Novella - 44.1644° North Mystery, LGBTQ Mystery, Private Investigator
JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.
Feb, 12, 2023
Kindle
147
Amazon
The decades-old disappearance of twenty-one-year-old teaching student Deirdre Duncan is the Holy Grail for true crime buffs—and Skylar Brennan, the host of the Ugly Town podcast, is no exception. In fact, on the mean streets of the internet, he’s considered an expert on the case. (In law enforcement circles, he’s viewed as just another crackpot internet sleuth.)
Every February, the remote New Hampshire village of Woodlark is the site of a candlelight vigil for Deirdre. Family, friends, and “supporters” of the long missing girl, gather at the spot where she was last seen. This is Skylar’s first vigil, and his fans are excited, but maybe not as excited as the person who’s been anonymously emailing him coordinates to what this poison pen pal claims is Deirdre’s grave.
Review by Gloria Lakritz
Review Chair for the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
Thank you Josh Lanyon for this quick simply engrossing novella. Not that I would not read a 500 pager you could write but this came as I had some down time and as always your mysteries always keeps me invested!
The premise is an easy one to wrap your head around as the news is filled with this sort of thing almost daily. The enigma of a young girl disappearing is no longer sensational journalism. But just sometimes some carry it further as did a small town in a New Hampshire village on the anniversary of Diedre O’Donnell’s disappearance almost 20 years ago.
We meet Skyler Brennan going to his first ‘vigil’ . Sky hosts a podcast and is considered another crackpot amateur sleuth among the hundreds who are attending….But someone has sent him a message with coordinates to what he thinks is Diedre’s grave.
This story kept me guessing who the baddies were till the end…..I loved it….
