Reseña del libro "A Killing in Stocks: A HR Helen Reilly Cozy Mystery (en Inglés)"
There's a new sleuth in town... Helen Reilly's life is about to change. As a Human Resources Manager for a lucrative Vancouver stock brokerage, she joked, These guys could get away with anything shy of murder as long as they made money. Until she found her CEO dead in the executive lounge. Only a handful of people have executive passes. But which one killed him? And why?Helen teams up with Detective Miguel Consuelos to investigate. Or is it because the Detective is so delicious? They both discover she has a talent for finding the truth. With this potential romance distracting her, can Helen catch the murderer before the murderer catches on? Enjoy the twists and turns of this mystery and the many characters of the world of high finance in the big little town of downtown Vancouver.ADVANCE PRAISE..."I LOVED it. I can usually figure out who the killer is, but not this time, I had to keep turning pages to find out - great job!"Characters that I can imagine meeting in real life!""Author did a great job of keeping me guessing -Well done!""Best new twist on a main character yet!"This is a Pacific Northwest mystery set in the beautiful city of Vancouver, BC, Canada. It is a clean cozy mystery with a slow-burn romance. This book is part of a cozy murder mystery series that continues from book one in the same contemporary, light, humorous chick lit style with our female sleuth teaming up with her handsome detective and learning more and more about police procedurals. No gore, just great mysteries and a host of characters in fascinating settings, locations and a deep dive into a variety of workplaces and businesses like stock brokerage, architecture and biotech. The settings also include well-known Vancouver landmarks, but little-known facts about Vancouver adding more interest. In that sense for many it can be considered a travel mystery with romance with the twist of learning about HR and whichever business Helen is consulting for when she stumbles upon a mystery in Vancouver, making these highly original mysteries. The author had a ten-year career in human resources in order to write believably about this field. She has been writing since she was young and got the idea for the first book when she realized that only a limited number of people, or "suspects," had passes to an executive lounge making it a perfect locked room or limited access style mystery. She continues to have great fun creating motives and inventing characters that fit a specific industry where she sets the murder. The author is inspired by the classics and the original cosy mystery writer, Agatha Christie. Also the Sherlock Holmes collection, the first writer of police procedurals and hard evidence clues. Helen Reilly mysteries are currently available in paperback cozy mysteries and in kindle unlimited under cozy mystery free kindle books. Audiobooks to follow. Book 1 - A Killing in StocksBook 2 - A Blueprint for MurderBook 3 - A Bitter Murder to Swallow THE SERIESHelen Reilly and her bestie, Teresa Chang, strike out on their own in the world of Human Resources consulting where Helen finds plenty of mysteries, murder and mayhem in all kinds of Vancouver workplaces. They now share offices with Uppercut Investigations making for some interesting crossovers in the world of private investigations (PI).
