The Hyde Park Book Club hosted this event on Monday, July 18, 2022, 7:30pm
Veronica Blackstone is a writer for hire. Be it love letters, biographies, resumes or wedding vows, Veronica has you covered. Her latest assignment is writing a celebration of life book for the funeral of one-time client Rachel Ross who tragically died one year after her wedding. While researching Rachel’s life, Veronica finds a mystery surrounding her death that begs to be investigated. Murder Ink is the first in the series of Writer for Hire mysteries followed by Writing a Wrong. Number three in the series, Making it Write, will be published in August 2022.
Betty Hechtman is the national bestselling author of the Crochet Mysteries, the Yarn Retreat Mysteries and the Writer for Hire Mysteries. She grew up in Hyde Park and has a degree in Fine Art from Roosevelt University. Since college she had studied everything from improv comedy to magic. She has also written newspaper and magazine pieces, short stories, along with several screenplays. She splits her time between Southern California and the Hyde Park condo she grew up in. You can learn more and find excerpts from all her books at BettyHechtman.com.