Nicole Graves Mysteries Series by Nancy Boyarsky
Nicole Graves Mysteries #3
Liar Liar
Nancy Boyarsky
The truth is elusive in Liar Liar. "Tough and likeable" (Foreword Reviews) Nicole Graves finds herself in the crosshairs when she reluctantly agrees to babysit a witness in a high-profile rape trial. Mary Ellen Barnes is suing her university's star quarterback for rape when the authorities won't act. In the court of public opinion, Mary Ellen appears to be the quintessential, pious, good girl. But her lies and mysterious comings and goings lead Nicole to suspect that she’s not what she seems. It isn't just Mary Ellen who's acting suspiciously. No one wants to own up to the truth in Liar Liar, not even Nicole, whose fiance; begs her not to look into the case. But when the witness goes missing during the trial, Nicole is caught up in a tangle of lies that turns deadly. After the investigator assigned to the case fails to do his job, Nicole is determined to find the killer on her own, no matter the risks.
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Nicole Graves Mysteries #4
Nicole Graves 04: The Ransom
Nancy Boyarsky
As a newly minted private investigator, Nicole Graves expects to take on legal cases for corporate clients. But when her client's son, Brad Rexton, is killed trying to protect his wife, Ashley, from a home invasion-turned-kidnapping, the firm is hired to investigate what will become Nicole's most dangerous case yet. The story is set in Los Angeles: the city itself, its beautiful and perilous canyons, as well as Hollywood, its fading glamour
Not long after Nicole gets this case, someone dear to her is kidnapped in the same manner as Ashley. Nicole is willing to hand over the money but finds it's not so easy. The kidnappers have an uncanny ability to track her every move, and they suspect a trap. When their most terrifying threat is delivered to her door, Nicole is faced with a dreadful choice: Should she count on the police or risk going it alone?
"Nicole Graves is a charming and straight-shooting heroine" - Foreword Reviews
"Boyarsky's weightless complications expertly combine menace with bling, making the heroine's adventures both nightmarish and dreamy." - Kirkus Reviews
"Nicole Graves is the best fictional sleuth to come down the pike since Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone." - Laura Levine, author of the popular Jaine Austen Mysteriesbr>
The Nicole Graves Mysteries
1. The Swap
2. The Bequest
3. Liar Liar
4. The Ransom
All Nicole Graves Mysteries can be read as stand-alone novels.
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