A Shimmer of Red, Valerie Wilson Wesley
A Shimmer of Red, Valerie Wilson Wesley
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A Shimmer of Red

Author: Valerie Wilson Wesley

Narrator: Diana Blue

Unabridged: 6 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/25/2023


Synopsis

With pandemic-fearing city dwellers fleeing to the New Jersey suburbs, Risko Realty—and Odessa Jones—are having their best year ever. Finally on solid financial footing, Odessa is debt-free and looking forward to the future. But she doesn't need second sight to sense her new young co-worker, Anna Lee, is on edge—and straight-up terrified—in spite of her hot sales record and sunny, outgoing attitude. And when Anna is killed in a hit-and-run, Odessa sees immediately that it was no accident . . .

It's soon clear that Anna was being stalked. But even with the help of family, friends—and Odessa's feisty cat, Juniper—Odessa is coming up with more questions than clues. Why was Anna avoiding influential real-estate mogul Emily Delbarton? Why is Delbarton's decidedly creepy brother so fixated on Anna? Did Anna make enemies through her previous job at the town's exclusive gentlemen's club? And can Odessa rule out her own ex-fiancé—who's back in her life with an astounding connection to Anna—and wanting a second chance? Finding the answers will come at an increasingly deadly cost—one Odessa's talents must somehow trap a killer to repay . . .

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 Penny

I have enjoyed all the books in this series including this one. While this one has a bit of a slow start, it does definitely pick up before long, probably right after the murder. Dessa is a great character, and she has lots to do being a caterer, a realtor, and an amateur sleuth. I love the eccentri......more

3.5 upped to 4 This is a good series and i like how the paranormal mixes with the mystery. I wasn't a huge fan of this instalment as it seemed more a domestic thriller than a cozy mystery. There's a lot of grief, drama and I think that the mystery took the backseat. I like Dessa and her aunts, it's an......more

Goodreads review by Connie

3.5......more

Goodreads review by Jerri

Odessa Jones is one of my very favorite amateur sleuths. In this book, Odessa must find the person who murdered a new colleague at the real estate firm where she works. Twists and turns and red herrings galore! Odessa has a secret weapon - she has the gift of "second sight" and can assess a person's......more