BooksChatter: ☀ Santa Barbara Suspense Series [1-2]

Thank you for joining us on the Virtual Book Tour for Santa Barbara Suspense series by Catharine Riggs (Thomas & Mercer), which currently features two stand-alone novels.

Don't miss our guest post by author Catharine Riggs, "Santa Barbara Suspense: Where Wealth & Privilege Run Amok".

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The Series: Santa Barbara Suspense

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What She Gave Away [1]

Revenge is anything but sweet in this twisty thriller about two women with very different lives locked in the same deadly game.

Imagining the best way to destroy a person’s happiness is Crystal Love’s favorite game. Devious and unpolished, the plus-sized loan analyst couldn’t be more out of place in her new town of Santa Barbara, where the beautifully manicured women never age and the ocean views stretch farther than the million-dollar lawns. And yet her eye for the power dynamics at play in this tony community is dead accurate.

Kathi Wright, on the other hand, has made it her life’s work to fit in with the plastic people who surround her. But when her husband—a wealthy bank president—dies suddenly, she’s left with nothing. Then the FBI shows up, asking questions she can’t answer and freezing assets she once took for granted.

While Kathi struggles to outrun the mess caused by her husband’s mysterious death, Crystal seems focused on her game. But why? And who are her targets?

Spanning two years and told in Crystal’s and Kathi’s alternating voices, this tautly plotted novel reveals the power of choice and the price of revenge.

[Published 4 September 2018, 339 pages]

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What She Never Said [2]

People are dying at a luxury retirement community . . . and not from natural causes.

Ruth Mosby is the VP of operations at Serenity Acres, where the privileged elite go to die. For a hefty fee, wealthy retirees can live the good life in this posh Santa Barbara community—even after they outlive their money. Ruth thinks this is a fine arrangement, but the savvy new boss has a new rule: if you can’t pay, you can’t stay.

Ruth is deeply disturbed when destitute residents start dying at an alarming rate, as if on cue. Even more troubling, a macabre note accompanies each departed guest. Surviving guests whisper about an “Angel” who assists with suicides. Ruth has another word for it: murder.

Ruth enlists her neighbor, an ex-detective named Zach, to discover the Angel’s secret identity. However, the two have a painful history, and Ruth has dark secrets all her own. To solve the mystery, Ruth must descend from her golden tower—but can she bear the consequences of revealing her own sinister truths?

[Published 10 September 2019, 338 pages]

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About the Author

Catharine Riggs lives and writes on California’s central coast.

Before her dive into thrillers, Riggs worked as a business banker, adjunct college instructor, and a nonprofit executive.

She is the author of the twin thrillers What She Gave Away and What She Never Said, both set in Santa Barbara, California.

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