Blythe Books is proud to welcome local author Samantha Beal into our store on Thursday, July 31 for a writer’s conversation with Emily Sayre. Join us for an evening of great conversation as Samm discusses The Directory Series, her murder mystery books centered in Long Beach, California.
Samm will be discussing her books and more for anyone who is a fan of murder mysteries and a classic whodunit. Tickets are available for free (with additional tickets available to purchase Samantha’s books as well) through our website. A ticket is required to attend this event.
THE CLEANER (Book 1 The Directory Series)
Never mix murder with steady employment….
Edith Grant is the woman you call when you need a stain removed, a drain unplugged, or a body stashed in the book cupboard. Hard work is how Edie became the preferred house cleaner of SoCal’s most prominent murderers. Keeping her mouth shut is why her services have been preferred for so long.
But when Edie finds herself accidentally tightening the PC cord around the neck of her employers, she’s no longer just the hired help. Now she’s watching her tidy network of steady employment collapse in one bloody, sticky mess—never mind side-stepping Ventura Police Detective Adam Briggs.
Adam is pretty sure Edith Grant knows where the bodies are buried. But every time he gets close to nailing her (professionally speaking), she does something to throw him off the scent. For someone who wields a teapot like a nanny, Edith Grant sure makes him want to break all the rules. How can a woman with a cat named Darling be tied up with all the wrong people?
THE MOVER (Book 2 The Directory Series)
Finding the Cleaner was just the beginning….
Ventura Police Detective Alita Perkins is obsessed with tracking down the corpse ‘Movers’ her partner’s ex-convict girlfriend used to work with. (It’s complicated.)
A break in the case sends Alita to Long Beach, where she crosses paths with international shipping mogul Jay Cruz. Jay may be hiding a dark past, but he has access to the side of Long Beach that might just be hiding bodies. When he offers to help Alita get into the seediest club in town, she can’t help but say yes. Whatever secrets Jay’s protecting can’t be as bad as what alleged Long Beach Mover Leonardo James is getting away with.
Alita Perkins is trouble. If Jay doesn’t watch it, he’s going to end up in her handcuffs. Which could fun, if she didn’t check all the wrong boxes. Direct, aloof, and more than capable of bringing him to justice, Alita’s the last woman he needs sniffing around the family business. One whiff of what he does to keep things in the black, and he’s sunk.
So why is he getting sucked in by her Veritas et Justitia charisma?
Blythe Books is proud to welcome local author Samantha Beal into our store on Thursday, July 31 for a writer’s conversation with Emily Sayre. Join us for an evening of great conversation as Samm discusses The Directory Series, her murder mystery books centered in Long Beach, California.
Samm will be discussing her books and more for anyone who is a fan of murder mysteries and a classic whodunit. Tickets are available for free (with additional tickets available to purchase Samantha’s books as well) through our website. A ticket is required to attend this event.
THE CLEANER (Book 1 The Directory Series)
Never mix murder with steady employment….
Edith Grant is the woman you call when you need a stain removed, a drain unplugged, or a body stashed in the book cupboard. Hard work is how Edie became the preferred house cleaner of SoCal’s most prominent murderers. Keeping her mouth shut is why her services have been preferred for so long.
But when Edie finds herself accidentally tightening the PC cord around the neck of her employers, she’s no longer just the hired help. Now she’s watching her tidy network of steady employment collapse in one bloody, sticky mess—never mind side-stepping Ventura Police Detective Adam Briggs.
Adam is pretty sure Edith Grant knows where the bodies are buried. But every time he gets close to nailing her (professionally speaking), she does something to throw him off the scent. For someone who wields a teapot like a nanny, Edith Grant sure makes him want to break all the rules. How can a woman with a cat named Darling be tied up with all the wrong people?
THE MOVER (Book 2 The Directory Series)
Finding the Cleaner was just the beginning….
Ventura Police Detective Alita Perkins is obsessed with tracking down the corpse ‘Movers’ her partner’s ex-convict girlfriend used to work with. (It’s complicated.)
A break in the case sends Alita to Long Beach, where she crosses paths with international shipping mogul Jay Cruz. Jay may be hiding a dark past, but he has access to the side of Long Beach that might just be hiding bodies. When he offers to help Alita get into the seediest club in town, she can’t help but say yes. Whatever secrets Jay’s protecting can’t be as bad as what alleged Long Beach Mover Leonardo James is getting away with.
Alita Perkins is trouble. If Jay doesn’t watch it, he’s going to end up in her handcuffs. Which could fun, if she didn’t check all the wrong boxes. Direct, aloof, and more than capable of bringing him to justice, Alita’s the last woman he needs sniffing around the family business. One whiff of what he does to keep things in the black, and he’s sunk.
So why is he getting sucked in by her Veritas et Justitia charisma?
