Equalizer: A Lisa Powers Crime Fiction Novella

by Laurie Fagen

Ambitious and impulsive.Young radio reporter Lisa Powers has a nose for news, but sometimes makes reckless decisions when it comes to covering the crime beat.Lisa reports on a shocking homicide that halts a white-collar money-laundering trial, but finds herself facing down the killer. She hunts for the murderer of a Jane Doe found in the desert decades ago that may have something to do with a Native American moccasin maker.There’s a smell of death in her “Haunted Hallows” mystery theatre podcast, leading to yet another mystery to be solved.Equalizer is an action-packed novella and prequel to Laurie Fagen’s debut crime fiction novel, Fade Out.

61 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 8, 2016

About the author

Laurie Fagen is thrilled to present "Raw Image," book #1 in a new mystery thriller series: "Behind the Lens" mysteries, released Oct. 15, 2025. It features TJ Banks, a hardened freelance TV news reporter/videographer who is growing weary of her career covering major crimes and traumatic accidents. Her passion is to bring down child and women sex traffickers. When she uncovers a deep web cyber network of traffickers and corrupt government officials taking migrant children at the border, she risks her life to expose the abhorrent perpetrators.
Fagen’s first crime fiction novel series “Behind the Mic Mysteries” includes "Equalizer," “Fade Out,” “Dead Air,” "Deadly Misfire," and "Bleeder," available in e-book, print and audiobooks, which includes Fagen’s narration with professional actors, sound effects and original music.
Fagen is a former radio, commercial, cable television and print journalist, and published a community newspaper in Arizona.
A “writer by habit,” she has also penned musical stage productions, corporate video, documentaries, magazines and murder mystery plays.