Curtain Call

by Jennifer AlLee, Lisa Karon Richardson

Overview

Emily Forbes longs to become a renowned opera singer. When it finally seems her dream is within reach, she dismisses her detective brother’s concerns and heads to New York City, where she lands the lead role in a production. While rehearsing, she meets an esteemed physician and psychologist named Samuel DeKlerk. The last name is familiar, and before long, she’s digging through the only case her brother never closed. At first put off by the newcomer prying into his past, Sam soon joins in the search, desiring to see his sister’s killer brought to justice. As Emily and Sam work to solve a case gone cold, mere tolerance for each other turns to mutual respect. Might love be waiting for them in the final act?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629110318
Publisher:	Whitaker House
Publication date:	02/21/2014
Series:	Charm and Deceit , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	729 KB

About the Author

Jennifer AlLee is a full-time writer who has published numerous short stories, devotions, and plays. She is also active in church drama ministries, one of her primary passions. She attended Concordia University–Irvine and is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, Romance Writers of America, the Christian Authors Network, and the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance. Her first series with Whitaker House, coauthored with Lisa Karon Richardson, is Charm & Deceit, comprising Diamond in the Rough, Vanishing Act, and Curtain Call. Jennifer lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, with her husband, Marcus, and their children. Readers may visit www.jenniferallee.com to find out more about her and her writing.
 
Lisa Karon Richardson has led a life of adventure, from serving as a missionary in the Seychelles and Gabon to returning to the States to raise a family. She graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts in theology from Indiana Bible College and is working toward a master’s degree in health law and jurisprudence at Loyola University. Her first series with Whitaker House, coauthored with Jennifer AlLee, is Charm & Deceit, comprising Diamond in the Rough, Vanishing Act, and Curtain Call. In addition to writing books, Lisa works as an area claims manager for Trinity Health, managing medical malpractice litigation for a major health system. She lives in Ohio with her husband and their two precocious children. Readers may visit her blog at www.lisakaronrichardson.com.
 

Editorial Reviews

04/15/2014
Although she only has one leg, Emily Forbes refuses to let that deter her from her dream of becoming a celebrated opera singer. Heading to New York City in 1868 against the advice of her detective brother, Emily lands a lead role. During a rehearsal she overhears someone discussing a name that she remembers from her brother's only unsolved murder case. Determined to find out who may have information that would help her sibling, she uncovers details that may solve the case. But Samuel DeKlerk, the brother of the murder victim, does not want a complete stranger poking into a very painful past. Still desperate to find his sister's killer, he forms a bond with Emily that just may lead to love. VERDICT The portrayal of a handicapped woman in the post-Civil War era makes for an unusual but authentic and hopeful story of faith and determination. This third series entry (after Diamond in the Rough and Vanishing Act) is a good choice for fans of light romantic suspense akin to novels by Sandra Brown or Amanda Quick.

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