A Liz Rooney Mystery

United States Senator Jason Ritchie is the contender for his party’s presidential nomination, running on his spotless moral reputation until he is found shot to death in his Waldorf hotel suite with a woman who is not his wife. Amateur snoop Liz Rooney’s hobby of trying to solve sensational homicides is challenged.

Her curiosity gets her involved with suspects, including the jealous boyfriend of the murdered woman, the senator’s wife and a Puerto Rican Nationalist known to dislike Senator Ritchie.

She and her former adversary, Detective Eichle, stumble onto one clue after another, finding an antique revolver and a gift-wrapped black lace nightgown at the crime scene. Soon enough, the lies and deception unravel and things start to make sense, but not before Liz’s life is put in danger and she and Eichle realize there is more to their relationship than simple friendship.

Dorothy P. O’Neill, a native of Staten Island, New York, wrote a weekly column for the Staten Island Register for eight years. She also worked in New York City as an advertising copywriter and has had numerous short pieces published in leading women’s magazines. She now lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Formerly a romance novel writer, Dorothy recently switched to writing mysteries.

Fatal Purchase is Dorothy’s second mystery for AVALON.

Avalon Mysteries by Dorothy P. O’Neill:

The Liz Rooney Mystery Series
GRIM FINALE
FINAL NOTE
SMOKE COVER
ULTIMATE DOOM
FATAL PURCHASE
DOUBLE DECEPTION

Avalon Romances by Dorothy P. O’Neill:
HEART ON HOLD
"L" IS FOR LOVE