About the Book
Book: Death in High Places
Author: Sara L. Jameson
Genre: Mystery /Suspense/Romance
Release Date: February 28, 2023
An Interpol agent with a deadline he can’t miss.
Urgent intel warns of terrorist cells planning coordinated attacks throughout Europe. Special Agent Jacob Coulter of Brussels Interpol is assigned to find the terrorist financiers supporting these groups and shut down their funding operations.
An opera singer’s life and career hang in the balance.
The Queen of the Night’s vocal pyrotechnics have launched many a soprano’s international career. But Riley Williams, Jacob’s fiancée, is terrified of heights, and her Antwerp Opera debut as the evil queen requires her to sing from a hydraulic lift forty feet above the orchestra pit. When newspapers cite Riley’s recent unmasking of an international terrorist plot and the lift malfunctions, Jacob suspects terrorist sabotage.
He encourages Riley to accept her BFF’s invitation to stay the Savoy Hotel in London where she’ll be out of danger. Or so he thinks …
A series of murders connected to a notorious terrorist financier known as the Priest leads Jacob across Europe. When the victims’ deaths point to London, his Interpol partner convinces him London is a haven for terrorist financiers.
But the clock is ticking, and what Jacob uncovers is more devastating than anything he could have imagined.
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My Review:
Riley Williams has been marked with a big X on her back after she is identified by the media as helping expose terrorists. As an opera star who must be on a tall hydraulic lift, you just know something bad is going to happen. And it nearly does as the lift loses control and tosses Riley around. It’s a really good thing that her fiancé, Special Agent, Jacob Coulter is able to rescue her!
Money laundering, charming and not so charming villains, and a murderer known as The Priest will keep you interested to see what happens. I enjoyed the mystery and the romance between Riley and Jacob, but I wanted to see more of them furthering their relationship. This is a series, so I am thinking this will happen in the next book. Read this if you enjoy a clean romance/suspense story.
I received a copy of the book through Celebrate Lit. I was not expected to write a positive review. All opinions are my own.
About the Author
Sara L. Jameson won Scrivenings Press’s grand prize publishing contract in 2020. They released her debut romantic suspense novel, Cruise to Death, in June 2021. Death in High Places, (Book 2 in the Troubled Waters series), releases February 28, 2023, to be followed by Vengeance in Vienna, December 17, 2023.
Sara is the pseudonym of a multi-published former university professor who writes non-fiction under her real name. She also writes WWII historical novels. When not writing, she enjoys reading, swimming, cooking, and dog-sitting.
More from Sara
God never wastes our life experiences. I never suspected my love of travel and years as a professional classical singer in Europe would lead to a romantic-suspense series. Schlepping a suitcase of opera and art-song scores on cross-country trains kept me trimmer than a gym. A few encounters with they-shall-remain-unnamed international security agencies created fodder for the Troubled Waters series. And a lead character who’s far gutsier than I.
My personal experiences often generate story events. Sigh. Even some of the embarrassing moments soprano Riley Williams endures in Cruise to Death and Death in High Places. Sadly, the blue-eyed hunk, Special Agent Jacob Coulter of Brussels Interpol, is pure fiction. Whenever possible, I visit or have lived in my novels’ locales.
Cruise to Death launches Riley’s attempts as a musical theater singer, a romance she never saw coming, and tracking terrorists. In 2019, I revisited each stop of the riverboat cruise that inspired the book.
Trips to London and stays with a friend in Sussex inspired the unsettling events in Death in High
Places, which released February 28, 2023. I’m indebted to my friend for help verifying details in key scenes. When I travel, I don’t necessarily expect a day sightseeing to morph into a life-and-death moment in a book someday. Well, not until now. Naturally, Antwerp and Burie’s Chocolatier, my favorite Belgian chocolate shop, had to feature in this story too.
I’m excited to announce Vengeance in Vienna releases December 19, 2023. The book draws on my years in Austria and a disturbing criminal element now active there, which I was made aware of in 2019.
And ideas are already flowing for book 4!
Blog Stops
Book Reviews From an Avid Reader, August 22
Book Looks by Lisa, August 22
Gina Holder, Author and Blogger, August 23 (Author Interview)
Melissa’s Bookshelf, August 23
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, August 24
Holly’s Book Corner, August 24
Betti Mace, August 25
Texas Book-aholic, August 26
Locks, Hooks and Books, August 27
Because I said so — and other adventures in Parenting, August 28
Exploring the Written Word, August 28
Cover Lover Book Review, August 29
The Book Club Network, August 30
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, August 31
Pause for Tales, August 31
Babbling Becky L’s Book Impressions, September 1
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, September 2
Blogging With Carol, September 3
Lights in a Dark World, September 3
For Him and My Family, September 4
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Sara is giving away the grand prize package of a $25 Amazon Gift card and a copy of Death in High Places in paperback!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
https://promosimple.com/ps/27734/death-in-high-places-celebration-tour-giveaway