Synopses & Reviews
SOMEONE IS WATCHING...Sixty-five-year-old multi-millionaire Steven Armstrong tells his three children that he is going to re-marry. But his new bride isn't the stepmother they have in mind. Charlene "Charlie" Hendricks is his vivacious, thirty-five-year-old personal trainer, the single-mother of a teen-age daughter. To Steven's midlife children, she is nothing but a gold digger...
SOMEONE IS PLOTTING...
Days before her wedding, Charlie, training for a triathlon, decides to go for a swim in the Atlantic Ocean. Out of nowhere, a mysterious figure on a speeding Jet Ski shows up, making an attempt on her life. The children head the list of suspects--but which one plotted her death?
SOMEONE IS READY TO KILL...
Then, after the wedding, a second attack backfires and mistakenly kills her husband, making Charlie a wealthy heiress. Now it is the children who accuse her of murdering their father. Is Charlie a ruthless fortune hunter, or the innocent victim of her husband's greedy heirs?
"Genuine nail-biting moments."
--RT BOOKclub Magazine
"Demands to be read in one sitting."
--Newmysteryreader.com
Review
"Very good entertainment."
-Publishers Weekly on The First Wife
"Diana Diamond's gripping thriller takes sibling rivalry to a whole new level"
-Marie Claire on The Good Sister
"A gripping page-turner."
-People (Beach Book of the Week) on The Trophy Wife
"A must read."
-Women's Own on The Trophy Wife
Review
"Fast-paced and filled with twists and turns in every chapter, this is certain to be one of the most popular novels of the summer."--Tucsoncitizen.com
"A page-turner that you'll find hard to put down...plenty of twists and turns will keep you guessing until the end."--Detroitnews.com
"Grips fans with surprising twists...fast-paced...never slows down until the final twist that will stun the audience."--thebestreviews.com
"Demands to be read in one sitting. Charlie's plight will engage the reader and keep those pages turning...enough plot twists to surprise even the most jaded mystery/suspense reader."
--Newmysteryreader.com
Synopsis
When Steven Armstrong tells his children he has fallen in love, he expects them to be happy that his life as a lonely, sixty-five year old widower is over. Instead their father's intended thirty-three year old personal trainer Charlene Hendricks is exactly the kind of woman they fear. Through marriage she becomes not only the stepmother to his three grown children, but their rival for their father's world class fortune. Suddenly an attack is made on her life. All the children are suspect,but which one has the best motive? Then a second attack backfires and mistakenly kills her husband, making the stepmother a wealthy heiress. Now, it is the children who accuse her of murdering their father. Only by finding the real killer can she prove her innocence.
Synopsis
When Steven Armstrong tells his children he has fallen in love, he expects them to be happy that his life as a lonely, 65-year-old widower is over. Instead their father's intended 33-year-old personal trainer Charlene Hendricks is exactly the kind of woman they fear: a rival for their father's fortune. An attack is made on her life; then a second attack backfires and mistakenly kills her husband. Only by finding the real killer can she prove her innocence.
Synopsis
Sixty-five-year-old multi-millionaire Steven Armstrong tells his three children that he is going to re-marry. But his new bride isn't the stepmother they have in mind. Charlene "Charlie" Hendricks is his vivacious, thirty-five-year-old personal trainer, the single-mother of a teen-age daughter. To Steven's midlife children, she is nothing but a gold digger...
Days before her wedding, Charlie, training for a triathlon, decides to go for a swim in the Atlantic Ocean. Out of nowhere, a mysterious figure on a speeding Jet Ski shows up, making an attempt on her life. The children head the list of suspects--but which one plotted her death?
Then, after the wedding, a second attack backfires and mistakenly kills her husband, making Charlie a wealthy heiress. Now it is the children who accuse her of murdering their father. Is Charlie a ruthless fortune hunter, or the innocent victim of her husband's greedy heirs?
About the Author
DIANA DIAMOND is the pseudonym of a critically acclaimed mystery and thriller writer. She is also the author of
The First Wife, The Trophy Wife,
The Daughter-In-Law,
The Baby Sitter, and
The Good Sister.