Murder Beyond Words

by Julie Christensen

During a heat wave in New York City, a literary agent is murdered in her Brooklyn apartment. Across the hall in 3B, aspiring writer Ruby Neptune finds herself sucked into the murder investigation of a neighbor she barely knew and didn’t really like. The agent seems to have known her killer, as there was no forced entry. Ruby slowly discovers that many of her neighbor’s friends had strong reasons to want her dead. Determined to find the killer, Ruby puts her own life on hold, which upsets her closest friends, one of whom suspect that her new boyfriend is capable of the murder. As the list of suspects narrows, it hits uncomfortably close to home and Ruby finds herself lying to friends and even putting aside her writing career to solve the case. But will Ruby be able to identify the killer before she becomes the next victim?

Genres: Mystery

255 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 6, 2011

About the author

Julie Christensen writes YA and MG contemporary fiction and is represented by Allison Remcheck at Stimola Literary Studio. She has also indie-published several adult books, including three Ruby Neptune mysteries: "Murder Beyond Words" "Murder with Art," and "Murder at a Private School."

Julie is from New York, studied art at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and has lived in Barcelona, Albuquerque, and Omaha.

She is @JulieChristens7 on Twitter and blogs infrequently at julielivingthedream.blogspot.com

Reviews

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book. It was easy to read and entertaining. I thought I had the mystery solved half way through the book but I was wrong which made it more interesting and less predictable than I originally thought.

[Nancy]

Ruby Neptune, aspiring writer who lives in Brooklyn, is startled to learn that her neighbor across the landing is a literary agent. The agent is killed and Ruby tries to find the killer. Along the way she finally gets a big advance on her book. The murderer was a famous writer who the literary agent was going to publicize. That would have been a nightmare for the writer since he plagiarized some of his early books.

[Wanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

thoroughly enjoyed this book. I started reading it today to kill some time in the afternoon. Came back to it this evening and read the rest of the book in one go. I'll definitely be looking for the next book in this series.

[Steve · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pleasant mystery read. The plotting is a bit loose, but the writing is clean and the characters are entertaining. For $2.99 on the Kindle, a nice buy.

[Warrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Michele · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book. Highly recommend