The Critic by L.L. Kirchner
The Critic by L.L. Kirchner
English | 2026 | Mystery & Thriller
The only thing more dangerous than a woman accused is a woman who decides to fight back.
Pittsburgh, 1995. Jessica Greer has perfected the art of outrunning the worst thing that ever happened to her. Or so she believes.
Then her high-profile rival — the narcissistic theater critic who just stole her column — collapses from a ricin poisoning delivered straight to him in the newsroom. The FBI opens an investigation. And Jessica is the perfect suspect.
She has textbook motive. A suspiciously detailed knowledge of ricin. And now her private psychiatric history is splashed across the evening news, turning a false accusation into a media scandal: meet The Mail Murderess.
The evidence says Jessica poisoned her rival. Worse, she’s not entirely sure she didn’t.
Trapped between high-pressure panic and intrusive self-doubt, the harder this journalist-turned-suspect fights to clear her name, the guiltier she looks. But Jessica Greer is a survivor. She knows the difference between falling apart and being pushed — and this time, she’s not letting anyone else write the ending.
Everyone loves a scapegoat. This time they’ve crossed the wrong woman.
