A remarkable love story that lasted over forty years. William Shawn was the famous editor of The New Yorker and Lillian Ross was a writer for the magazine when they fell in love. Shawn was married, yet Ross and Shawn created a home together a dozen blocks south of the Shawns' apartment, raised a child and lived with discretion.
On a bright sunny day in June of 1972, Anna Johansson, a recent high school graduate, begins her shift as a summer seasonal maid at the Eugene Hotel in Monroe, Wisconsin. In the fall, she will attend the University of Wisconsin in Madison to earn a degree in teaching. One of the many mysteries of life is not knowing what the day has in store for you. It can be a horrific reminder that life can change in an instant, turn on a dime, without warning. The tragedy is that you don’t see it coming when going through the mundane routine of everyday life. On this particular day, just another day in Anna’s life, proved to be such a day. When the urgent call came into the police department that a dead body had been discovered in the Eugene Hotel, Police Chief Brandon Johns and Detective Samantha Gates immediately responded. After quickly examining the body, the question of whether the death was a suicide or a homicide hangs heavily in the air. During the investigation, one thing has become crystal clear: all the people of interest they interview are lying to them. Working their way through the entanglement of lies, deception and smoking mirrors proves to be very frustrating. When the veil behind all of this duplicity is finally lifted, exposing the truth, will the mystery be solved? Books by William Mitchell Ross in Monroe Mystery Series Deceived by Self All Passion Denied Love’s Obsession Echoes Screaming in the Night A Greedy Vengeance Murder for Malice Who Killed Fritz Zuber?
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