Front Page Teaser

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Front Page Teaser: A Liz Higgins Mystery

Modern-day themes, romantic complications, and a generous dose of local color make this Boston-based mystery a compelling read. Smart and sassy Bay State Banner reporter Liz Higgins chafes at being assigned only features and light news—then suddenly has the chance to prove her journalist creds when an acquaintance of hers disappears, leaving only a few bloody clues behind. The missing mom has ties to the Middle East, and there are disturbing hints that terrorists might be involved. Wrangling herself the assignment to cover the story, Liz not only researches and files her newspaper stories, but also courageously pursues a tangle of clues to find the missing woman, alive or not.

Reviews

"...Higgins employs all the standard reportorial techniques in solving the puzzle and demonstrates that an alert eye and a retentive memory are still a crime-fighter’s best friends. It also helps that she’s colossally dogged in her pursuit of the truth. ..." —Fore Word Reviews Click here for the full review [2].

"...intelligent and thought-provoking." —Publisher's Weekly

"Rosemary Herbert is a fresh and compelling new voice in crime fiction. Like a shot of good whiskey, Front Page Teaser is short and bracing. You'll love it. I did." —Robert B. Parker

"Making her debut as a novelist, Herbert, a former Library Journal reviewer, librarian, and authority on the mystery novel (The Oxford Companion to Crime & Mystery Writing), brings all of her newspaper experience to bear in this neatly plotted tale of misdirection." —Library Journal

"Front Page Teaser is a gripping tale of an investigative reporter on the hunt. Rosemary Herbert has a huge advantage in writing it. As one of us 'ink-stained wretches' who write the news, she's been there and done that, knows the way reporters write and how to make the story move. —Tony Hillerman

"Front Page Teaser puts readers smack dab in the middle of the newsroom. In this Boston-inflected tale...Rosemary Herbert shows why a newspaper is the best place for a mystery writer to start and a fine place to start a mystery. Front Page Teaser is a winner and so is Liz Higgins. I look forward to Herbert handing her scrappy reporter her next assignment." —Gerry Boyle, author of Damaged Goods [3] & Port City Shakedown [4]

"In Front Page Teaser — which could easily be called Front Page Turner — Rosemary Herbert has spun a masterful web of mystery and murder. This book has movie -- good movie -- written all over it." —Alfred Alcorn