I Need You to Read This

CW: Intimate partner gaslighting and violence

Ho hum, another woman with a secret past who finds herself in danger when she investigates a murder. Yay for the FMC's gutsiness in making a new start in the Big Apple, and yay for her growing friendship with two middle-aged regulars at the corner diner, but boo for the plot resolution (FMC needs to be rescued not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES when her life is in danger).

I have to note that the FMC is hired to write a weekly advice column at a NYC newspaper, and offered an annual salary of $125,000 (plus benefits). Didn't realize this was a comedy as well as a mystery. And of course there is a banker who would rather be a novelist! Is this every current author's way of convincing their readers that their high powered corporate executive MMCs are really Good Guys?