A gripping psychological suspense set in 1995 (Steel City Mysteries Book 1)

In the 24-hour news cycle, the first casualty is the truth.

Jessica Greer knows how to deliver a killer review. She never expected one to ruin her life.

“A great whodunit—I haven’t read one this good in quite a while.”

“Twisted plot, strong characters, and answers that deliver.”

“This intriguing mystery with its unexpected twists will keep readers guessing till the very end.”

When Pittsburgh theater critic Ted Harvey steals Jessica’s job at City News, she thinks humiliation is the worst thing she’ll suffer that day.

But before lunch is over, Ted collapses from ricin poisoning.

The FBI sees an angry former employee with a motive. The media sees a mentally unstable woman tailor-made for a headline. Suddenly Jessica’s private history is leading every broadcast in Pittsburgh.

As suspicion closes in, Jessica must navigate a city of newsroom rivalries, artistic grudges, and buried secrets stretching back decades. But in a world built on narrative spin, every new clue raises a more dangerous question:

What if Jessica can’t trust her own memory either?

Set in the media-frenzied 1990s, The Critic is a darkly atmospheric psychological suspense novel about reputation, obsession, and the stories people tell when they want a woman destroyed.

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