The Socialite's Guide to Murder
The Socialite’s Guide to Murder (A Pinnacle Hotel Mystery)
by S. K. Golden
About The Socialite’s Guide to Murder
The Socialite’s Guide to Murder (A Pinnacle Hotel Mystery)
Historical Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – New York City, 1958
Crooked Lane Books (October 11, 2022)
Hardcover : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 1639101764
ISBN-13 : 978-1639101764
Digital ASIN : B09Q7XM28Y
The hotel was her refuge, but scandal is afoot—and a killer stalks the halls in this charming series debut perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen and Ashley Weaver.
It’s 1958 and Evelyn Elizabeth Grace Murphy has not left the Pinnacle Hotel in fourteen months. She suffers from agoraphobia, and what’s more, it’s her father’s hotel, and everything she needs is there. Evelyn’s always been good at finding things, she discovered her mother dead in a Manhattan alleyway fifteen years earlier. Now she’s finding trouble inside her sanctuary. At a party for artist Billie Bell, his newest work is stolen, and Evelyn’s fake boyfriend (and real best friend), movie star Henry Fox, is accused of the theft. But just as Evelyn sets out to prove Henry’s innocence, she finds Billie Bell dead.
The murder weapon links the crime to the hotel’s chief of security. But why would he use a knife with his initials on the handle? With her beloved home in disarray, Evelyn joins up with hotel employee (and her secret crush) Mac Cooper to get to the bottom of the case.
As Mac picks locks and Evelyn snoops around the hotel, they discover the walls around them contain more secrets than they previously knew. Now, Evelyn must force herself to leave the hotel to follow the clues—but when she and Mac set off to chase a lead, their car crashes and they barely escape with their lives. Someone snipped Evelyn’s brake lines, and now the stakes have become dangerously high.
Evelyn’s knack for sleuthing—and her playful imagination—are always hard at work, and she throws an elaborate party at the hotel where every guest is a suspect. But will the killer emerge from the glamorous lineup? If not, Evelyn just might find herself…next in line for murder.
About S. K. Golden
Sarah K Golden is the author of the cozy mystery Murder at the Pinnacle Hotel. Born and raised in the Florida Keys, she married a commercial fisherman. The two of them still live on the islands with their five kids (one boy, four girls — including identical twins!), two cats, and a corgi named Goku. She graduated from Saint Leo University with a bachelor’s degree in Human Services and Administration and has put it to good use approximately zero times. She’s worked as a bank teller, a pharmacy technician, and an executive assistant at her father’s church. Sarah is delighted to be doing none of those things now. She is currently working on book two in the Evelyn Murphy series.
Q&A With the Author
What did you enjoy most about writing this book?
I love Evelyn. I knew when I started writing her, she wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea. She’s spoiled and nosy and anxious. But beneath that, she’s empathetic and generous and insightful. And she has a closet (and a budget!) that is complete and total wish fulfillment.
Do you have any other books you are working on that you can tell us about?
Book two in the Pinnacle Hotel Mysteries has been turned into my editor at Crooked Lane. I’ve seen the cover art and it is gorgeous! Beyond that, I’ve been fiddling with a contemporary mystery that has a heavy romantic subplot.
Can you tell us about what you have planned for the future?
I hope that I get to write about Evelyn finding murderers for a long time. I’m also interested in branching out into contemporary mysteries, romantic suspense, and books about literal monsters. Monsters are fun.
How long have you been writing?
I started writing when I was ten, actually. Pokemon fanfiction with a friend. So that was, um, twenty…ish years ago. We don’t need to do the exact math on that. I didn’t start attempting original fiction until college when I enrolled in a few creative writing courses, but those were all short form stories and poetry. I began writing original novels when my son was little, but I had trouble finishing anything. I didn’t complete my own novel length work until about five years ago. That was a crime caper that I wrote while at home with newborn twins. It got me an agent! But not a book deal. Still, I have a lot of love for that book.
Anything more you would like to say to your readers and fans?
Thank you so much for your support! I hope that you have fun reading about Evelyn and the Pinnacle Hotel. You can find me at skgoldenwrites.com.
Author Links
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