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Knight Blind

Book 1 of the Jorja Knight Series

by Alice Bienia

Jorja Knight survived a workplace shooting that almost broke her. Instead, she walked away from her career as a forensic analyst and became a private investigator. Now, desperate to prove herself, she's scouring the city’s shadowy corners searching for the sole heir to her wealthy client's millions.

Zosia Gorwitz always believed her entire family died during the Holocaust. When new information suggests a nephew may have survived, she hires Jorja to find him—hoping for one last chance to reconnect with family and unburden herself from a secret that has haunted her for decades.

But someone doesn't want him found.

As Jorja hunts for Johnnie Gorwitz, troubling questions surface. Why are Johnnie’s pals afraid to talk? Why have the police ordered her to back off? And who stands to gain if Johnnie isn’t found? As Jorja digs deeper, the warnings grow darker. Soon, what began as a search for a missing heir turns into a terrifying game of survival.

With her aging client's health failing and time running out, Jorja must expose a deadly deception before a ruthless killer buries the truth—and her with it.

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Publisher: Self-published

Date: 2020

ISBN: 9781777177911

Location: Calgary, Alberta

Sub-genres: Private Investigator , Jewish , Women Sleuths , Urban

About The Author

Alice Bienia is the author of the Jorja Knight Mystery Series. Her debut novel, Knight Blind, was an Arthur Ellis Award finalist for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel (2016). In addition to her Jorja Knight mystery series, her short stories have been published in The Dame Was Trouble, Crime Wave, and Last Shot anthologies. She is a member of Crime Writers of Canada, Sisters in Crime, and the Writers’ Guild of Alberta.

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