Murder. Music. Company secrets.
Soon after journalist Jade returns from abroad to her hometown, Melbourne, her friend Nick is found dead in a dumpster. She turns to their tight-knit circle for answers, only to uncover a web of lies. Mounting evidence suggests her best friend Elena’s suicide three years earlier is connected. Was she, too, murdered?
As Jade closes in on the killer, she realizes the suspects are all people she loves. Her life depends on knowing which of them to trust.
Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Crime, Aussie Author, Jade Riley Mystery
About The Author
Andrea Barton is an award-winning author and fiction editor who writes the Jade Riley mystery series. Starting with The Godfather of Dance, A Killer Among Friends is book two.
She runs Brightside Story Studio, a book editing business for fiction and memoir and is vice president of Mansfield Readers & Writers.
Her other writing credits include The Winding Narrative blog, several short stories, two picture books and nine stage productions about contemporary social issues. She has co-authored and edited two anthologies about expatriate life.
An electrical engineer turned career consultant, Andrea spent 12 years enjoying the exhilaration and dislocation of life as an expat in Nigeria, USA, and Qatar with her husband and two children.
She has now repatriated to Australia, where she commutes between Melbourne and Mansfield. Along the way, she developed a passion for ballroom and Latin dance, helped to build a school, got bogged in both the Qatari and Australian deserts, and had an accidental hallucinogenic experience in Peru.
In high school, she achieved her Associate in Music, Australia (AMusA) (Violin), and she has developed a life-long love of music.
