A Note from Alice Blanchard Who says you can’t judge a book by its cover? I love this cover. It combines all the elements of my Natalie Lockhart mystery series in a single image. A lake cloaked in mist and snow. A woman determined to uncover the string of murders that has crippled her…
Prologue LAST APRIL IN UPSTATE NEW YORK The man grabbed a towel, wiped his face, and caught sight of his re-flection in the bathroom mirror. He felt odd. Not himself. His smile was strong and dazzling, but his eyes were couched and wary. He had holding-back eyes. He went downstairs. The house was old. The…
Trace of Evil by Alice Blanchard marks the series debut for rookie police detective Natalie Lockhart set in the eerie town of Burning Lake in Upstate New York. I’ve been a huge fan of Alice Blanchard since I read her smashing 2003 thriller The Breathtaker, and she just keeps getting better and better. Trace of…
I am in awe of Truman Capote’s work. He is an exquisite writer. If you read Other Voices Other Rooms, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Music for Chameleons, which includes the brilliant novella “Handcarved Coffins,” you’ll see what I mean. They are literary classics.
Trace of Evil by Alice Blanchard is the first in the evocative new Natalie Lockhart series about a small New York town, its deeply held secrets, and the woman determined to uncover them no matter the cost—take a visual tour with GIFnotes! Natalie Lockhart is a rookie detective in Burning Lake, New York, an isolated…
Enjoy this exclusive first look at the cover of Trace of Evil by Alice Blanchard, a riveting mystery that introduces Natalie Lockhart, a bold and audacious rookie detective assigned to hunt for a killer who is haunted by the past in this gripping murder case—available from Minotaur Books on December 3, 2019! Natalie Lockhart always knew…
You’ve taken some time off from writing, how has this hiatus shaped A Breath After Drowning? What made you want to write this particular story, and what did you set out to accomplish with your return to writing novels? Life can knock you sideways. The main reason I took time off was that I was…
