesting dialogue and a well-crafted mystery with some twists and turns, readers will get to know Rosemaria Baker--and understand the series' main character's backstory going forward through the novels. While the story wraps up somewhat quickly, it offers the reader insight into Rosemaria's motivations and her family's story.
Read this Prequel First in the Series if You Can. As usual, I didn't realize that this was a 'prequel' and read "Deception" first. I would have liked to have gotten to know Rosemaria through this story first--but it was still okay to read out of order!
Would I recommend A Fate Worse than Death by Britt Lind? I love Rosemaria's character and the way that Britt Lind develops her mystery storylines. This prequel is very character-driven, with realistic dialogue and character interactions that bring readers into Rosemaria's past and the motivations and history that created her. If you enjoy light mysteries with strong characters, this series is proving to be a great read. Begin with this prequel--and then read the series--but, if you missed the prequel, go ahead and read it to get a stronger appreciation for Rosemaria Baker.
Category: Adult Fiction (18 yrs +), 281 pages
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Publisher: Bublish
Release date: May, 2020
Content Rating: PG: There is some bad language and sex scenes that are fit for teens
About the Book
"Britt Lind has written an intriguing mystery filled with twists and turns that takes place in a world she knows well from every perspective." - Carlyne Grager - Talent Representative and Owner of Dramatic Artists Agency Los Angeles and Seattle.
The battle between good and evil is ill-defined in the land of Hollywood. Rarely do kind, compassionate souls win the spoils of war which makes their rare victories all the sweeter.
Josh Sibley, singer/songwriter, is handsome, talented, smart and headed for oblivion. Alcohol provides relief when his demons threaten to overwhelm his every effort to break free of his past. When his friend Jennie Seger arranges for him to write songs for a multi-million-dollar feature, all his doubts and fears fall away, and he embraces the opportunity like a starving man who has found a bounteous feast during a famine.
Lightning strikes his lonely heart in the form of singer/actress Lila Levy who is married to the producer of the movie and flaunts her sexuality at Josh knowing her breathtaking beauty more than makes up for her lack of talent. Knowing his love for Lila is doomed from the start, he overlooks her shortcomings and keeps his feelings under wraps as he teaches her to sing his songs.
But this is Hollywood, and nothing is as it seems. Lila has secrets that Josh cannot begin to fathom and doesn't want to know. When her husband Stan is murdered, Lila disappears and Josh is confronted by the woman determined to track her down - Sergeant Rosemaria Baker of the Beverly Hills Police Department. Rosemaria is the opposite of Lila; she hates show business and considers Josh a delusional loser. When the cops track down Lila and bring her in, Lila declares herself innocent and the fight for the soul of Josh Sibley begins.
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Category: Adult Fiction (18 yrs +), 359 pages
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Publisher: Bublish
Release date: May, 2022
Content Rating: PG: There is some bad language and very little sex
Rosemaria must solve the murder of a young girl in Malevolence-A Hollywood Mystery. Politics play a part, but who and why will keep readers up at night! Highly recommended! -- Chanticleer Reviews
Rosemaria Baker, a cop whose blood runs true blue, has become a prosecutor who now gets to put the perpetrators in jail instead of just arresting them. She is blissfully happy living with the love of her life, Josh Sibley, who is about to make a major breakthrough in his career as a singer-songwriter. But real life interrupts their perfect world when two girls who Rosemaria rescued from the streets of Hollywood become the targets of ruthless assassins after a third girl is murdered.
