Razzamatazz (A Crime Novel)

by Sandra Scoppettone (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

The last thing veteran reporter Colin McGuire , fleeing his job on a big-city newspaper in the wake numbing personal tragedy, expects to find in sleepy little Seaville on Long Island’s North Fork is murder. In a few short weeks Seaville has brought him friends, some comfort and perhaps more in the person of Annie Winters, who is also trying to build a new life. But as the murders multiply, so, too, do the questions and the doubts. Friends suspect friends, lovers suspect lovers and sooner or later a lot of people begin to suspect Colin.

This is one of those down-to-the-wire stories, very well written, guaranteed to keep you flipping the pages.

Haven't heard from Sandra in many years. She was a terrific writer. Hope she is still around.

8 comments:

Todd Mason said...: Any obvious reason for the pseudonym? I haven't seen her byline for a while, either...hope it means she's cheerfully retired, or at least I've been inattentive.; 1:18 AM
Todd Mason said...: I wasn't aware of how long her career has been. Or that Fitzhugh made her name as an illustrator first. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Scoppettone; 1:21 AM
pattinase (abbott) said...: I think she thought this sort of book will sell better under a male name and also separate her work on childrens' books from crime stories.; 7:39 AM
Jeff Meyerson said...: Yes, Sandra is a good writer. When she was a member of DAPA-EM, she wrote a "Jack Early" book where she "Tuckerized" many of the current members at the time (including me and George). I know she was living in Greenport on the North Shore of Long Island.; 7:45 AM
pattinase (abbott) said...: We used to corrrespond a lot and met up once in Manhattan. I think she was diagnosed with a type of Parkingson's about a decade ago. If she had died, there would surely be an obit.; 9:03 AM
Jeff Meyerson said...: I'm pretty sure she is alive. She was born in 1936, so 88.; 9:42 AM
Jerry House said...: Wikipedia has her still living, for what that is worth.; 9:55 AM
Diane Kelley said...: I enjoyed Sandra Scoppetone's novels and reviews over the years. As Jeff Meyerson mentioned, Sandra "Tuckerized" members of DAPA-EM in a "Jack Early" book which was great fun!; 11:38 AM