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As a reporter, she’s used to covering the news.
Now she’s the headline.

Alex Vlodnachek has been a reporter for 12 years, a P.R. rep for three months, and a murder suspect for all of 24 hours. When her agency's double-dealing CEO is stabbed, scheming co-workers cast the new redhead as a compelling red herring. The story is media catnip—especially her salacious nickname: Vlod the Impaler.

Even Alex has to admit she looks guilty.

Out of a job and under suspicion, Alex is running low on cash, when she’s visited by a second disaster: her family. Soon her tiny bungalow is bursting with her nearest and not-so-dearest. To keep herself out of jail—and save what’s left of her sanity—Alex returns to her reporting roots. She goes undercover to reclaim her life, break the story, and unmask a murderer. Pretty much in that order.

What she doesn’t know: The killer also has a to-do list.
And Alex is on it.

Length: 448 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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About the Author

Dana Dratch is a former newspaper reporter and current personal finance writer. When she's not finishing Seeing Red—the next Alex Vlodnachek mystery—you'll spot her byline on a host of top news sites. You can learn more about her mysteries at ConfessionsofaRedHerring.com. --This text refers to the mass_market edition.

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ASIN : B075C8FDT5
Publisher : Kensington Books (May 29, 2018)
Publication date : May 29, 2018
Language: : English
File size : 746 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 448 pages
Lending : Enabled

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Tari H.

Corporate corruption and murder at its best but so hilariously told!

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2019

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I laughed so much while reading this book, but there were definitely some nail biter parts too. When Alex's brother and his fiancee moved in with her, they brought along a dog they'd just adopted. Lucy sounded like just the cutest little thing. That was chaotic enough with trying to make room for two extra people and potty train a pup, but when Alex's Russian grandmother, Baba, came to stay and help, the chaos and humor escalated.

It was funny enough to picture Alex putting on a disguise to go clean toilets in the place she'd been wrongly fired from to retrieve a small recorder she'd planted in a vase, but the scene after she went to the dentist almost had me on the floor. Yes, there was murder involved which was no laughing matter, but I love the style of the story and I loved the humor injected by the author. The characters were awesome too. I had to admire Alex for starters. I would have been scared to pieces in her shoes. Her brother was a hoot, and I loved the banter between them. He was so sweet with his little dog. His girlfriend Gabby was probably not quite above the law, but she and Baba definitely came in handy during an epic two-part showdown. I liked the new neighbor Ian who is opening a B&B--I'm sure he and Alex will get together at some point. And sweet Trip, crazy Trip, who wouldn't want a bestie like him? Reliable, sometimes cynical but always a reporter with integrity. I'm anxious to read the next book, since there's a little teaser for it at the end of this one.

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A funny start to a new series

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2019

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Alex Vlodnachek is the sleuth of this story. She was a reporter (at low pay) for many years. Just a few months ago, Alex left her newspaper job for a high-paying job in public relations. The PR firm she works for leaves a lot to be desired. They push their employees to work crazy hours and seem to fire them fairly quickly.

When the boss tries to “give” Alex to a client for a night, Alex chews him out in public and figures she is out of a job. When the boss turns up murdered, Alex becomes the number one suspect. People who were her work-friends turn against her and blame her as well.

If that wasn’t enough, members of Alex’s family descend upon her. It is a plot, obviously, to drive her completely insane. Though, not crazy enough to stop her from noticing the new good looking, Englishman who has purchased the neighborhood wreck across the street from her home.

Alex turns to her newspaper roots and looks for the real murderer. Along the way, we learn to love the crazy family as well as the crazy neighbors.

The story is fun and funny. The mystery is good as well. I had a lot of fun following the “red herrings” the author left in the story. I’m looking forward to reading the next book in the series and finding out where Alex sleuths next.

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Betty Louise

A good read

Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2019

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The first book of a new series, a Red Herring. Alex Vlodnachek is working as a Public Relations company when her boss attempts to pimp her out to a customer. She publicly rejects him and leaves. A couple of days later, the police show up and arrest her for his murder. She has an alibi and is clear but rumors are spread that she killed him. Her brother and his new wife join her, and their elderly grandmother arrives unexpectedly. Before long her small home is overwhelmed with guests. She meets Ian next door who is converting a Victorian mansion to a B&B resident. Will her nemesis succeed with her plan to send Alex to jail. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK AND SERIES.

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Marivale

Humor and a good mystery

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2019

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Good mystery, interesting characters and laugh out loud moments. Look forward to the next book!

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Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2019

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Great Read!

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2020

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Great and Entertaining!!!

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Carrie G.

Confessions of a Red Herring

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2018

Confessions of a Red Herring by Dana Dratch is the first book in the new cozy A Red Herring Mystery series. In this series Alex Vlodnachek had spent years as a reporter but left that industry to work in a PR firm but never expected that move would land her straight into a murder investigation.

The CEO at Alex’s new agency turned up dead and all eyes landed on Alex as the one who had done the deed but when that also gets her fired from her job and broke Alex knows she needs to clear her name. The stories begin to fly on just who Alex was aiming the attention at her so she does a little undercover investigating to find the truth but that just may put her and her family in danger.

When picking up a book and it makes me chuckle on the opening page I know that I should be in for a good read. Starting this one off that was just what happened when I read the opening….

“I felt zero guilt for calling in sick Monday. “Sick of Work” would have been more accurate.”

Ok, now really who out there can’t relate to that one?? Pretty sure it would be a pretty low percentage that had not had that thought at least once in their lives so Alex immediately became somewhat relatable already. There were a few times I think the humor fell a little short of the mark to me but plenty of times that it had me laughing too. I do think there were a few slower moments along the way in the story, perhaps when the humor wasn’t drawing me in but overall this one was a fun start to this series that will bring me back for more.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

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