The Series so far
Book Two · November 19
Now Entering the Chat
She was hired to protect him. She stayed to bury him.
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Pittsburgh, 1996. After a college freshman accuses her professor of sexual assault, the university hires Jessica Greer to control the damage.
When Jessica finds evidence clearing the professor, St. Augie’s University declares victory.
Then his accuser turns up dead.
Jessica knows something is terribly wrong with this story, and she won’t stop until she finds out what really happened.
A new psychological suspense from bestselling author L.L. Kirchner. Coming November 19.
Book One
The Critic
He stole her column. Then someone poisoned him. She didn’t do it — she’s pretty sure — but her mental health history has a way of making her doubt herself. And if she can’t trust her own memory, how is she supposed to prove her innocence?
Available NowBook Three · Coming in 2027
The Heiress
Same hair. Same clothes. Same alibi.
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Prequel
Steel City Burn
She has a PR day job, a journalism degree she’s not using, and one shot at landing a dream job as a critic for the city’s hottest alt-newsweekly. What she gets instead is a disaster of a play, a theater full of people with knives out for each other, and a target on her back. Start here. Before everything goes wrong.
Download the Free PrequelPraise for The Critic
“While investigating a murder to keep the heat off herself, you’ll be tossed into Jessica’s world of chaos and action in THE CRITIC. Kirchner blends Pittsburgh’s gritty theater backdrop, red herrings galore, nonstop 90s nostalgia in this entertaining and clever thriller. The first in a series spotlighting different characters from the scene, you’ll be waiting for the next with bated breath. A bonafide win.”
—Jaime Lynn Hendricks, bestselling author of Their Double Lives