Homebody: A Toni Credella Baltimore Mystery (Toni Credella Mysteries Book 1)
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Finding a cheap apartment in this city can be murder. Dyslexic decorator, Toni Credella, accidentally shot her abusive cop husband. Broke and wracked with guilt, she needs new digs. When she finds a place in a great neighborhood that’s a steal, she grabs it. Just one catch. A young woman had been murdered there only three months earlier.
Before Toni can unpack, she’s caught up in the puzzle of her predecessor’s life and death. Her lawyer friend, Randall, warns her to get out of that fatal apartment. But Toni has learned enough about its last victim to want retribution for her. Finding justice for victims of senseless brutality becomes a mission for Toni.
As she investigates the murder-with the help of an attractive police detective, Gus O’Dell, she discovers that no one is above suspicion. Toni realizes that if she can’t identify the killer soon, she’ll be the next to die. Complex, witty Toni takes the reader on a roller coaster ride of suspense that doesn’t end until the last page. Pick up this book and you won’t want to put it down.
Praise for this book
Thomas S. Inge
5.0 out of 5 stars Read this if you're a true fan of suspense.
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2020
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Toni Credella rents an apartment previously rented by a young murder victim. The ghost of the dead woman appears to be urging Toni to bring her killer to justice. While attempting to do so, one of Toni's neighbors is murdered and another one is shot. Toni herself receives a threat that her own life is in danger. We are introduced to a number of characters who appear to be friendly and helpful to Toni, but are any of them simply deceiving her and actually wanting to take her life instead?
Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2020
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This is a very suspenseful story that features Toni Credella, a gutsy young woman who manages, despite her struggle with dyslexia, to solve the murders of two tenants in her apartment building. Her journey takes her to seedy neighborhoods, a major university, and the oddest of antique stores. A history of shooting and killing her abusive cop husband forces her to deal with resentful, hostile members of the police force. Overcoming these obstacles, she takes the reader on an exciting ride. Highly recommended.