West of Vengeance
(2025)(The second book in the Athena West Crazy Cozy Murder Mysteries series)
A novel by B T Gottfred and Dr Catherine Gottfred
Athena West’s second case drags her to Lake Giovanna, a hyper-wealthy gated town where brilliant, controversial film director Clarissa Pepper has been found murdered in the secret underwater sex suite beneath a long-shuttered restaurant.
Partnered with Detective Rowan Deere—too handsome, too earnest, and somehow just as emotionally wrecked as she is—Athena must navigate lake politics, hostile husbands, furious wives, and a suspicious ‘lovers list’ Clarissa kept on her office wall.
As she dives deeper into Clarissa’s messy life, Athena begins to suspect the real story isn’t just who killed her, but why so many people were willing to upend their lives to be near her.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Partnered with Detective Rowan Deere—too handsome, too earnest, and somehow just as emotionally wrecked as she is—Athena must navigate lake politics, hostile husbands, furious wives, and a suspicious ‘lovers list’ Clarissa kept on her office wall.
As she dives deeper into Clarissa’s messy life, Athena begins to suspect the real story isn’t just who killed her, but why so many people were willing to upend their lives to be near her.
Genre: Cozy Mystery