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Madeline Carter #2
The Next Ex
The Next Ex by Linda L. Richards released on Nov 29, 2005 is available now for purchase.
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 2005
About the author
Linda L. Richards
18 books168 followersLinda L. Richards is the award-winning author of fifteen books. The founder and publisher of January Magazine and a contributing editor to the crime fiction blog The Rap Sheet, she is best known for her strong female protagonists in the thriller genre. Richards is from Vancouver, Canada and currently makes her home in Phoenix, Arizona. Her latest book, ENDINGS, was published by Oceanview Publishing in 2021. A PW starred review said that this “harrowing tale of love, loss, and the value of life is not to be missed.” A sequel, EXIT STRATEGY, was published May 2022 and DEAD WEST, the third novel in the series, will be published September 2023. Linda’s 2021 novel, ENDINGS, was recently optioned by a major studio for series production.
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June 12, 2017
Madeline Carter is a former stockbroker who moved to California to start over. She's asked to mentor the wife of a billionaire producer who wants to get into stock trading. The wife is murdered at a party and Madeline can't stop herself from investigating. Like a grown-up Nancy Drew she gets herself into all kinds of scrapes and manages to get out of them. I thought the mystery was pretty simple and the killer very obvious.
February 13, 2025
The third book in the Madeline Carter series.
Carter, a former stockbroker, is asked to mentor the wife of a rich producer. But when the wife is murdered at a party, she cannot help but get herself embroiled in the investigation to uncover the murderer. It’s a bit of a slow burner, but once it gets to the crux, as a reader you really won’t want to put it down.
Carter, a former stockbroker, is asked to mentor the wife of a rich producer. But when the wife is murdered at a party, she cannot help but get herself embroiled in the investigation to uncover the murderer. It’s a bit of a slow burner, but once it gets to the crux, as a reader you really won’t want to put it down.
December 18, 2018
A standalone and well written. I enjoyed it. Fast paced with believable characters.
March 30, 2023
I enjoyed this book - mystery, funny, sad - enjoyed the characters
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January 1, 2013Even by Hollywood standards, five is a big number if you're counting ex-wives.
Teaching an indulged rich wife to dabble in the stock market is the last thing former stockbroker Madeline Carter wants to do. But she's lived among the Hollywood elite just long enough to recognize the ubiquitous "favor for a favor" when she sees it, so she reluctantly agrees to tutor the current wife of "A" list film producer Maxi Livingston.
Up until a couple of days ago the only thing Madeline knew about Maxi was what she'd read in the tabloids. But she soon learns a whole lot more, including the fact that the current Mrs. Livingston has plans to build a nest egg for herself -- in the stock market. Interesting.
But "interesting" doesn't begin to cover it when Maxi's ex-wives are killed off one by one and Madeline finds herself in the middle of a scenario worthy of the most imaginative screenwriter -- where she is the prime suspect.
Madeline's new boyfriend is killed in her apartment because he was there finishing the floors, and she wasn't there. Maxi Livingston is guilt. He killed his girlfriend/partner years earlier and blocked her body up in a garden house to get her money.
Teaching an indulged rich wife to dabble in the stock market is the last thing former stockbroker Madeline Carter wants to do. But she's lived among the Hollywood elite just long enough to recognize the ubiquitous "favor for a favor" when she sees it, so she reluctantly agrees to tutor the current wife of "A" list film producer Maxi Livingston.
Up until a couple of days ago the only thing Madeline knew about Maxi was what she'd read in the tabloids. But she soon learns a whole lot more, including the fact that the current Mrs. Livingston has plans to build a nest egg for herself -- in the stock market. Interesting.
But "interesting" doesn't begin to cover it when Maxi's ex-wives are killed off one by one and Madeline finds herself in the middle of a scenario worthy of the most imaginative screenwriter -- where she is the prime suspect.
Madeline's new boyfriend is killed in her apartment because he was there finishing the floors, and she wasn't there. Maxi Livingston is guilt. He killed his girlfriend/partner years earlier and blocked her body up in a garden house to get her money.
January 14, 2013
The Next Ex takes place in the world of the movie business. The element that makes this book interesting is the involvement the main character has with the stock market and the mixing of the two ways of life. I enjoyed this book up until the ending.
August 14, 2013
2nd in a "series" or at least with the same main character. Really enjoyed the plot and the characters, with light, funny parts and darker, sadder parts too.
Still can´t believe the silly woman went into the dark crypt alone though...!
Still can´t believe the silly woman went into the dark crypt alone though...!
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March 13, 2012Ms Richards has created a relatable character in stock broker turned day trader Madeline Carter.
This is the second in the series - and I like it even better than the first
This is the second in the series - and I like it even better than the first
April 25, 2013
I guess this one gets 3 stars. In some ways it is good, but in others unsatisfying. Why the comments about Maxi nearby after the first murder? The ending feels too open in some ways.
July 4, 2013
Pronoun and homonym errors annoyed me. I just didn't find this story believable.
February 12, 2015
overall good story. some excessive detail about stock market, but added some interesting details. the ending seemed very abrupt and unsatisfactory.
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