The Tangled Mane

What begins as a routine undercover job at The Phoenix, an exclusive hotel, turns into a far darker operation for PI Cally Simmonds when a bride-to-be is found dead at the luxury venue, and a well-known actress is kidnapped shortly after. Cally begins to realize that the incidents are related, but struggles to find the missing connection until she digs deeper into the actress’s past. The cozy tone of THE TANGLED MANE disguises harrowing topics and a complex, gripping plot that stretches back two decades and is sprinkled with intriguing half-hints, semi-reveals, and a couple of killer emotional twists. Author Charlie Tyler has penned an accomplished opener in her Welland Valley Murders series and created an engaging and nicely tenacious protagonist in Cally Simmonds.