It is my pleasure to share with you the cover reveal for the fifth book in Laraine Stephens’ mystery series, coming July 2025 and now up for preorder.
Publication Date: July 2025
Format: Digital (Print to come)
Name of Series: A Reggie da Costa Mystery, Book 5
Genre: Historical Mystery
Author Website: larainestephens.com
Book Synopsis
The blood-stained quill: murder and the poison pen
Melbourne 1927. When the Poison Pen column in The Truth newspaper shames five members of the public, exposing their hypocrisy and lies, it barely raises a ripple of interest. But when three of them end up dead, each clutching a white feather, The Argus’s senior crime reporter, Reggie da Costa, feels compelled to investigate. What is the connection between the anonymous Poison Pen and the people he ridicules: the president of the Melbourne Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, a nurse, a politician, a doctor, and a priest? What is the significance of the white feather? Can Reggie unmask the Poison Pen and bring a murderer to justice?
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, mahjong, restaurants and films.
Love the cover!