Carol will be on tour in May/June with her historical mystery novel Willow Pond. Print books will be available to US/Canada residents. Please leave your mailing address below if you would like to review the book. Carol will also be available for a guest post or interview, and book excerpts can be provided. Please indicate all features you are interested in below. I will contact everyone chosen to participate. Thank you!
The Roaring Twenties crumble into the Great Depression, but Virginia Kingsley, New York’s toughest and most successful speakeasy owner, is doing just fine. Now that the world is falling apart, bootlegging is a flourishing business, and she’s queen of that castle.
Then her infant nephew is kidnapped. Her niece, Laura, and Laura’s philandering movie star husband, are devastated. The police have few leads, and speculation and rumors abound in the media circus that follows the celebrity abduction.
Only one reporter, Erich Muller, seems to care enough about the child’s welfare and the parents’ feelings to report the case responsibly. Over the course of the investigation, Erich Muller and Laura fall in love, but their relationship is doomed to failure since he suspects her beloved aunt Virginia is behind the kidnapping. Laura, jaded when it comes to men, sides with Virginia.
But Virginia has figured out the truth, and she can’t tell anyone for fear of losing her niece’s affections and having the police ransack her life. So she pursues her own investigation, shaking down, threatening, and killing one petty crook after another during her search.
Little Todd’s absence shapes everyone’s lives. When he is finally found, the discovery will bring disaster for some and revelation for others.
**Carol’s tour is now full. Thank you to everyone who signed up!**
I love her book’s story plot! And I’m curious about it! i’m so looking forward of reading this.. Thanks for sharing!
I’m so excited to read the full story of this “Willow Pond” by Carol Tibaldi… Thanks for sharing the review…