Murder By Charlotte Russe
By (Author) Esta Fischer
BookBaby
BookBaby
8th March 2018
United States
General
Fiction
Paperback
298
Width 152mm, Height 228mm, Spine 22mm
399g
In the sequel to Murder a la Russe, an unexpected medical condition temporarily interrupts Natalya Denisova's literary career. Her son Leo, using notes left on her computer, completes her book-in-progress, in which a Charlotte Russe, a dessert named Russe by its inventor for Czar Alexander, contains poison. Natalya was previously accused by the local Russian community of causing harm and even death to real persons resembling her fictional victims by using the Evil Eye of Belarus. She is now intent on wreaking havoc rather than death on her current enemy. By the time the book is completed there is proof that Natalya has succeeded. Leo then reads an email from his mother's literary agent that confirms the murder of a pastry chef who resembles a character he created and he suspects that he, too, possesses the Evil Eye.
Esta Fischer's short fiction has been published in print journals and e-zines including Imitation Fruit, Coe Review, Front Range Review and Colere. Murder by Charlotte Russe is her second novel.