A Scandal at Eastwick

When Lia returns home to St. Clair to regroup after a failed stint in Hollywood, she just wants to avoid seeing anyone from her past. But when her ex-boyfriend’s mother, Paulette McKenzie, is blackmailed days after Lia’s arrival, Lia finds herself the immediate suspect—and drawn back into the web of lies and secrets of St. Clair. *** After leaving St. Clair at age eighteen to pursue her dreams in Hollywood, 29-year-old Lia Logan returns home with nothing but dozens of failed auditions under her belt. She’s determined to lay low: a brief house-sitting gig over the holiday break will give her enough money to move east and find a new job (and a new life). But to Lia’s horror, the owners of the house, the Eastwicks, have not canceled their annual holiday party—meaning Lia must now see everyone from her (now very successful) high school friends to the ex-boyfriend she dumped right before she left. The night turns into a disaster: Lia’s ex-boyfriend’s mother, Paulette McKenzie, is blackmailed at the party, and she immediately points the finger at Lia. The problem is, Lia does know a secret about Paulette. And there’s no convincing the woman—or any of the other partygoers—that she had nothing to do with it. As the blackmail escalates, Lia must dig through the guests at the party to determine what each of them is hiding and piece together what exactly happened that night, including talking to Paulette’s shifty older son, Lia’s ex’s extremely successful new girlfriend, and Lia’s group of high school friends, who have been acting strangely distant and closed off. It doesn’t take long for Lia to remember: St. Clair is a town full of secrets. And to clear her name, she’ll have to risk revealing one of her own. A SCANDAL AT EASTWICK is the second novel in the mystery trilogy “The Eastwick Mansion Mysteries.” Each novel in the trilogy is a complete standalone, featuring a different story taking place in the Eastwick mansion in St. Clair. The complete trilogy includes: A DEATH AT EASTWICK (Book 1) A SCANDAL AT EASTWICK (Book 2) A BETRAYAL AT EASTWICK (Book 3) Praise for L.C. Warman’s works: “Captivating” -Kirkus Reviews “An intriguing blend of realism and reflection, unsettling discoveries and natural consequences” -Foreword Reviews About L.C. Warman is the author of the St. Clair mystery series. She grew up in New England, in a town where real estate contracts stipulated that you couldn’t back out if you discovered your new place was haunted. She currently lives in a Michigan lakeside town with her husband and two dogs. Keywords: Cozy Mysteries, Cozy Mystery, Gothic Mystery, Literature and Fiction, Contemporary, Books by L.C. Warman, Series, Blackmail, Scandal, Blackmail Mystery, Gothic Mysteries, Mystery novels 2019, spooky mysteries, spooky town mysteries, small town mysteries, small town secrets, Best Mysteries, Great Mysteries, Gothic, St. Clair mystery, St Clair mystery, St. Clair mysteries, St Clair mysteries, St. Clair, L.C. Warman, LC Warman, L.C. Warman books, LC Warman books, mystery and thrillers, mystery thrillers and suspense, mysteries and thrillers new releases 2019, mystery novels series, amateur sleuth, amateur sleuth mystery, amateur sleuth mysteries, secrets small town, lake mystery, small town lake mystery, small town lake mysteries, return to a small town, haunted house mystery, family mystery, historical mystery, what to read after Agatha Christie, small town suspense, lakeside mystery, suspense mystery, blackmail suspense, American mystery, L.C. Warman novels, LC Warman novels, St. Clair novels, standalone, standalone mystery, female protagonist, female sleuth, woman sleuth, cute mystery, clean mystery, non-violent mystery, nonviolent mystery, new cozy mysteries 2019, cozy mysteries 2019, cute murder mystery, clean murder mystery, adult mysteries, adult cozy mysteries, adult family cozy mystery