A Fatal Glow, Valerie Wilson Wesley
A Fatal Glow, Valerie Wilson Wesley
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A Fatal Glow

Author: Valerie Wilson Wesley

Narrator: Diana Blue

Unabridged: 7 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/20/2022


Synopsis

Sometimes even good luck can mean bad fortune. For Odessa Jones—reluctant psychic, part-time caterer, full-time realtor—an elegant affair turned deadly threatens her reputation, and her life . . .

Recently widowed Odessa Jones is sure the exclusive catering job she's scored from wealthy businessman Casey Osborne will propel her catering career into the big leagues. So when Dessa's pesky second sight warns her that Osborne is bad news, she ignores it. She wishes she hadn't when he drops dead at his brunch after sampling her homemade preserves. Osborne's death is declared a homicide. Dessa and the friends who helped her cook are considered suspects . . .

To clear her name and find the truth, Dessa delves into Casey Osborne's life. Everyone from his sinister business partner to his tormented ex-wife has reason to kill him—and the opportunity to do it. With the help of her spirited aunt, loyal coworkers, and mischievous cat Juniper, she desperately searches for answers. Until a second murder leads Dessa down a frightening path filled with insidious hidden agendas—and someone poised to change her life forever.

About Valerie Wilson Wesley

Valerie Wilson Wesley is the award-winning author of the Blackboard bestselling Tamara Hayle Mystery Series and the Odessa Jones Mysteries, as well as adult fiction, children's books, and paranormal romance (under the name Savanna Welles). She is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Excellence in Adult Fiction Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, the National Association of Black Journalists Griot Award, the Amigirls Book Club Author of the Year and the Literary Beacon Award from the national Go On Girls Book Club. A former executive editor of Essence® Magazine and Sisters in Crime board member, she is currently an artist-in-residence at the Cicely Tyson School of Performing Arts in East Orange, New Jersey. Wesley is a graduate of Howard University and holds master's degrees from the Bank Street College of Education and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. She is married to noted screenwriter and playwright Richard Wesley and has two adult daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mallory

I picked this one up without reading the first which is usually not a problem for me with cozy mysteries, but I think it prevented me from really connecting with the main character. I felt like there was a lot of potential with the amateur sleuth being an oddly psychically gifted young women who is......more

Goodreads review by Tina

Odessa Jones has a colorful personality. Very feisty and heartwarming. I enjoyed getting to know her. As well as the rest of the characters. Odessa's day job and her catering job were fun to read about. Most of the book of Odessa's cooking made my mouth water. Her gift of seeing glimmers kind of li......more

Odessa Jones is a delightful character and I've really come to enjoy the family she's created for herself. Seeing glows, or shimmers, is a gift Odessa is learning to live with, but it doesn't always work to her advantage. She's also a caterer who finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation......more