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The Critic

(2026)
(The first book in the Steel City Mysteries series)
A novel by

 
 
DISCOVER THE PROPULSIVE, DARKLY ATMOSPHERIC NEW THRILLER THAT WILL KEEP YOU GUESSING UNTIL THE VERY LAST PAGE.

An ambitious critic wants her life back. But her rival has just been poisoned. The FBI is at her door. And she has a terrifying gap in her own memory . . .

Pittsburgh, 1995. Jessica Greer has exactly one enemy worth hating: the theater critic who just stole her column. She never wanted him dead. But when he collapses in the newsroom from a lethal dose of ricin, the timing couldn't look worse.

Suddenly she's all over the news. Not as a writer. As the prime suspect.


With every piece of physical evidence pointing straight at her, the FBI begins to circle. Worse, someone is feeding her private life to the press. Within hours, her past trauma and deepest psychological vulnerabilities are splashed across the evening news, turning her into the country's newest sensation: The Mail Murderess.

The harder Jessica fights to expose the real mastermind, the tighter the trap closes.

And Jessica’s nightmare is only just beginning.

Because as the media builds its case and the authorities close in, Jessica is left confronting the dark, inexplicable gap in her own mind from the night of the murder. To clear her name, she must untangle a massive conspiracy — while running from a question she is terrified to answer:

What if they’re right?

A gripping, fast-paced psychological thriller packed with twisting betrayal, perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects, Lisa Jewell, and the relentless, edge-of-your-seat tension of Caleb Stephens.

Set against the gritty, nostalgic backdrop of 1995 Pittsburgh, this addictive suspense novel will make you question the fallibility of memory and how easily an innocent life can be dismantled.

Readers are OBSESSED, FIVE STARS:

‘๐‘‚๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ'''๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐ผ'๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’.’

‘๐‘‡โ„Ž''๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™ ''๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’'''๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘“ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘!’

‘๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ'''๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘š๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘’.’



Genre: Mystery

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