Dangerous Betrayals

She's tracking a killer, but who is tracking her?

Former journalist, now fledgling mystery writer, Leah Nash receives a heartfelt email from Marianne, a reader she's never met. Marianne's sister Celia is in a Wisconsin prison for the murder of her married lover, Eric Ferguson. She begs Leah to save Celia from serving life for a crime she didn't commit.

However, Leah is pretty sure Celia did kill Eric. The case against her was very strong and the jury delivered the guilty verdict in less than an hour. But Marianne's desperation strikes a chord in Leah due to the deep-seated guilt she feels over failing to save her own sister years earlier. She finds it impossible to turn Marianne down.

Peeling back the layers of Eric's complicated life, Leah uncovers multiple suspects who had reasons to want Eric dead. All of them--Eric's betrayed wife, his resentful sister, a bankrupted neighbor, a political adversary, and a cuckolded husband--are concealing secrets. But which one is also hiding the heart of a killer? As Leah navigates a maze of lies and alibis, each clue only deepens the mystery.

Leah becomes so enmeshed in saving Celia that when she begins to receive odd, anonymous messages, she attributes them to a fan with boundary issues. The county sheriff, who happens to be her boyfriend, isn't so sure. But as Leah works to prove Celia's innocence and bring the real killer to light, is a stalker waiting to close in for the final act?

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Praise for Susan Hunter and the Leah Nash mystery series:

"...flawless and satisfying." --Cynthia Hamilton, author of the Madeline Dawkins Mysteries

"...will leave readers breathless and ready for more." --LynDee Walker, bestselling author of Fear No Truth

[Leah]...encourages the reader to follow her wherever she goes, and I intend to do just that." --Laura Snider, author of Unsympathetic Victims

Author: Susan Hunter
Publisher: Severn River Publishing
Published: 06/03/2025
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781648756269

About the Author
Susan Hunter is a charter member of Introverts International (which meets the 12th of Never at an undisclosed location). She has worked as a reporter and managing editor, during which time she received a first place UPI award for investigative reporting and a Michigan Press Association first place award for enterprise/feature reporting. Susan has also taught composition at the college level, written advertising copy, newsletters, press releases, speeches, web copy, academic papers and memos. Lots and lots of memos. She lives in rural Michigan with her husband Gary, who is a man of action, not words. During certain times of the day, she can also be found wandering the mean streets of small-town Himmel, Wisconsin, looking for clues, stopping for a meal at the Elite Cafe, dropping off a story lead at the Himmel Times Weekly, or meeting friends for a drink at McClain's Bar and Grill.