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Title: Cover-Up

Author: Michele Martinez

ISBN: 9760060899004

Michele Martinez’s Cover- Up delivers everything you can ask for in a mystery- suspense, a strong protagonist, a thriller of a plot with some very intriguing twists, violence and enough gory scenes that will keep you awake at night.

The novel’s plot unfolds when New York federal prosecutor Melanie Vargas who along with her boyfriend, FBI agent Dan O’Reilly, are called to the scene of an horrendous crime wherein a well-known tabloid television personality Suzanne Shepard was viciously raped and murdered. Shepard was a dog hound for sniffing out some very interesting scandals and was fearless when it came to reporting her findings.

Vargas is an up-and -coming prosecutor and she wants this case badly even though she knows it isn’t going to be a cakewalk.  To make matters even more interesting where a conflict of interest may be involved was that Shepard was investigating a sex scandal involving a future New York mayoralty candidate, Clyde Williams whose son Joe is a co-worker with Vargas.

As the plot thickens we learn about a plastic surgeon, Benedict Welch, who is mixed up in selling drugs to his patients and another character, Miles Ortiz, who is supplying him with the drugs. Just prior to Shepard’s murder, her apartment was burglarized by Ortiz and a file pertaining to Welch was stolen which, as we later learn, contained some very interesting press clips concerning the murder of a stripper in Los Angles that had taken place several years before the Shepard murder. Could the two be related? We also learn some very interesting revelations pertaining to Welch’s past and someone connected to Welch who had served time in prison and who was now out.

While the investigation is proceeding, Vargas receives a series of very disturbing emails from someone who apparently seems to be stalking her and has threatened to kill her in the same way Shepard was brutally murdered. 

The twisting plot, the deception, and the frantic dash to try and capture a ruthless killer on the loose in New York before he kills someone else including Vargas will keep you reading long into the night.

For eight years Martinez was a federal prosecutor in New York City and her intimate knowledge of the workings of the criminal justice system come shouting through as she builds up a strong narrative momentum. Moreover, Martinez has an excellent grasp of storytelling structure with her effective use of rhythm, pacing, and the development of plot. In mystery writing, plot is everything, and here is where Martinez shines. 

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