The Sarah Armstrong Mystery series is a fictional series created by true crime author-turned-novelist Kathryn Casey, first published by St. Martin's Minotaur in 2008. '' Booklist'' magazine named the first novel, ''Singularity'', one of the top ten Best Crime Novel Debuts of 2009.

Overview

The series narrates Texas Ranger Sarah Armstrong, a criminal profiler, as she solves murders. The first book, ''Singularity'', follows Lieutenant Armstrong as she solves the bizarre double murder of a millionaire businessman and his mistress. Killed in a swank Galveston beach house, the pair are discovered in a grotesque intimate pose. Complicating matters is that Armstrong is newly widowed, and neither she nor her daughter handle the loss well. As Armstrong closes in on her suspect, he turns the tables on her and makes her family his new targets. In 2010, ''

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'' picked the third book in the series, ''The Killing Storm'', as Best Books 2010 in the mystery fiction genre, calling it, "Riveting suspense and nifty plot twists in an outstanding series."

Critical reception

''Singularity'' was included on '' Vanity Fair's'' "Hot Type" page in its August 2008 issue. The '' Houston Press'', in a feature about the series and the author, wrote, "After writing half a dozen true-crime books, Houstonian Kathryn Casey decided to step into fiction with ''Singularity''." P.G. Koch with the ''

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'' wrote that "Casey deftly switches between investigations, working in Sarah's personal life as well as the interesting minutia involved in following tenuous leads." The ''Tampa Tribune'', in its feature, wrote, "Not since

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's ''Postmortem'' has a crime author crafted such a stellar series debut." ''

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'', in a review, called Casey's first attempt at mystery writing, with ''Singularity'', "the riveting fiction debut from true-crime journalist Casey." Midwest Book Review wrote that ''Blood Lines'', the second in the series, was "a fine combination of who done it and who is doing it." Also, ''Deadly Pleasures'' magazine named ''Singularity'' "Best First Novel of 2008."''Deadly Pleasures'' magazine, "Year's Best Mysteries," 2008
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selections.

Titles

* ''Singularity'' (2008, first in the Sarah Armstrong series) * ''Blood Lines'' (2009, second in the series) * ''The Killing Storm'' (2010, third in the series) * ''The Buried'' (2018, fourth in the series)

References

External links

St. Martin's Press Sarah Armstrong Mystery pageKirkus Reviews, "A Texas Ranger juggles two difficult cases as a hurricane bears down on Houston," June 15, 2010Sarah Armstrong Mystery Facebook pageAuthor's website
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