"Confessions on the 7:45"

"Confessions on the 7:45" by Lisa Unger

Two strangers sit idly on a stalled train, sneaking 

forbidden alcohol, and passing time by sharing

intimate details about their lives. 

Selena is catching the late train home, after watching

a tell-all video in her office that stings, but fails to 

surprise. When she approaches the stunning beauty

who identifies herself as Martha, the two have an instant

connection. It's not long before Selena confides her suspicions

that unfaithful husband, Graham, is in an illicit relationship

with the efficient nanny. And Martha confesses she's

having a clandestine affair with the husband of her

cool, collected boss. At the end of another grueling

day, filled with disappointment, stress, and harsh reality,

two ladies find solace in one another. Daring, but 

certainly not dangerous. Or is it? 

"Don't you ever wish problems would just take care

of themselves?" asks the mysterious Martha. 

Days later , the loyal nanny disappears, and Selena's 

nagging uneasiness intensifies, as she recalls the subject

of conversation on that lonely 7:45 train. Coincidence,

or is there something far more sinister to their encounter?

This is the beginning of a twisted drama filled with

revenge, lies, and deception, proving that baring one's soul

sometimes has dire consequences A sizzling. steamy

psychological thriller that shrewd readers will relish as

they travel through a maze of characters with ulterior motives. 

 

"Three Single Wives"

"Three Single Wives" by Gina LaManna

Eliza Tate knows how to host a book club.

Keep the smooth, vintage wine flowing, invite a

famous, eccentric author, to engage in lively 

conversation, and toy with the notion of what it

would be like to commit murder.

Indeed, that evening does end with a dead body, but

the enticing story actually begins six months earlier,

where the reader is introduced to four individuals 

with a motive to plunge a knife into a victim so 

many wanted eliminated. 

There's Eliza, the poised, aloof, sometimes cold-hearted

literary agent, and Anne, the down-trodden, exhausted 

mother of four, married to a well-respected cop with 

secrets of his own. Penny, the not-so-innocent, wide-eyed

aspiring actress from Iowa, is infatuated with her elusive

professor, while partaking in a nasty little habit. And

Marguerite, the boisterous author herself, is a champion of

women with a clear disdain for men. 

They have more in common with one another than they think, 

and the reader (along with the prosecution) has the painstaking

job of deciphering the clever clues to uncover the real culprit. 

An engaging, easy-to-read mystery that belies the adage

"Never underestimate the power of a woman scorned".