title: Random Road: Introducing Geneva Chase (Geneva Chase Mysteries)
author:  Thomas Kies 
description: "...Kies has created a likable if flawed heroine readers will want to see more of." (<i><b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b></i>)<br /><br />"Kies's debut mystery introduces a reporter with a compelling voice, a damaged woman who recounts her own bittersweet story as she hunts down clues. This suspenseful story will appeal to readers who enjoy hard-nosed investigative reporters such as Brad Parks's Carter Ross." <b>(starred review)</b> (<i><b><i>Library Journal</i></b></i>)<br /><br />"First in a new mystery series about a failing news writer who exposes enormous inequities between community haves and havenots, and the chaos, malice, and moral disconnect of social privilege and power. Kies tells a taut, fastpaced tale, imbuing each character with memorable, compelling traits that help readers connect with them....those who enjoy J. A. Jance's Beaumont series or Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone mysteries will appreciate Geneva Chase." (Jen Baker <i><b><i>Booklist</i></b></i>)<br /><br />"...Kies' fiction debut lays the groundwork for an entertaining series." (<i><b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b></i>)<br /><br />"It's a crime scene straight out of a nightmare, six bodies found naked and cut to ribbons. Reporter Geneva Chase works for a small town paper on the verge of folding, and she's just inches away from ending her career in shame. An alcoholic who has blown more stories than she's published, this may be her last chance to save her dying career. When her story is picked up by the AP, Geneva believes she may actually have a chance of resurrecting her career and her life. Now if she can just stay away from the booze and her married lover and not piss off a killer, she might just get a second chance. Gritty, snarky and scary." (<i><b><i>For the Love of Books</i></b></i>)
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  Darkness Lane
  
  A Geneva Chase Mystery
  
  Thomas Kies
  
  Poisoned Pen Press
  
    
  
  Random Road
  
    
  
  The First Geneva Chase Mystery  
  
  > “Kies’ debut mystery introduces a reporter with a compelling voice, a
  > damaged woman who recounts her own bittersweet story as she hunts down
  > clues. This suspenseful story will appeal to readers who enjoy hard-nosed
  > investigative reporters such as Brad Parks’ Carter Ross.”
  
  > > — _Library Journal_ , starred review/debut of the month
  
  > “Kies tells a taut, fastpaced tale, imbuing each character with memorable,
  > compelling traits that help readers connect with them… those who enjoy J.A.
  > Jance’s Beaumont series or Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Milhone will appreciate
  > Geneva Chase.”
  
  > > > > > > — _Booklist_
  
  > “A hard-living newspaperwoman juggles multiple men and battles the bottle on
  > her way to redemption via a high-profile murder story. …Kies’s fiction debut
  > lays the groundwork for an entertaining series.”
  
  > > > > > > — _Kirkus Reviews_
  
  > “The bad 