Today's Featured Indie Book on Indie Author News: Death of a Serpent by Susan Russo Anderson. It is Susan Russo Anderson's first novel (Mystery), self-published (under Conca d'Oro) via KDP Select and others and available as eBook. This mystery novel received excellent reader reviews on Amazon.
The eBook can be downloaded free for Kindle (via Amazon) on February 13 & 14
Reviews (Excerpts)
- "I enjoyed this book immensely [...] Her writing skills shine as I can imagine the characters and the events as clearly as if I were watching a movie. I also loved that it takes a woman to help solve this mystery!" - Kasrana (Amazon)
- "[...] Susan gives you enough clues so that you can form your own wild theories about the resolution as you read along, but leaves just enough space at the end for your own opinions. Can't wait for the next one!" - Walter J. Ramsey
- "[...] It keeps you hooked with a lot of mystery and suspense and plenty of twists and turns. You really want to keep reading to find out who the killer is." - Wendy Davis
- "[...] The story was very exciting, with lots of turns and surprises - it kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I would recommend to any fan of dark mystery novels." - Lyda Alexander (Amazon)
Book Description
It is six years after Unification and Sicily is in chaos. Bandits rule the hills. Waves of cholera kill thousands. The mafia begins its reign of organized terror, raping a population squeezed by conscription, crippling taxes, and corrupt officials.
It is six years after Unification and Sicily is in chaos. Bandits rule the hills. Waves of cholera kill thousands. The mafia begins its reign of organized terror, raping a population squeezed by conscription, crippling taxes, and corrupt officials.
At a high-class house near Palermo, three prostitutes have been knifed to death, their foreheads slashed with a strange mark, their bodies dumped on the madam’s doorstep. When the chief inspector does little to solve the case, the madam summons her lifelong friend and asks her to catch the killer.
A forty-something midwife with seven children and diminishing funds, Serafina decides she must help her friend. She plunges into the investigation, gathering evidence, following leads. She meets with relatives and friends of the deceased and discovers a thread common to all three victims.
But after a fourth victim is strangled, Serafina’s hopes for a quick resolution are dashed. Her emotional low is short-lived, however. In a defiant meeting with the don, she makes an important discovery.
Convinced of the murderer’s identity, she conceives a daring plan and, with the help of her daughter, unmasks the killer.
About the Author
I am a writer, a mother, a grandmother, a widow. I’ve taught language arts and creative writing, worked for a major publisher, worked for a major airline, worked on an assembly line, driven equipment on airport ramps I’ve known and loved, traveled.
Like Faulkner’s Dilsey, I’ve seen the best and the worst, the first and the last; seen worlds blow apart and life turn inside out in less time than it takes to type this sentence. Through it all, and to understand it somewhat, I write."
In between writing, revising and editing, Susan blogs and reviews books. They can be read at Goodreads, Amazon, LLBR, and at her website devoted to book reviews. [Link below]
Links to the Author and the Book
Link to Susan Russo Anderson's Website
Connect to Susan Russo Anderson via Twitter: @SusanRussoAnder
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