Five Star First Edition Mystery - Deadly Blessings

It's not often Alex St. James has a story like this fall into her lap, only to have it snatched away again. As news researcher at Midwest Focus Television in Chicago, she'd been set to interview a young Polish immigrant woman, pregnant by a Catholic priest. When the woman is found murdered, and Alex tries to investigate, her boss abruptly reassigns her to a fluff piece, so he can give the hot murder story to the station owner's nephew. But anyone who knows Alex also knows that like Fate, she'll find a way. Acting without authority and without assistance, she continues to investigate, making some very powerful people in the Chicago Archdiocese uneasy. Suddenly Alex finds herself in the middle of a plot so sinister and far reaching that the very next thing she might hear are her own Last Rites.

Award-winning mystery author Julie Hyzy has also written several award-winning science-fiction short stories. She lives in the suburbs of Chicago.

Growing up in a small south side Chicago neighborhood, Julie Hyzy survived sixteen years of Catholic education, emerging from Loyola University with a degree in business administration and a love of writing fiction. Today she's a wealth advisor for an independent broker but she can't imagine a day without writing.

Julie's first novel, Artistic License, a stand-alone romantic suspense, came out in 2004 and is also available in paperback and large print. Deadly Blessings is the first in Julie's mystery series featuring researcher Alex St. James.

In addition to suspense, Julie has written several award-winning science fiction short stories.