The Friday Night Mystery Club — Joanna Campbell Slan

Decatur, Illinois/1986 - A nasty divorce leaves Cragan Collins with a mountain of bills and her grandmother to support. She takes a job as an ad salesperson for The Gazette. The market is tough, but Cragan finds a mentor in business reporter, Robert Smithson. One icy January day, Robert is found dead in a city park. His murder is dismissed as gay-on-gay crime. Cragan asks The Friday Night Mystery Club to find justice for Robert. Will Cragan's quest for the truth land her on the obituary page?Review ~ Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Elaine Viets started her career as a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She was a longtime popular media figure in St. Louis and a regular columnist for the newspaper for twenty-five years. As an ex-reporter, I can tell you that Joanna really nailed newspaper politics. And I loved her description of the big press in action!