East of Niece

Introduction

Excerpts:
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  • Prologue
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  • Chapter One
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  • Chapter Two
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  • Chapter Three
    An Interview with the Author

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    Randye Lordon East of Niece
    A Sydney Sloane Mystery

     
    By Randye Lordon



    New York City private investigator Sydney Sloane has pretty much seen it all -- shoot-outs, terrorists, crazed murderers -- and survived it all intact. Now she is forced to face her greatest fear, the one thing in the world that she hates the most: vacation. Cajoled by her lover Leslie Washburn into taking a much-needed break from New York and the detective business, Sydney reluctantly finds herself in France, intending only to visit with her niece, Vickie, lounge in first-class hotels, drink champagne, and avoid all semblance of work.

    But the quiet visit with Vickie isn't to be. In rapid succession, Sydney learns that her niece has married secretly, her husband Gavin's parents were just killed nearby in a suspicious car accident and the police are looking for Gavin, who, unfortunately, is nowhere to be found. Thousands of miles from home, in a country where she doesn't speak the language, Sydney finds herself in the midst of a murder investigation. Now it's up to her to find Gavin and unravel the complicated truth surrounding his parents' deaths and his own disappearance. But someone out there doesn't welcome her inquiries in the slightest, and time is swiftly running out for all of them.

    Randye Lordon is the author of five previous novels featuring Sydney Sloane, for which she was the winner of the Lambda Literary Award and a finalist for the Shamus Award. She lives in Amagansett, New York. Visit her Web site at www.randyelordon.com.

     

    Sounds like a page-turner, right? Read more:

    • Excerpts from East of Niece
      • Prologue: On a French highway between Nice and Menton.
      • Chapter One: Reluctantly on vacation, Sydney and Leslie travel to Menton.
      • Chapter Two: In Menton, Sydney & Leslie arrange to meet up with Sydney's niece Vickie.
      • Chapter Three: Vickie's fiancee Gavin is missing when a knock at the door brings bad news.
    • The Randye Lordon Interview: The author talks about the role of family and humor in her mysteries.

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