Seeking Beta readers for Celia's Alibi, an unpublished psychological thriller
Celia has fallen out of love with her CHARMING CON-MAN HUSBAND and into love with ANOTHER MAN.
Is his disappearance PUNISHMENT for her INFIDELITY?
Just as Celia Gorman, a successful Boston interior decorator, is about to reveal to her husband Tom that she's leaving him for Neal Walker, Tom's wealthy investment client, she learns that her lover has fallen into open water while on a snowmobiling trip across a wintry Maine lake.
Grieving and guilt-ridden, Celia finds herself embroiled in an insurance investigation and suddenly becomes the target of blackmail over her affair. When a shakedown leads to a fatal confrontation with her blackmailer, Celia's only hope for an alibi lies with Tom, the husband she suspects of killing the man she dearly loved.
Is Tom out to help her or hurt her...or is he up to something even more sinister?
Want to read this unpublished novel? Please contact me at jbrewer280@gmail.com for a free copy.
Seeking Beta readers for Coldiron's Cure, an unpublished murder mystery
AN ISOLATED ISLAND DROWNING.
A YOUNG WOMAN DEVASTATED BY LOSS.
A FAMILY DROWNING IN SECRETS.
When an accidental drowning shatters the calm of rural Chappaquiddick Island, Nadine Vachon, a college student and part-time beach warden, is devastated to learn the victim is her family friend and mentor, Denise Conroy. Worse, the accident retriggers Nadine's crushing guilt over her role in the drowning death of her brother Ray just one year ago.
As Nadine seeks solace by obsessively investigating the cause of Denise's death, she uncovers clues that point to the involvement of her ex-boyfriend's father, neuroscientist A. F. Coldiron. Nadine digs deeper and discovers that the once-renowned genius harbors a dark family secret that may lie behind the cover-up of a murder...and much more.
Want to read this unpublished novel? Please contact me at jbrewer280@gmail.com for a free copy.
Black Point is closed for readers
A SOCIAL-CLIMBING SOCIOPATH.
A SHADY ART DEALER'S DAUGHTER.
HIDDEN MASTERWORKS WORTH MORE THAN ENOUGH TO KILL FOR.
It’s 1973 in a wealthy Maine seaside enclave where a tight-knit group of old money families have summered for generations. Their huge “cottages” dot the headland above the rocky coast, along with the rustic studio of artist Winslow Homer, America's iconic turn-of-the-century master.
Young Burchard Look arrives with his parents to live with and care for the social Grande Dame, Dory Harmon Burch begins to covet this Gatsby-like life where class vanquishes flash. He befriends old Dory, learning secrets about a long-ago scandal involving Winslow Homer artworks. If he plays his cards right, the knowledge could catapult Burch into the ranks of the social elite.
Burch becomes increasingly amoral in his social climb. He sets his sights on Hadley Wentworth., the daughter of a patrician art dealer. Soon, a dangerous chess match begins between Burch and the Wentworths over stolen art, with murderous consequences.
