Murder in the One Percent
Someone comes to the party with murder in his heart and poison in his pocket.
When old friends gather for a weekend retreat at a country mansion, no one anticipates how all their lives will be changed—or that one of them will turn up dead. Remote and serene, the Campbells’ horse farm is the perfect setting for a lavish party. The guests, all members of the country’s elite wealthiest one percent, several of them politically connected as well, indulge in all the delights befitting their station—gourmet food, the finest wines, Cuban cigars—but greed, lust, and jealousy insinuate themselves into the party.
Playboy and former Secretary of the Treasury, Preston Phillips, brings his new trophy wife to the party, unaware that his first love, the woman he jilted at the altar years ago, will be there, enchanting him once more with her timeless beauty. A snowstorm, an accident, and an illicit rendezvous later, the dynamics crackle with tension.
When Detective Oliver Parrott is charged with solving the untimely killing of one of America’s leading financial wizards, he realizes this will be the case to make—or break—his career.
About Saralyn Richard (Houston, Texas Author)
Mystery and children’s book author, Saralyn Richard, has been a teacher who wrote on the side, but now she's a writer who teaches on the side. Some of her poems and essays have won awards and contests and been published in magazines. Her children’s picture book, Naughty Nana, is in its second printing and has reached thousands of children in seven countries.
Murder in the One Percent ©2018 pulls back the curtain on the privileged and powerful. Set on a gentleman’s farm in Pennsylvania and in the tony areas of New York, the book shows what happens when someone comes to a party with murder in his heart and poison in his pocket. First in the Detective Oliver Parrott series, it has been featured as a Goodreads book of the month, and it was named as one of the best mysteries/thrillers of 2018 by Hungry for Good Books. The sequel, A Palette for Love and Murder, is due to be released in January, 2020.
A member of International Thriller Writers and Mystery Writers of America, Saralyn is working on her next mystery. She has also contributed to the Bacopa Literary Review, and she was the editor of Burn Survivors' Journey. Her website is www.saralynrichard.com.
