The truth can be deadly.
Shady Justice
by Rena Koontz
Genre: Thriller, Romantic Suspense
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Crime Reporter Rylee Lapiz is determined to discover who murdered
her best friend’s mother. When her confidential informant is also
brutally killed, panic hits her like a tsunami wave. Will she be the
killer’s next target?
It’s a horrifying fact that the
two homicides are linked, and she knew both victims. What connects
the socialite with the drug addict? Reporting these stories is no
longer merely an assignment, it’s a personal quest to avenge their
deaths. But uncovering the truth is dangerous. Dread drowns her in
denial as she delves deeper into the crimes. She’s terrified that
she might personally know a murderer.
Her dogged
investigation uncovers critical evidence the police overlooked. But
instead of listening, she’s astonished and frustrated when
detectives begin to suspect her. Is there anyone she can
trust?
Buy Shady Justice and follow Rylee Lapiz
as she navigates a treacherous landscape of deceit and betrayal in
search of the facts. Every reveal could be her last. Can she report
the truth before becoming the next victim?
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Rena Koontz is an award-winning author who was a career journalist. She writes about real events she covered as a news reporter in Pittsburgh, PA. and Cleveland, OH., weaving them into intriguing love stories. Her passions are her husband and her dog. Not necessarily in that order.
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GUEST POST
It really happened
Those of you just discovering me as an author don’t know that my brand for all my books is
“Real Crimes written into Great Love Stories.”
As a retired newspaper reporter, I covered all sorts of offenses, from petty burglaries to murders.
All my standalone suspense novels are loosely based on actual crimes I reported.
There’s the story about the arsonist loose in the city, and the night I rode shotgun with the fire
captain down the back alleys of the town scared out of my wits that we’d actually come upon
him starting a fire. He always set them after midnight. (Love’s Secret Fire).
And the story about a young woman targeted by thieves who takes matters into her own hands
is somewhat autobiographical, since I was the victim in that case (Thief of the Heart). Yeah, “we”
caught the guy.
Shady Justice is based on a true story as well. A revenge murder, if you will, when an unhappy
woman asked for a divorce and threatened to ruin her then-husband. The murder shocked the
town because the parties involved – there were more than one – were rather well known. I had
reported on one of them, actively involved in county politics and sitting on council in his own
community.
Suddenly, I was recounting his arrest and my photographer taking his picture with his hands
cuffed behind his back.
Names have been changed, of course. Let the dead rest in peace, I say. And why give the
criminals any more headlines?
Every book has a little romance woven in as well because, what’s life like without a little bit of
love? Or on my pages, some hot sex. I’m not revealing if those chapters are true or fiction.
You’ll have to read my books, get to know me, and decide for yourself.
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