Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Unfold the Evil: An NJ Mystery (NJ Mysteries Book 2)
Unfold the Evil: An NJ Mystery (NJ Mysteries Book 2)
Unfold the Evil: An NJ Mystery (NJ Mysteries Book 2)
Ebook447 pages6 hours

Unfold the Evil: An NJ Mystery (NJ Mysteries Book 2)

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Reporter Natalie Joday's career is at a crossroads. She thought she'd seen the last of cops and courtrooms, but if she agrees to join the Bergen Evening Star's crime bureau, foul play and forensics will be her daily fare. Natalie puts off the decision by getting involved in a newsroom mystery: who is sending letters filled with riddles and signed simply "Enigma" to the Star's elderly (and easily rattled) advice columnist? It's just a game to Natalie and her psychologist friend, Rebecca Elias, until the solution points to the murder of an alcoholic bankrupt, a man whose political career was ruined by the Star twenty years earlier.

When she finds the body of a second victim, Natalie's mind is made up: whoever it was that burned off the dead man's face must pay. And fast—because a rival paper, The Bugle, is having a field day blasting the Star's owners as murder suspects on its front page. While her sometime friend Sgt. Geoff Allan tries to drag the truth from Myra Vandergelden, the Star's glamorous CEO and editor in chief, Natalie sets out to track down Enigma among the political bigwigs and power brokers of New Jersey.

The situation comes to a head at a local Meet the Candidates event, when Natalie gets the chance to ask questions of her chief suspect. But can she get a politician to tell the truth? And will there be a paper left to work for if she does?

LanguageEnglish
Release dateNov 4, 2014
ISBN9781615954810
Unfold the Evil: An NJ Mystery (NJ Mysteries Book 2)
Author

Ellen Larson

Ellen Larson writes mystery fiction, science fiction, and mainstream fiction. Her short stories have appeared in Yankee Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (2010 Barry Award finalist), Big Pulp, Bloodroot, and Stoneslide Corrective. She is the author of the NJ Mysteries (Poisoned Pen Press 2013, 2014; "Sturdy prose and diverting sub-plots" -Library Journal), The Measure of the Universe (Savvy Press 2000; "Engaging weekend read for language lovers" -Booklist) and In Retrospect (Five Star 2013; "Carefully crafted" -starred PW, "A cleverly structured mix of science fiction and mystery" -Booklist, "Twisty plot" -Kirkus). A New Jersey native, Larson lived for seventeen years in Egypt, where she discovered a love of cultures not her own. These days she splits her time between an island off the Gulf Coast of Florida and an off-grid cabin in upstate New York, enjoying the solitude.

Read more from Ellen Larson

Related to Unfold the Evil

Related ebooks

Mystery For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Unfold the Evil

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Unfold the Evil - Ellen Larson

