The One-Star Widow: A Darkly Comic Crime Novella

She could forgive the affair. She could forgive the hidden millions. But one-star reviews were personal. Jennifer Flanders is a prolific self-published mystery author and an amateur detective of extraordinary confidence. She has exposed a murder at a Napa vineyard, investigated a suspicious death on a weight-loss cruise, and hunted a vegetarian stalker through an Aspen ski resort. The police may dispute every conclusion, but Jennifer knows what she knows. Her greatest enemy is Magnolia, the anonymous reviewer methodically awarding one star to everything Jennifer publishes. Then Jennifer uncovers her husband Gordon's affair, his concealed fortune, and a betrayal far closer to home than she ever imagined. When Gordon is found dead in circumstances too embarrassing for a respectable obituary, the authorities call it natural causes. Jennifer calls it murder. The One-Star Widow is a darkly comic crime novella about marital betrayal, wounded vanity, online reviews, and the mortal danger of giving the wrong author one star.