The Friday Edition
Betta Ferrendelli
5 star read
Reviewer: Emily
Publisher: Betta Ferrendelli
Format:Paperback
Source:author copy
Publisher: Betta Ferrendelli
Format:Paperback
Source:author copy
Genre: Murder Mystery
About Book
Christmas is coming to Denver, Colorado, but it isn’t only snow that’s falling.
A beautiful young woman, who also happens to be a Truman County Assistant DA, tumbles from her apartment balcony to her death on Christmas Eve.
The incident is ruled a suicide, but the DA’s sister, newspaper reporter Samantha Church, isn’t buying it.
Feverishly Samantha throws herself into finding out what really happened to her sister. She pursues her sister’s killers, maneuvering through a minefield of intrigue deliberately set out to divert her from the truth. She invariably stumbles when confronted by the inescapable specter of a greater enemy: the alcohol dependency that has already cost her the respect of her peers, and, worse, custody of her daughter.
Samantha must summon the courage to face not only a cartel of criminals, but also her own demons. Physically threatened and betrayed, she nearly defeats herself through her own insecurities and fears. She not only must summon the courage to get beyond her own shortcomings, but she must work quickly to beat her nemesis – a reporter at the major metropolitan daily newspaper, who is also in close pursuit of the developing story.
Can Samantha ultimately prevail, write the biggest story of her career, and finally begin to change her life before it is too late?
A beautiful young woman, who also happens to be a Truman County Assistant DA, tumbles from her apartment balcony to her death on Christmas Eve.
The incident is ruled a suicide, but the DA’s sister, newspaper reporter Samantha Church, isn’t buying it.
Feverishly Samantha throws herself into finding out what really happened to her sister. She pursues her sister’s killers, maneuvering through a minefield of intrigue deliberately set out to divert her from the truth. She invariably stumbles when confronted by the inescapable specter of a greater enemy: the alcohol dependency that has already cost her the respect of her peers, and, worse, custody of her daughter.
Samantha must summon the courage to face not only a cartel of criminals, but also her own demons. Physically threatened and betrayed, she nearly defeats herself through her own insecurities and fears. She not only must summon the courage to get beyond her own shortcomings, but she must work quickly to beat her nemesis – a reporter at the major metropolitan daily newspaper, who is also in close pursuit of the developing story.
Can Samantha ultimately prevail, write the biggest story of her career, and finally begin to change her life before it is too late?
My Thoughts
i received this copy in exchange for an honest review.
Well where to start, i dont read many murder mysteries but when i do i either love it or hate it. Luckily i loved this one.
I was kept guessing at every turn right up until the end. Whilst reading this i felt every emotion, sad, happy, loss and hope.
When Robin Marino, a Truman county assistant DA falls from her balcony from apparent suicide after leaving a bottle of Jack Daniels and a note on the kitchen bench. Being sober and in AA for a year her sister Samantha Church didnt believe it even once it was ruled a suicide.
Sam was an interesting character who had made mistakes whom upon hearing of her sisters fatal fall from a balcony, sets out to solve her sisters murder.
Betta did a wonderful job giving this book life, i yearned for Sams loss of her sister and felt for her with her alcohol addition that lead to her losing custody of her daughter to her ex husband.
Sam Church is a newspaper reporter for the Grandview Perspective, a community newspaper. Throughout the book she investigates her sisters murder, hitting wall after wall being a functional alcoholic herself but pushes through. She lost everything due to her alcoholism which had a lot to do with trauma from when she was younger caused by her father.
Betta Ferrendelli did a wonderful job and i will be piking up the next book asap.
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