Home Before Midnight
by Virginia Kantra
Bailey Wells left her small hometown of Stokesville, North Carolina with a desire to become a writer in New York City.
However, for the past two years,she has found herself employed as the assistant to bestselling, true crime writer Paul
Ellis. When Paul and his wife Helen move back to Stokesville so Paul can research a decades old murder, Bailey follows,
largely due to her feelings for Paul. The homecoming is short lived when Helen’s lifeless body is found floating in
the pool.
Detective Steve Burke has recently returned to Stokesville himself. Almost three years after the death of his wife,
he is going through the motions while doing his job and caring for his young daughter. Arriving at the scene after
the death of Helen Ellis, Steve is immediately drawn to Bailey and struggles to maintain a professional distance as
the investigation gets underway.
Knowing that she, along with Paul, is under a cloud of suspicion, Bailey puts her research skills to use and does
what she can to clear her name and learn the truth - all the while fighting her attraction to the seemingly aloof
Detective Burke. As the evidence mounts, and Bailey and Steve get closer to the truth, the danger to them both
also gets closer.
In Home Before Midnight, Virginia Kantra has written a fast-paced mystery with characters that come to
life. Bailey transcends the typical damsel in distress and is a feisty heroine. While the identity of the killer
is made clear to the reader midway through the novel, it is still edge-of-your-seat territory as Bailey and Steve
race to find the truth. Fans of the romantic suspense genre will not be disappointed. |
The Book |
Berkley |
August 1, 2006 |
Mass Market Paperback |
0425211088 |
Romantic suspense |
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The Reviewer |
Tanya Atkinson |
Reviewed 2006 |
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