The Critic: A gripping psychological suspense set in 1995 (Steel City Mysteries)

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About The Critic: A gripping psychological suspense set in 1995 (Steel City Mysteries)

DISCOVER THE PROPULSIVE, DARKLY ATMOSPHERIC NEW THRILLER THAT WILL KEEP YOU GUESSING UNTIL THE VERY LAST PAGE. An ambitious critic wants her life back. But her rival has just been poisoned. The FBI is at her door. And she has a terrifying gap in her own memory . . . Pittsburgh, 1995. Jessica Greer has exactly one enemy worth hating: the theater critic who just stole her column. She never wanted him dead. But when he collapses in the newsroom from a lethal dose of ricin, the timing couldn't look worse. Suddenly she's all over the news. Not as a writer. As the prime suspect. With every piece of physical evidence pointing straight at her, the FBI begins to circle. Worse, someone is feeding her private life to the press. Within hours, her past trauma and deepest psychological vulnerabilities are splashed across the evening news, turning her into the country's newest sensation: The Mail Murderess. The harder Jessica fights to expose the real mastermind, the tighter the trap closes. And Jessica’s nightmare is only just beginning. Because as the media builds its case and the authorities close in, Jessica is left confronting the dark, inexplicable gap in her own mind from the night of the murder. To clear her name, she must untangle a massive conspiracy — while running from a question she is terrified to answer: What if they’re right? A gripping, fast-paced psychological thriller packed with twisting betrayal, perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects, Lisa Jewell, and the relentless, edge-of-your-seat tension of Caleb Stephens. Set against the gritty, nostalgic backdrop of 1995 Pittsburgh, this addictive suspense novel will make you question the fallibility of memory and how easily an innocent life can be dismantled. Readers are OBSESSED, FIVE STARS: “𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒.” “𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑦 𝑝𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑!” “𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒.”

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