Authorpreneur Dashboard – Kathleen Kaska
Murder at The Driskill
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Another hotel; another murder; another Sydney Lockhart mystery. Changes are happening fast and furious for reporter Sydney Lockhart and her detective boyfriend, Ralph Dixon. No sooner than they open their new detective agency, a high-profile case walks through the door. Stringer Maynard, an influential Austin businessman, wants business partner/brother-in-law, Leland Tatum, investigated before Tatum’s campaign for governor begins. Seems Tatum has been keeping company with an avant-garde crowd whose activities might jeopardize his chances of winning the election. Maynard invites Sydney and Dixon to the famous Driskill Hotel for Tatum’s formal campaign announcement. Before they even meet the candidate, a gunshot sends them hurrying into the next suite where they discover Tatum has been shot and killed. Suddenly their professional services turn to a murder investigation. As the suspect list grows, Sydney acquires an unwanted partner Lydia LaBeau, a twelve-year-old daughter of one of the potential murderers. To assist Sydney in clearing her father’s name, Lydia dresses up like Sherlock Holmes and begins to collect her own bag of evidence. Although much to Sydney’s annoyance, Lydia proves to be the smarter detective.
Book Bubbles from Murder at The Driskill
Chapter One
It's past midnight. Sydney is on a new case; one that takes her into the dark alleys in downtown Austin, Texas. The year is 1953 when most women would not be alone on the streets and in the bars on the seedy side of town, but Sydney is not most women. The bad guy she is chasing ducks into a warehouse and disappears. The person who does appear is twelve-year-old Lydia. She's dressed in organdy and lace, wearing patent-leather shoes and standing next to a guillotine. She listening to Billie Holiday. From that moment on, life for Sydney is not the same.
