Murder, She Encountered

A gutsy Manhattan socialite encounters murder and corruption at the Worlds Fair in this captivating historical cozy mystery for readers of Victoria Thompson, Susan Elia MacNeal, and Rhys Bowen. New York City, 1939.A rising star at the Daily Trumpet, Elizabeth Biz Adams has been sent to the Worlds Fairbilled as the World of Tomorrow, a look toward a brighter future even as the drumbeats of war grow louderto cover a robbery. What she stumbles upon instead is a dead woman, dumped into the Aquacades pool with a nylon stocking wrapped around her neck. Elizabeth snaps a photo as the police arrest Joey Dorman, a gentle young hot dog vendor who made no secret of his obsession with the murder victim. Even though shes thrilled that her photo makes the front page, the fear and confusion evident on Joeys face are haunting. So Elizabeth vows to prove his innocenceor his...