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Carolyn & Sarah are thrilled to speak with author Gary Braver on his latest mystery: Rumor of Evil. Just in time for spooky season, it was selected as one of Amazon Editors' Pick of Best Mysteries of October.

Gary Braver has been touted as “one of the best thriller writers in America.”  His novels have been translated into seventeen languages; three have been optioned for movies, including Elixir by director Ridley Scott. And he is the only author to have three books listed on the top-10 highest customer-rated thrillers on Amazon.com at the same time.

Now, on the heels of the bestseller CHOOSE ME, Braver brings us his latest title, the “unpredictable whodunit” (Publishers Weekly) RUMOR OF EVIL.

Detectives Kirk Lucian and Mandy Wing are charged with investigating a reported suicide of a Cambridge, Massachusetts woman in her backyard on the anniversary of her young son’s death. After further investigation, the hanging appears staged. Once Kirk and Mandy' s suspicions are confirmed, they make a list of suspects. Clues begin to connect the recent murder to the decades-old mysterious death of a beautiful 16-year-old Romany exchange student who perished when a treehouse she was asleep in caught fire. The girl, Vadima Lupescu, had done “odd” things among her American peers that stirred up prejudices and suspicions, leading to her brutal death— and cover-up. As Kirk and Mandy investigate the bizarre rumors— that Vadima had “gypsy powers” and put curses on those around her— they discover a cauldron of dark secrets. Will they uncover the true cause of this tangled web of deaths and horrors before it spirals out of control?

Gary Braver is the award-winning, international bestselling author of nine critically acclaimed medical thrillers and mysteries.  His novels have been celebrated for their high-concepts, careful craftsmanship, well-rounded characters, and page-turning momentum.  His novel FLASHBACK, which received a starred review in Publishers Weekly, is the only thriller to have won a Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction.  His previous book, CHOOSE ME (co-authored with Tess Gerritsen) was a #1 bestseller on Kindle and a bestseller in several foreign countries.

Under his own name, Gary Goshgarian is an award-winning Professor Emeritus of English at Northeastern University where he taught Fiction Writing, Science Fiction, Horror Fiction, and Bestsellers.  He has also taught fiction-writing workshops throughout the United States and Europe and was founder of the London Writers Workshop. He is the author of six popular college writing textbooks.

Goshgarian holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in physics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, an MA in English from the University of Connecticut, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin. He lives in Arlington, MA with his family. To learn more about him and his novels, visit www.garybraver.com.

Join us as we chat with Gary about what inspired him to write this story, authors that influence h

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