C L Tolbert

Broschiertes Buch

Sanctuary

A Thornton Mystery

Beschreibung

Emma Thornton is back in Sanctuary, C. L. Tolbert's third novel in the Thornton Mystery Series. This time, she's agreed to represent a former client accused of killing the leader of a suspicious cult in New Orleans. James Crosby, the charismatic leader of the Japaprajnas, is found dead one late afternoon, his body draped over an iron fence in the courtyard of the nineteenth-century house where he and several cult members work and live. Although they initially presumed the fall was an accident, police investigators quickly discover that James received a lethal dose of a drug before he was pushed from his office balcony. The next day the police discover a syringe and a substantial amount of the drug which killed James in Stacey Robert's bedroom. The nineteen-year-old cult member is brought in for questioning, which leads to her arrest. Emma, who had represented Stacey when she was a sixteen-year-old runaway, agrees to take the case. Convinced that she is innocent, Emma begins an investigation into the cult and its members. Emma's questions uncover dangerous secrets, illicit activities, and the exploitation of innocent victims. Emma's suspicions lead her to the killer's trail and the case's final resolution.

Autor

C.L. Tolbert grew up on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, a culturally rich, beachy stretch of land with moss covered oaks and unforgettable sunsets. Early in her career, she earned a Masters of Special Education and taught for ten years before entering law school at the University of Mississippi. Licensed in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Georgia, C.L. practiced law for thirty-five years, concentrating on insurance defense, and corporate litigation. She also had the unique opportunity to teach at Loyola Law School in New Orleans where she was the Director of the Homeless Law Clinic, and learned, firsthand, about poverty in that city. The experiences and impressions from the past forty years contribute to the stories she writes today. After winning the Georgia State Bar Association's fiction writing contest, C.L. developed the winning short story into the first novel of the Thornton Mystery Series, Out From Silence, featuring the Emma Thornton. In 2021 C.L. published a follow up novel, The Redemption, a mystery set in New Orleans, which Kirkus Reviews called an "engaging and unpredictable whodunit." C.L.'s love of New Orleans and murder mysteries continues in Sanctuary, the third book in the Thornton Mystery series. C.L. lives in Atlanta with her husband and schnauzer, Yoda. She has two children and three grandchildren.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Level Best Books
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9781685121464
• ISBN-10: 1685121462
• Artikelnr.: 64368986