SEARCHING FOR IRENE BY MARLENE BATEMAN (BLOG TOUR)

I recently read my first book by Marlene Bateman and loved it.  When I recieved her new book Searching for Irene, I was excited to read it! Bateman is such a good writer and I knew this one would be good.  This one is a little differerent than her last book which was more of a romance.  This one is a mystery!  I like a good clean historical mystery.  My daughter read the book first so she wanted to write the review today!!

Synopsis:

Anna Coughlin is a modern 1920s woman, armed with a college education and a partiality for numbers. Now, within the walls of a fantastic castle-like mansion in the hills of Virginia, her skill will be tested as never before. Hired to serve as financial advisor to wealthy Lawrence Richardson, Anna finds the welcome she receives anything but warm. Lawrence’s handsome but antagonistic son Tyler wants nothing more than to send her packing. The household staff isn’t much better, but who can blame them, considering the way Lawrence’s last advisor, Irene, disappeared . . .

Convinced that one of the enigmatic members of the household had something to do with Irene’s disappearance, Anna doesn’t dare trust anyone—not even temperamental Tyler Richardson, who, despite her best intentions, is beginning to steal her heart.

A series of frightening incidents ensnare Anna in a maze of intrigue, putting her life in peril. But even as Anna begins uncovering the secrets hidden within the mansion’s stone walls, she harbors a secret of her own. Now, the only question that remains is whether she will disappear as mysteriously as Irene.

Review

This book was really cool! I love a good mystery/romance and this one is my new favorite. Once I started I didn’t want to put it down! I loved the twists and turns taking the book to new angles I never saw coming. I like that each character complex with their own personality and background that you found out about during the story.  I definitely would reccomend this book for! 

About the Author

Marlene Bateman Sullivan grew up in Utah, and graduated from the University of Utah with a Bachelor’s degree in English. She is married to Kelly R. Sullivan and they live in North Salt Lake, Utah with their two dogs and four cats. Marlene has been published extensively in magazines and newspapers and wrote the best-selling romance/suspense novel, Light on Fire Island. She has written three other mysteries: Motive for Murder, A Death in the Family, and Crooked House, as well as the romance, For Sale by Owner.

Marlene has also written a number of LDS, non-fiction books: Latter-day Saint Heroes and Heroines, And There Were Angels Among Them, Visit’s from Beyond the Veil, By the Ministering of Angels, Brigham’s Boys, Heroes of Faith, Gaze into Heaven; Near-death Experiences in Early Church History, and The Magnificent World of Spirits; Eyewitness Accounts of Where We Go When We Die.

Tour Schedule

For Sale by Owner