All the Blue-Eyed Angels

Editorial Reviews: "All the Blue-Eyed Angels is a stellar debut from a talented author. Jen Blood has crafted an action and suspense packed story with a conflicted and clever sleuth, a moody setting, multiple mysteries, a little romance, and plenty of twists." Susan Vaughan, award-winning author of Primal Obsession "If you need your eight hours, don’t start Jen Blood’s All The Blue Eyed Angels at bedtime. Her characters invaded my senses and stayed with me like a faithful, but twisted dog. Not only did I lose sleep, but the next day I doubted my mother, got advice from dead relatives, and shied away from law enforcement types. If I didn’t live on the coast of Maine, Blood’s vivid scenes would have plopped me down there until I could smell the mix of pine and salt air… And one more thing – the blue eyed angel that goes on top of my Christmas tree – I’ll be replacing it with a star." - Jeff Foltz, author of Birkebeiner: A Story of Motherhood and War "On my tenth birthday, I am baptized by fire." So begins Erin Solomon’s story, on a remote island in Maine where the Payson Church and thirty-four of its members have just burned. When the smoke clears, only Erin and her father remain. The police rule the tragedy mass suicide, but Erin knows the truth: no one in the Church wanted to die. She just isn’t sure how much her father had to do with their deaths. More than twenty years later, Erin is an investigative journalist still burdened with her father’s secrets. When she receives incontrovertible evidence that the Payson congregation was murdered, she can no longer hide from the truth. She returns to her hometown only to find an intricate conspiracy involving her parents, a haunted woman who sought refuge with the Paysons before the fire, and a disturbed boy who believed himself destined to lead the Payson Church to glory. Now, isolated on the Maine coast with an old flame and a mysterious newcomer with a surprising link to the tragedy, Erin will risk everything to uncover the secrets of Payson Isle – secrets someone will kill to keep buried.Review"Jen Blood has created my favorite narrator of the decade: the whip-smart, sassy, and delightfully stubborn Erin Solomon. The story she tells--with its hidden turns, dry humor, enthralling pace, persuasive complexity, and vivid setting--is absolutely unforgettable. Blood is one hell of a writer." -- Lewis Robinson, award-winning author of Water Dogs and *Officer Friendly and Other Stories* "Creepy, tense, and thoroughly addictive... I loved everything about this book." -- Kindle Book Review "The pacing is flawless, building steadily to a riveting climax. The characters are complex, likable and expertly drawn. If you enjoy contemporary mysteries, then you don't want to pass on this one." -- Tahlia Newland, Awesome Indies Book Reviews "All the Blue-Eyed Angels is a stellar debut from a talented author. Jen Blood has crafted an action and suspense packed story with a conflicted and clever sleuth, a moody setting, multiple mysteries, a little romance, and plenty of twists." -- Susan Vaughan, award-winning author of *Primal Obsession*From the AuthorI love mysteries, and always have. It started with Scooby Doo, and carried on through to Trixie Belden (I always preferred her to Nancy Drew -- Trixie felt a little more accessible to me, more willing to dive in and get her hands dirty for the sake of the next clue), old hardback copies of The Power Boys and The Hardy Boys and even Hawaii 5-0... Once I hit puberty, I discovered -- and quickly devoured -- those old Gothic romantic mysteries: Victoria Holt and Daphne DuMaurier, Phyllis Whitney, Emily Bronte... I lived for creepy settings and sexual tension, damsels in distress and the brooding men who saved them. It seemed only natural, then, that I would choose to study and pursue a career as a mystery writer. It took over a decade and countless incarnations before I came up with the final draft of All the Blue-eyed Angels, a hybrid of the best mysteries I've loved over the years -- mysteries where character is key, the wit is sharp, the settings dark and creepy, and sex and ghosts and all those things that go bump in the night lurk just below the surface. I've been thrilled with the response Angels and the other books in the Solomon series have gotten from readers, particularly when I hear how much they love the characters of Erin Solomon and her comrades in arms. With four novels now out and others on the way, I am grateful to the authors who came before me, and to the countless hours I spent reading dusty old mysteries in the back of our small-town library, living vicariously through damsels in distress and spunky heroines alike. Good books continue to be a magical form of escapism for me, and I hope that I provide the same kind of escape for my own readers. Best,Jen Blood