Overview
With Trouble in Queenstown, Delia Pitts introduces private investigator Vandy Myrick in a powerful mystery that blends grief, class, race, and family with thrilling results.
Evander “Vandy” Myrick became a cop to fulfill her father’s expectations. After her world cratered, she became a private eye to satisfy her own. Now she’s back in Queenstown, New Jersey, her childhood home, in search of solace and recovery. It’s a small community of nine thousand souls crammed into twelve square miles, fenced by cornfields, warehouses, pharma labs, and tract housing. As a Black woman, privacy is hard to come by in “Q-Town,” and worth guarding.
For Vandy, that means working plenty of divorce cases. They’re nasty, lucrative, and fun in an unwholesome way. To keep the cash flowing and expand her local contacts, Vandy agrees to take on a new client, the mayor’s nephew, Leo Hannah. Leo wants Vandy to tail his wife to uncover evidence for a divorce suit.
At first the surveillance job seems routine, but Vandy soon realizes there’s trouble beneath the bland surface of the case when a racially charged murder with connections to the Hannah family rocks Q-Town. Fingers point. Clients appear. Opposition to the inquiry hardens. And Vandy’s sight lines begin to blur as her determination to uncover the truth deepens. She’s a minor league PI with few friends and no resources. Logic pegs her chances of solving the case between slim and hell no. But logic isn’t her strong suit. Vandy won’t back off.
Review
Vandy is now a private investigator after her police job blew up in her face. Now she is back in her home town of Queenstown doing divorce cases. She hates divorce cases but they pay good money. She takes on a new case, the mayor’s nephew. He wants her to follow his wife but where this leads is not what she expected. Murder was not in the forecast!
This would make a great television series. Vandy is such a fabulous character. She tries to stay in the background and stay out of trouble. But trouble just seems to find her. And this one might even have a lot to do with her family!
I enjoyed how this tale ended. There is definitely going to be a sequel and I am here for it!
This is wonderfully narrated by Bahni Turpin!
Need a good murder mystery….THIS IS IT! Grab your copy today!
I received this novel from the publisher for a honest review.
This novel releases July 16. So add it to your wish list!
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