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Elaine Viets

    Elaine Viets crea novelas de misterio que se nutren de sus diversas experiencias laborales y sus agudas observaciones de la cultura estadounidense. Sus historias, a menudo ambientadas en entornos de trabajo aparentemente ordinarios, profundizan en los aspectos más oscuros de la naturaleza humana mientras satirizan la sociedad de consumo. Con un agudo sentido del comentario social y un toque de humor, sumerge a los lectores en mundos donde la rutina diaria puede ser un asesinato. El estilo narrativo de Viets, marcado por un ritmo ágil y comentarios perspicaces, la ha establecido como una voz distintiva en el género.

    A Star is Dead
    Late for His Own Funeral
    Death Grip
    The fashion hound murders
    Life Without Parole
    • The funeral for wealthy Chouteau Forest resident Sterling Chaney descends into chaos when he walks into the church alive. If not him, who died in the car accident? The ensuing media storm reveals secrets of Sterling's wealth, and he is subsequently shunned. When he dies in fresh a car accident, Death Investigator Angela Richman suspects foul play.

      Late for His Own Funeral2022
      3,8
    • Entitlement pervades high society in Chouteau County, but that's under threat when a group known as the Ghost Burglars target the wealthiest citizens. When Tom Lockridge is brutally slain during a raid, those attitudes are taken to extremes as secrets and lies threaten to erupt. Angela Richman finds herself entangled in the murder investigation.

      Life Without Parole2021
      3,9
    • Death Grip

      • 208 páginas
      • 8 horas de lectura

      Angela Richman, Chouteau County death investigator, finds herself on a grim walk deep in the Missouri woods. The body of Terri Gibbons, the Forest High track star who went missing eight months ago, has been discovered in a muddy creek, and Angela is needed on the scene. Could a message found in Terri's shoe hold the key to catching her killer?

      Death Grip2020
      3,8
    • A Star is Dead

      • 336 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      During Jessica Gray's one-woman show she manages to upset half of Chouteau Forest and her own entourage. When she suffers a deadly poisoning on her way to the airport Angela Richman's friend, Mario Gomez, is arrested and charged with the murder. Angela is sure of Mario's innocence, so sets out on her own to solve the case.

      A Star is Dead2019
      3,7
    • Mystery shopper and mom Josie Marcus investigates the cruel means to breed designer dogs, but things turn deadly when her source, a disgruntled pet shop employee named Edna, is murdered.

      The fashion hound murders2009
      3,9