Black Rose by L.T. Ryan and Kristi Belcamino
Book One in the Stella LaRosa Thriller series by L.T. Ryan and Kristi Belcamino is a gripper!
Stella LaRosa is a seasoned journalist, her most recent assignment as a journalist in the Headway program – a government initiative shrouded in secrecy. Back in San Francisco from her assignment, she’s worked hard to forget the physical and emotional scars received when she was working in the clandestine operation.
Though she’s no rookie, she takes the night shift as a police reporter, hoping to stay off the radar. But the murder of an old colleague plunges her into a web a secrets that spans the globe. With the help of Detective Rob Griffin, a friend from her past with secrets of his own, she must decide how far she’s willing to go to expose the truth – and whether she can survive the consequences.
This book is a page-turner and you’ll race to the end to discover Stella’s fate. I read it in one sitting. The second book in the Stella LaRosa Thriller series, Red Ink, is due out in December.
Kristi Belcamino has a large catalog of mysteries under her belt and in this political thriller, she partners with L.T. Ryan, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of several series, including the Jack Noble and Rachel Hatch series. Belcamino’s writing features strong female protagonists who face unspeakable evil to seek justice. Her writing is informed by her own work as a reporter covering the police beat for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
