I’m happy to host the cover reveal for the next book in The Reggie da Costa Mysteries, coming May 2022 and now up for preorder.

Book Synopsis
A glint of gold caught his eye. A putrefying hand extended from the sleeve of a checked shirt; its little finger adorned by the smooth curve of a signet ring.

It is October 1923. What looks like a routine report, on the heavy rains battering Melbourne, becomes another case of murder for The Argus’s celebrated crime reporter, Reggie da Costa, devotee of fashionable suits and flamboyant automobiles. A flooded basement hides a ghastly secret: the decomposing remains of Cornelius Stout, a wealthy widower, who has been missing for over two years. With an unlikely partner in straitlaced Dotty Wright, Reggie pursues a cold-blooded, manipulative killer with deadly intentions.

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Publication Date: May 31, 2022
Publisher: Level Best Books
Format: Print and digital
Name of Series: The Reggie da Costa Mysteries
Number in Series: #2
Genre: Historical mystery
Author Website: larainestephens.com

About the author
Laraine Stephens lives in Beaumaris, a bayside suburb of Melbourne, Australia. After working as a teacher-librarian for over 35 years, Laraine traded in her pink twinset and pearls and turned her hand to the craft of crime writing. She combines writing with golf, travelling overseas to exotic locations, and her work as a volunteer guide at the Old Melbourne Gaol.

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