Double Take: A Madison Kelly Mystery

A 2022 SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD Nominee

When a young journalist goes missing in sunny San Diego, P.I. Madison Kelly learns the true price of knowing too much.

It's a perfect San Diego fall--cool and crisp with bright blue skies. But not everything is right in the sunny idyll dubbed America's Finest City. Young journalist Barrett Brown has been missing for a week, and her boyfriend hires private investigator Madison Kelly to find her. Right away, Barrett reminds Madison of a younger version of herself: smart, ambitious, and a loner.

As she launches her investigation, Madison realizes that Barrett's disappearance is connected to a big story she was chasing--and she sets out to walk in Barrett's footsteps to trace her whereabouts. As the trail grows colder, things begin to heat up between Madison and Barrett's boyfriend. But he doesn't seem to be telling everything he knows, and Madison gets the feeling that her every move is being watched. What dirty secrets lie at the heart of Barrett's big lead?

If Madison can't get to the bottom of the case in time, she could be in line to become the next victim.

Author: Elizabeth Breck
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Published: 10/12/2021
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781643857664


Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2021
Publishers Weekly 08/23/2021
Library Journal 10/15/2021 pg. 1

About the Author
Elizabeth Breck is a state of California licensed private investigator. A native Californian, she had read Harriet the Spy twenty times by the time she was nine, so it was no surprise when she grew up to become a PI. She has worked mainly in the field of insurance investigations, making her the real-life version of Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone. In 2013 she went back to school, earning a bachelor's degree in Writing, summa cum laude, from the University of California San Diego. She writes the Madison Kelly Mystery Series, thrilling mysteries set against the coffee houses and surfer culture of San Diego. The first book in the series, Anonymous, came out to critical acclaim in 2020, and Double Take is being released on October 12, 2021. She lives with a black Labrador named Hubert who is her best friend.