Eugenia L. West

Mystery Writer              

 
  A woman. A murder. A mission. In Eugenia L. West's new mystery Without Warning, they come together to tell the riveting tale of Emma Streat, a dynamic ex-opera singer who has spent the past twenty years in Connecticut as wife and mother of two sons. But when Emma's mega-successful CEO husband dies in an unlikely hit and run accident, she starts her own hunt for his killer. She is plunged into the high stakes world of illegal weapons, global threats-and murders. She meets an intriguing British peer who works undercover to smoke out spies. But tracking down criminals is hazardous work and Emma pays a heartbreaking price.

In Without Warning, follow Emma as she opens the door to a future love interest and uses her new found talent to solve crimes. Be involved as she copes with devastating losses, ending in an explosive climax. Be with her as she digs deep for the courage to survive and to pick up the pieces of her life.

The plot moves between an estate on the Connecticut River...

      

WITHOUT WARNING

published by Thomas Dunne/St. Martin’s Minotaur

...and England in Cambridge, London and an English stately home.

        

 
Reviews & Advance Praise:
"...a fast-paced page turner...strong characters...interesting backgrounds with international flair. An engaging read." -- Dominick Dunne, author of People Like Us

“….this snappy, fast-paced work will keep you reading late into the night. A delight!”-- Rebecca Pepper Sinkler, former editor of The New York Times Book Review.

“Beautifully written, Without Warning kept me up all night. The characters are strong, and the details can only come from a life well lived and keenly observed. Without Warning is a wonderful, satisfying novel that shouldn’t be missed.”-- Craig Nova, author of The Good Son.

“….West creates a brand new heroine who is at once believable and immensely entertaining. Her clear and personable style leaves you wanting more—a real page turner.” –Myriam Cyr, author of Letters of a Portuguese Nun.

 
About the Author:

Hello and thanks for coming to this site. I was born in Boston and divide my time between Connecticut and New Hampshire. Attended Sarah Lawrence College, then worked for Harper’s Bazaar and the American Red Cross. Then came marriage, four children, and volunteer work. But a compulsion to write is hard to put on the back burner. I did a stint as a free lance reporter for local papers, then made the leap from town meetings to 300 page manuscripts. Doubleday and Ballentine published a historical suspense novel, THE ANCESTORS CRY OUT. Love to read mysteries, so took a plunge and self-published a mystery as a Christmas present for family and friends. The response was heartwarming—and I entered a contest, Malice Domestic for first unpublished mysteries. A judge sent the book to senior editor Ruth Cavin at St. Martin's Press, who offered me a contract. For a writer, it doesn’t get much better than that. Right now, I’m working on the second in a series, struggling along with Emma Streat as she survives personal and global disasters. My goal? To create absorbing escape reads with interesting settings and appealing characters—but one of them is a murderous villain.