The Friday Night Mystery Club

Decatur, Illinois/1986 - A nasty divorce leaves Cragan Collins with a mountain of bills and her grandmother to support. She takes a job as an ad salesperson for The Gazette. The market is tough, but Cragan finds a mentor in business reporter, Robert Smithson. One icy January day, Robert is found dead in a city park. His murder is dismissed as gay-on-gay crime. Cragan asks The Friday Night Mystery Club to find justice for Robert. Will Cragan's quest for the truth land her on the obituary page?

Review Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Elaine Viets started her career as a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She was a longtime popular media figure in St. Louis and a regular columnist for the newspaper for twenty-five years. "As an ex-reporter, I can tell you that Joanna really nailed newspaper politics. And I loved her description of the big press in action!"