How do three women solve a murder when the witnesses and suspects are most likely dead themselves? Drawn by flashing police lights, a teenage Jack O'Shea stands among the on-lookers as the Boston police pull his mother's body from the Charles River. More than fifty years later, his high school sweetheart, Kate, daughter Lilith, and granddaughter Alexa team with two police detectives to uncover the truth. Following the few clues left in a dusty evidence box and Kate's recollection of her life with Jack, they discover the ...
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How do three women solve a murder when the witnesses and suspects are most likely dead themselves? Drawn by flashing police lights, a teenage Jack O'Shea stands among the on-lookers as the Boston police pull his mother's body from the Charles River. More than fifty years later, his high school sweetheart, Kate, daughter Lilith, and granddaughter Alexa team with two police detectives to uncover the truth. Following the few clues left in a dusty evidence box and Kate's recollection of her life with Jack, they discover the secrets, lies and dreams intertwining the victim's family with her lover and his wife. Secrets of the Charles is a first-place winner of the 2010 Royal Palm Literary Awards. SUSAN BOYD retired from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives(ATF) in 2007. Her last post of duty was Boston, Massachusetts, the backdrop toSecrets of the Charles. Although half of her career was spent in the Washington, DC area, eight transfers moved Susan to destinations along the East coast from the south (Florida) to the north (Massachusetts). Pursuing her literary interests in retirement, she has written several award-winning shortstories, two of which have been published in the Creative Writers anthology, Journeys. Enjoying an active life, she is an avid pickleball player, golfer, bridge player, and bowler. Susan resides in The Villages, Florida with her husband, Larry.
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