    ' fbook_preview_excerpt.html}ےǑ$Fu2^ $MEUEU%;oKO~d9Uݍ3بʌq㞟?af/ؗX|.];^-?cUUŦxmێ~]X|ujM9N? n~_쏟~/x^U5}b7Wwmх~,m1ˡUU^cʹb>n(׎}BU a. u9ͱض}u%'kOG}_(};k,U.uo'Ў!8㾝F$]_C6E 3]7hW=4P6c€uB^|K!ւ+0>A ָk{Lhs(B/`,„4r=r:Ж|&pH?}Z|uU]vݎ U(wptպ]teemǯ;;/fz<,p:{!?]~2n~UWo3?mxknUܿK{7קoǾ_}Nc_wmo(|C}W>>oX=4_!VݾX~[Ǿՙ~{_s>5&݌G#+]8]0>.x~G/>.ǥѯtGd/QR|ΗW?2 !И MmPJJ>ԯ]+5,sɊK_mؿah`ahvS˫?%5.Bw6k^%F8j2c-2V0C*= H]]QŻUfPEW>~QŪ-7Xv].~j'>=&LaPϫ -F#'bwm{sy0g|ve@Olܷ&@>VPf]CU}͆P^0_~ưTW;}S6ǘ빬_baoCY-κ=^tjjF探n@ϊ^X2 =1~zQʾJ_wG j;>GG戳#0;( 󋯾T^O/r/6=5wE0&MU CSI\J,[ M{U\*ГUz>Zw8oocqpx{qkX>enxU|6=7-lKsܷuZ:$ r BOl%sic9rgwƼ}X߰&LVu++~8brd^- A0C!7崫`M`1MEkMcl.2ԥ28RHN8i*tl&Afׁw])>>i{=n(v@=oTPN7bu L!j0AUa6Ox)515(X2_X^ a[c[ݵD /sŭEq0h}91wy=ѯ^1z 5,jJĚ48U]6$ ϶hq罐( {˯uߵ]:KM"e;߅Opx~f`lҤP0>/_ŝHW~r=q1wO߷p:nh|ήY(1qOfA}Ć .IS_R/=!?+. u4Ec6 0%Ʉ (@m6yYF>c\b.wG HeûwHqݶP?m!P'X/W8ŷoRRsw=toK4=vNPύ֬pLLf3OjLX h,mZĴ˔'ښR.ϟ}צxKo˿KaMFKMu_^%jJdm؜d6Y3#/; ́MapҰꯉk7[XKy)w#|/nGl L8݁=k3 CD RP,Ga½ҧ5ab Pm7kgyNce񢽵# ܬqIWo@%(p[Xd]*<);-@ LZa@cYTGpzi:sud\LhtۯV#da#p# { )(X׃i OR)=mnĎ[TG*OT5ǴR[7/ eg`ۭ`ƾHϘJz"6˶{r *|~::XMvF_an:}qnT JZlEVrF<,g<)0[R&=C%ؿkbB]QBZ<~v]Xu1:ni&:j{̗nL/mmMƝӆ_y#S}P,@UO3@q,Lg@{im&s&@24魐F_ŝR:"vvZRHT0u}Ul|CHh,V:JLM'5b1e8澹xI,<+{3KLI4} -8J5D5y@EP\3бz5r/dՀ1=8LZKuOzi)pXeµ)\J]ʎSoSMdO'Ą*9{8kk#]3&@)&0GvWX%#CJX[gv @ qDErpܸ"TNB+4E f8}uɝfӦEd+AUۿ3KA#al;6t8^h5 2\LXHɕvd,y0xKU$)ش'22£`Ue6i"#H%$x$7,mrfvMqjVD4BkݒWϿ@v 誚ޔ1(HO~wdAܖ*`/ {&WFҲG؆2 Besh竚 BrFNGBZ1$Ւ~ cP(-hqeH8\edā)e4QB2X.7=0- F7Npq﨨X:[iX5A^1 Sϸ3?Qh^+}o8ˍBCwXH%E+VCVMT7&&8ǦRD{ xz1+O֧mSL{񅴷Eu|X7|bK0l~< KЉ¯GO-:Ia]p=ITںˆ}F|*W>k ;g.Bg2 L J(1b[+ȏ&XmccAGnRʊw}upuvORVR&?Uxgt,5٬荶-(o}4e e:,,pxDU}Ec8+G,78FDqkZҴ3DˆkqRu|",pa?sC˚82%6$>u5C-d;? zxmƪJ%=#Zxʓ&msUTaxCRimxt;~1=*T٢PlѸslKIOM5 r4fV+MvÐ#-_?`<ә6gnat`o_3^||c' O1#T{/c~ɖ%mn.͔ ,D;HI0U? )!ۙm$bU^$9ƾUܶLXupIPvPBR(QrLr@m,'xL|#ʅede~h8lX ocGn9a G7O y;`2'H R(+TCey7c;cqNSl*"nk79`C鐛FB{:$£g%L5skTVc"ú)ƍE]9@n Ѥ,Q#͂zФZ#"UT]x .͘@>$MgK0WRRdV>*F͞E}W|Bi!~sZHw?munFZ# \Ep~VsT[;(Ea:Z8tb`&ү抨?>}z) i3N6Z פeDH_x,cEvӲ* sPxr 5⓫=$ޖ9L `]"T6nӸM 4Oc@R @m)SmLLV?a vtFgNrJ 7im: 7}T4'6{<-#' +~#ïr1Kp^Kal KHe!;R#WK~UA 7P*P>uu@rc5ve`/˳)d6lVkAjqr+b寕YY(~VL}ShڻPMdv+]3Ia.4}ai ɫTI*`.򚚔ě1N uG~|(@zy+/L:_{軷eV%yDy.jES>;XEȚގ[$B,K?3HG<<̳0[?