{"product_id":"a-message-in-blood-9781642471977","title":"A Message in Blood","description":"A middle-of-the night phone call summons NYPD Detective Chiara Corelli and her partner, Detective P.J. Parker, to a politically sensitive murder scene. The victims--a U.S. Senator, the pastor of a mega church, and a self-made music industry billionaire--appear to have been killed during a sex orgy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pressure is mounting to cover up the circumstances. But Corelli and Parker are enraged by the words scrawled in blood on a mirror, and their hearts are broken by what they find hidden in a closet. Now the partners vow to find the killer and expose the unsavory lives of these men while seeking justice for the real victims in this case--the children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A Message in Blood \u003ci\u003eis book #3 in the Chiara Corelli Mystery Series\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaiorisi, Catherine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Catherine Maiorisi lives in New York City and often writes under the watchful eye of Edgar Allan Poe, in Edgar's Café near the apartment she shares with her partner, now wife, of thirty-eight years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the seventies and eighties while working in corporate technology then running her own technology consulting company, Catherine moaned to her artistic friends that she was the only lesbian in New York City who wasn't creative, the only one without the imagination or the talent to write poetry or novels, play the guitar, act, or sing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Since she found her imagination, writing has been like meditating for Catherine and it is what she most loves to do. But she also reads voraciously, loves to cook, especially Italian, and enjoys hanging out with her wife of thirty-nine years and friends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When she wrote a short story to create the backstory for the love interest in her two unpublished NYPD Detective Chiara Corelli mysteries, Catherine had never read any romance and hadn't considered writing it. To her surprise, \"The Fan Club\" turned out to be a romance and was included in the Best Lesbian Romance of 2014 edited by Radclyffe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Another surprise was hearing the voices of two characters, Andrea and Darcy, chatting in her head every night, making it difficult to sleep. Reassured by her wife that she wasn't losing it, Catherine paid attention and those conversations led to her first romance novel, \u003ci\u003eMatters of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Catherine has also had two mystery short stories published in the \u003ci\u003eMurder New York Style\u003c\/i\u003e Anthologies, \"Justice for All\" in Fresh Slices and \"Murder Italian Style\" in \u003ci\u003eFamily Matters\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An active member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America, Catherine is also a member of Romance Writers of America and Rainbow Romance Writers.","brand":"Bella Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50440091959570,"sku":"9781642471977","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d2837b6d-cabe-4975-bdc6-348f68ba28b0.jpg?v=1729657456","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-message-in-blood-9781642471977","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}