Murder, She Encountered by Peg Cochran

Murder, She Encountered by Peg Cochran ISBN-13: 9780525479741 Kindle ebook Publisher: Random House Released: December 3rd 2019

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
New York City, 1939. A rising star at the Daily Trumpet, Elizabeth “Biz” Adams has been sent to the World’s Fair to cover a robbery. What she stumbles upon instead is a dead woman, dumped into the Aquacade’s pool with a nylon stocking wrapped around her neck.

Elizabeth snaps a photo as the police arrest Joey Dorman, a gentle young hot dog vendor who made no secret of his obsession with the murder victim. The fear and confusion evident on Joey’s face are haunting. Elizabeth vows to prove his innocence—or his guilt—with her partner at the Daily Trumpet, Ralph Kaminsky. Meanwhile, her romance with Detective Sal Marino is heating up, and Elizabeth is more determined than ever to follow her heart.

But when Kaminsky ends up in the hospital, Elizabeth is forced to continue the investigation on her own. And as she tries to narrow down the long list of suspects, she discovers a secret some would kill to protect.


My Review:
Murder, She Encountered is a mystery set in July 1939 in New York City. It's the third book in a series. You don't need to read the previous books to understand this story, and this book didn't spoil the previous mysteries.

The author included interesting historical and setting details, especially about the Worlds Fair. Elizabeth and her reporter partner were observant and asked a lot of questions – often questions more suited to a detective than a reporter, though. They uncovered a lot of motives, but not a lot of clues. But as the critical clues were uncovered, Elizabeth was able to figure out whodunit (and whodunit is guessable). Conflict is building in her relationship with the handsome detective, though, since she withheld information from him in order to get an exclusive article on the front page of her newspaper.

There was no sex. There were only a couple uses of bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this interesting historical mystery.


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