Elegy in Scarlet: A Scott Drayco Mystery Elegy in Scarlet: A Scott Drayco Mystery
Scott Drayco

Elegy in Scarlet: A Scott Drayco Mystery

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Publisher Description

What if a large part of your past turned out to be a lie?


Crime consultant Scott Drayco is already in the middle of a possible career-ending legal battle when word comes that his mother, who disappeared 30 years ago, is very much alive — and charged with murder. With Drayco’s father washing his hands of the matter and police convinced the woman is guilty, everyone tells him he should just walk away from the case and let the chips fall where they may.


Except, Drayco finds he can’t leave it alone and is obsessed with uncovering the truth: Is his mother really a killer? Where has she been all these years? And why did she suddenly leave her husband and children to vanish without a trace?


Investigating the murder victim’s colleagues, Drayco learns there are plenty who wanted the man dead, including a shadowy stalker who seems to have a mysterious connection to Drayco’s mother. As he wades hip-deep into secrets, lies, and cons, he begins to question if the case is all just part of an elaborate scam ... where the only one being fooled is Drayco himself.


The Scott Drayco mystery series has been honored by the American Independent Writers, Maryland Writers Association, named Best Mystery in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, and been a finalist for the Shamus and Silver Falchion Awards.


The complete chronology of the Scott Drayco series for reading in order is:


Played to Death

Requiem for Innocence

Dies Irae

Elegy in Scarlet

The Suicide Sonata

Deadly Dance

Melody of Murder

Fatal Fugue


PRAISE FOR BV LAWSON'S NOVELS:


"Worth putting on your reading list." - The Library Journal


"Lawson's protagonist is greatly compelling." - Publishers Weekly Booklife Prize


"A well-plotted mystery with wonderfully drawn characters." - Long and Short Reviews


"Lawson’s book was so good, I read it twice from beginning to end." - Readers Favorite Reviews

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2016
October 29
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
332
Pages
PUBLISHER
BV Lawson
SELLER
Draft2Digital, LLC
SIZE
394.6
KB

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It would have been nice to have finished it. But after the sample and I bought it away it went. I would have purchased it again but I couldn’t do that either.

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