Review
"In Unsolved, NOPD Detective Frank Renzi pursues an ex-cop-turned-murderer who has been on the lam for eight years. A hard-hitting prologue sets the stage for the events to come.He never intended to kill her. He just wanted to take Lily out for her birthday.
Zack grabs Frank's attention because his daughter Lily is now a teen living in a home for wayward girls. Lily struggles with drug addiction, bad influences, and the choices she has made in her young life. Sometimes she wondered how life would have been if she had someone to love her after Mom got murdered and Dad left.
Unsolved stands in a class of its own as Frank's investigative prowess expands to embrace family dynamics, social and psychological issues. Fleet's compelling character development and thought-provoking uncertainties add intriguing developments. Expect the unexpected, including the various escape methods Zack, Lily, and others, employ as they attempt to build new lives. With Unsolved Susan Fleethits another ball out of the crime thriller park, a perfect home run of satisfaction and intrigue." - Diane Donovan, Editor, Donovan's Literary Services
"With Unsolved, a gripping crime thriller set in New Orleans, Fleet introduces us to a sinister darker side of the city. Zack, a former cop turned murderer goes off the grid for eight years after killing his ex-wife and leaving behind his 5 year old daughter, Lily. Determined to reunite with his daughter, now 13 years old, Zack devises a plan to help Lily run away with him.
Fleet has mastered the art of creating characters with unique personalities, especially the two main characters, Zack and Frank Renzi, a well-respected NOPD homicide detective. Zack's resolution to get Lily out of New Orleans turns obsessive. Renzi intends to catch him. A range of diverse characters create an engrossing story, a crime thriller that will keep readers enthralled until the end!" - Shrubaboti Bose, Feathered Quill Book Reviews
About the Author
In her travels, Susan Fleet has worn many hats: trumpeter, college professor and music historian. While teaching at Brown University and Berklee College of Music, she discovered her dark side and began killing people. Fictionally, of course! In 2001 she moved to New Orleans, the setting for her award-winning crime thrillers featuring Homicide Detective Frank Renzi.
She now divides her time between Boston and the Big Easy. Although she still plays her trumpet every day, she spends most of her time dreaming up new ways to terrify and enthrall her readers. The Premier Book Awards named Absolution, Best Mystery-Suspense-Thriller of 2009. Feathered Quill Book Awards named Natalie's Revenge Best Mystery-Thriller of 2014.
See more about Susan on her website, including her solo trumpet CD, profiles of outstanding female musicians, and all of her Frank Renzi crime thrillers.
Susan has published biographical entries of jazz and classical musicians in Scribner's American Biography: trumpeter Les Elgart, jazz pianist Hazel Scott, conductor Antonia Brico, pianist-raconteur Oscar Levant, and organist E. Power Biggs. Her e-book, Women Who Dared: Trailblazing 20th Century Musicians, profiles violinist Maud Powell and trumpeter Edna White.