ɮ iYEwUS*;ng.Y NR+2lwrlj*g7bKtFQWQRSOWc<"PRx..uH5bDnRM뜙X%ZJӟaX5k1P7"*2ю֕/:_AҰtzRʶ%"ɿt~Riah1.ظ8`g rԭ\*7+L8AVdJ&[F8{0.f*{"kvFQ;[S Yq:}9 )s60UK0*-4)V$#Vnr̵ӅhųE\O3vL%wk0Ww{l[Y׸]@f`iWIWXi۶cy)0BՒԍe-Qϲ{\@ ,QB1D$v4TT32g:c2 zr"fuPłkBdMB,+byK$ CٻZTذ{J9;}TFd R',f"Ia翲YJ Df T^%fE<&S2Si=Oyëֳ?,q~Xs#t#{W+ƾ7k'?m{Oj1ʬ0/*>O-Q| 1挟ɖ+ELܸRO)DVCpC|I'¾:fh[Iss_\ kU3zU|k +"{qpz9`k[U>Pij9\ޒA{M1zC7X+w*AE6̠[LL*qmH,_~2.%T,#;1ҋyѹb2CuV 4kk AgixLibq]N>[Z.%zg Xp×*YZP'Ie3e+ N).?&H0o!ZѫԚ-shi*)-d<㪬rNSGnO}k L`o)3Rzڵ2~̶<@dBQ6@T`]Ƭ_b];OKzC ֤Xn"X[~M5oxGoJk$/)1bm[GwNDp߯rWHB֜֩]33y$nU2RJN]ywQ3C cj6>$YV;'S.U oO(ÆT.=Nc=5|a :=̄<ĒX Qc/ EB3~}Xʰ.sX>9p!̵`6э7_4G,8JFe#Rit7f˒%s9OxwYo=u)3/z춰P,TʣrJ4NPD+s"wQEShܶ.Mni+)^MK9'PzY.IȀhӷvH$`Iv  `kb%g`4TVCƀ&Ws0M)XOת-}Hʓj{MVqqNYi&u\ ZV fִ)B UYv2:T[o (g$G`R;V?[:̩s]be*uKLī'i܎_NMKi ;S1-}>$ ovQxؾ(A5)/lB2M[rYa_Ȋ9'7Q r~iI1a`8\$oF{M)Nyի; Xkj{20$]H bP&wۨ"=gbQ0H<@Lr5`g*oؾS*b/2 G fJƓ :i蘢::x_NZ gvxޘSVXC,muõj̎#Ol r2~O#1Pl״NVŦ)3X %F@W# fWXBYWzއN;c^вv;OOY/DfFs[27Z(ߠrÕ#)XҺĽ9ܬ SJnWZޟG_3-q g}\~66~fڦcR;`0Ňz_A<3ou:^ g%(ZxV&U6)x4srYrdi~Գgbдyd SbPm2Ϊٴ ^`Jb7NPsck'ńw0+Si^1gh*-i}jbk.Fo̮Zv3㢽ZwKrs;hդh"]OHsxyٍ\mE_?+}Ճb Z+c[gՏx:>:126(CL}}qSn\Fő%zlbU/nAۇ_qu4̲-SdTlTܩY u~;FM¡>B[3ڶ~>*pi7b E|7GfBsf^!:b[TƳdgʕΊOn e˦`QYM$"ȦF)K.k 9L*P_O$pԘ(5g?N^5z>rosr@W_M:΅p5bF r, rs$mvy׽XT;|MO!WaxOiٟ*&D?{}Ґd̃E3݋|LWATΩd/޻~^.72 Mfɓ1w?B'u/v'0,!Frr}c.ZJq!d-V,+'eMnKtQR c@N[^zdɧ ҥQ |~1t:2 S?ԻY=ȝSK!Zs9M~h REPraXLVI",c0q;HoRS™SUt)e<L47_|c &H.F!w48.N4XM›%U;`oly{5(cFJo6[6+Sv.MIVܘE Jz~7 ,;-BXD;]>BㆳXDu73VT=R 鐚-4m'xj6g+fLXzAS:ɉrd)-v$< MrHAI}8b30S[_8\[ #y yha/݇gq])x]^КIֱ6.psZ[JT" @z-uaq[INnZw\R[ >"{ȑ0ڜZXn ?q7 6)(%XTEECg7YKfqkbc_:b |ߠtEWmz {J([d,9%w)jMf' _z/N C4Z0 УZGX ٕ:SM?PGn8OD>lS-X$rsѶT[_0W4Jw&Naw-3֣ '\ kx!6ʹ8)8L6wik/Ⱥϻ  e`=ʯeO)za⟸] ceCf``XZHGzZiӛYoNٚL^Ŷߋfw/Y;{l4&t1Zx2]:;N L?njTP<\t;D{y)lF0\[2 ` jgMLF\VB^=XweZNT-2lw{OO^`4ZPxTFŔ2Xs[PsCYh-=鹋u({0/0δlظasE[+'+wYT$c,7[`{J3"ۣHccU|-yDi qR{`/x;/Zp;_[lo@32q>1b6W9oy7b*v푼6bH/&)ʚDr.v]Y%- Ug'< zodKO 1" 5GMɼ> 5WMo/YWhÅx'to@6u^ZE٧w0P%m,>TfQDju& b/NlㇻiA|1+9ŘL"Nܰ9^C[!w1ި{+jeYc{:''= A.ayљR+`CjޟKV/wK;r]Ɛ~` B|' *{(R%Tbp_FjPudvmřz]x׽^^&LR A%#IocS.Q"~`?Ol5,I ?|>
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1