Spotlight on Too Many Women in the Room
When Gilda Greco invites her closest friends to a
VIP dinner, she plans to share David Korba’s signature dishes and launch their
joint venture— Xenia, an innovative Greek restaurant near Sudbury, Ontario.
Unknown to Gilda, David has also invited Michael Taylor, a lecherous
photographer who has throughout the past three decades managed to annoy all the
women in the room. One woman follows Michael to a deserted field for his
midnight run and stabs him in the jugular.
Gilda’s life is awash with complications as she
wrestles with a certain detective’s commitment issues and growing doubts about
her risky investment in Xenia. Frustrated, Gilda launches her own investigation
and uncovers decades-old secrets and resentments that have festered until they
explode into untimely death. Can Gilda outwit a killer bent on killing again?
Excerpt
When the
telephone call came, I was deep in a dreamless sleep. Startled and disoriented,
I glanced at the clock. Five forty-seven. Tempted to ignore the call, I
realized it could be my mother. In Italy, it was eleven forty-seven. While my
mother was aware of the time difference, she would not hesitate to call if
there was some kind of emergency. Or someone else could be calling about her.
To still
these obsessive thoughts, I picked up the phone.
“Took you
long enough,” Carlo Fantin said in an exasperated tone. “Did you just get in?”
What was
he implying? And why was he calling? Had someone told him about the evening’s
events? I dismissed the last thought. None of the women or men—even Michael
Taylor—would think of relaying the evening’s events to Carlo.
“I’ve been
asleep for hours,” I said, gripping the phone. While I had been waiting for him
to call and resume our relationship, I doubted he would do so in the early
hours of the morning. “Is there some reason for this call?”
A pause.
“There’s been a murder. A jogger found the body of Michael Taylor in Bell Grove
field.”
I jolted
upright as a flash of adrenaline tingled through my body. “What happened? How?
And
murdered?
By whom?” Michael Taylor dead? While I had never liked the man and dreaded my
encounters with him, I didn’t wish death on him. Carlo must have a reason for
waking me up with this information.
“I heard
all about tonight’s dinner from Jean Taylor,” he said in a low voice.
As
Michael’s wife, she would be the first to learn of his death, and she would
have given Carlo her version of the evening’s events. And not necessarily in a
lucid tone. The calm yogini had a habit of breaking down outside the peaceful
confines of her studio. She was triggered by strong emotions and unsettling
events. Michael’s death fell well beyond both categories.
I returned
to the present moment and caught the tail end of Carlo’s conversation.
“…scheduled you in for nine thirty. Luke Morrison will be questioning you.”
“Questioning
me?” I said as my heart beat at an alarming rate. “Why?”
“We’re questioning
everyone who was at the dinner,” he said. “You were the last people to see
Michael
alive.”
“How was
he killed? What did Jean tell you?”
“You know
I can’t share any details,” he said, cutting me off without saying goodbye.
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Bio
In 2008, Joanne took advantage of early retirement
and decided to launch a second career that would tap into her creative side and
utilize her well-honed organizational skills. Slowly, a writing practice
emerged. Her articles and book reviews were published in newspapers, magazines,
and online. When she tried her hand at fiction, she made reinvention a
recurring theme in her novels and short stories. A member of Crime Writers of
Canada, Sisters in Crime, and Romance Writers of America, Joanne writes cozy
mysteries, paranormal romance, and inspirational literature from her home base
of Guelph, Ontario.
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Thanks for hosting me, Donna :)
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