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Review of The Mystery Writer
Theodosia (Theo) Benton left law school to pursue her true passion – writing. Meeting writer Dan Murdoch in a local café, she befriends the man who will become her mentor. When Murdoch is murdered, Theo’s brother Gus becomes suspect number 1. What follows is a trail of clues that lead to some murky places, with questionable people and ever-present danger.
Throughout the story are constant references to a conspiracy, represented as online chats between people with hidden identities. They seem to be just background – until conspiracy becomes the story and Theo gets tied up in it. The conspiracy seems over the top, but isn’t that what conspiracies are all about?
Gus and his friend Cormac Eldrige are important characters, as are Cormac’s family. The Eldriges are preppers and so are well equipped to handle any conspiracy, plus they add plenty of color to this story.
The brother-sister relationship was also central to the story. Theo and Gus are motivated by their love for one another, and their actions go above and beyond what they might imagine a sibling would do.
The Mystery Writer is a twisty, dark mystery. Some parts were predictable, but there were also plenty of surprises. And by the way, the title, The Mystery Writer, doesn’t mean what you think it does.
Through Netgalley, the publisher provided a copy of this book. My review is my honest opinion.
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About The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill
When Theodosia Benton abandons her career path as an attorney and shows up on her brother’s doorstep with two suitcases and an unfinished novel, she expects to face a few challenges. Will her brother support her ambition or send her back to finish her degree? What will her parents say when they learn of her decision? Does she even have what it takes to be a successful writer?
What Theo never expects is to be drawn into a hidden literary world in which identity is something that can be lost and remade for the sake of an audience. When her mentor, a highly successful author, is brutally murdered, Theo wants the killer to be found and justice to be served. Then the police begin looking at her brother, Gus, as their prime suspect, and Theo does the unthinkable in order to protect him. But the writer has left a trail, a thread out of the labyrinth in the form of a story. Gus finds that thread and follows it, and in his attempt to save his sister he inadvertently threatens the foundations of the labyrinth itself. To protect the carefully constructed narrative, Theo Benton, and everyone looking for her, will have to die.
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