Horoscope: The Astrology Murders
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Authors: Georgia Frontiere
PRAISE FOR
HOROSCOPE
“Frontiere grabs you immediately with her lucid prose and engaging style. Kelly York is a flawed but beautiful character whose dedication to helping people through the use of astrology, psychology, and wisdom is deeply touching and affecting.
Horoscope
is truly out of this world. A must-read.”
—David Assael, writer/producer (
Northern Exposure
,
St. Elsewhere
,
Picket Fences
,
Star Trek: The Next Generation
,
Evan’s Crime
)
“The story hooked me from the very start. I couldn’t wait to see what would happen next as Kelly York gets more and more deeply involved in a murder case that draws her out of her comfortable existence and into a dangerous mystery.”
—Andrew Tennenbaum, President, Flashpoint Entertainment, and producer (
The Bourne Identity
and
Water for Elephants
)
“Frontiere has created a thoroughly believable character, and we know it’s only a matter of time before we enter her nightmare. An absorbing read.”
—Phyllis Naylor, best-selling author of
Shiloh
,
Faces in the Water
, and
Jade Green
“
Horoscope
grabs your attention and keeps it. Better check your sign before reading this one!”
—Dylan Ratigan, best-selling author of
Greedy Bastards
and sustainability entrepreneur
“A taut psychological thriller,
Horoscope
combines the best of literary fiction with heart-pounding suspense. With its compelling characters and rich, multilayered plot,
Horoscope
is mystery writing at its best.”
—Lori Andrews, author of the Alexandra Blake mysteries (
Sequence
,
The Silent Assassin
, and
Immunity
)
“A real page-turner. I was totally engrossed in the mystery and captivated by the characters. Dr. Kelly York is the new leading lady of mystery thrillers.”
—Robert Levy, producer and partner, Tapestry Films (
Wedding Crashers
,
Serendipity
, the Mary-Kate and Ashley series)
“Frontiere has created an intelligent, sympathetic, and compelling character in Kelly York. I can hardly wait to read the Kelly York mysteries to come.”
—Sara Risher, CEO, Chick Flicks Productions, and former Chair of Production, New Line Cinema
“The
Da Vinci Code
meets
Rear Window
. Like Robert Langdon unravels mysteries utilizing a fascinating expertise, symbology, Kelly York solves crimes with an equally intriguing specialty, astrology. And just as Jimmy Stewart’s character faces thrills and murder while unable to leave his apartment, Kelly York encounters a killer and an ingenious whodunnit as she’s confined to her Manhattan brownstone. This exciting combo of Dan Brown and Alfred Hitchcock made Georgia Frontiere’s novel one of the most exciting reads I’ve had in a long time.”
—Michael Davis, writer/director/artist (
Shoot ’Em Up
,
Eight Days a Week
)
“Horoscope
is an exceptionally well-written and engrossing thriller. The suspense will keep you on the edge of your seat until the last page.”
—Chris McGurk, Chairman and CEO, Cinedigm; former President, Walt Disney Motion Pictures; and former President, Universal Pictures
“With its intriguing use of astrology as a repeating element and the touching backstory about its author, with an engaging and sympathetic heroine and its bonus supply of FBI lore,
Horoscope
is an absorbing and most satisfying read.”
—Jamie Wolf, Vice President, PEN Center USA
“A great read. A total page-turner with characters that pop off the page and a plot that keeps you guessing.”
—Richard Arlook, producer/manager (
Turn It Up
,
Rodham
)
“James Patterson, watch out—here comes Georgia Frontiere’s
Horoscope
. Enjoy this book. You won’t be able to put it down.”
—Richard Krevolin, best-selling author of
Screenwriting from the Soul
and
King Levine
“A true page-turner. Kelly York is a terrific heroine—vulnerable, intelligent, and in real trouble. The combination of astrology and psychology is quite a twosome.”
—Julian Schlossberg, theatrical producer (
Bullets over Broadway
,
Sly Fox
)
“I loved this book! A page-turner and a great mystery. Kelly York is a great character!”
—Andrew Jenks, best-selling author of
My Adventures as a Young Filmmaker
and filmmaker (
World of Jenks
,
The Zen of Bobby V
)
“Frontiere has penned a mystery thriller worthy of the best Agatha Christie novel, and she clearly has a Hitchcockian instinct for relentless suspense.
Horoscope
will have your mind racing and your heart pumping! I can’t wait to go on Kelly York’s next adventure!”
—Steve Bratter, filmmaker (
Demolition Man
), host of
Talking Movies
, and author of
The Bratter Breakdown
“Who knew that Georgia could write such a powerful thriller?”
—John Shaw, former President, St. Louis Rams
“
Horoscope
had me sitting on the edge of my seat from the first chapter throughout the entire read. A powerfully exciting storyline that’s impossible to put down. Bravo!”
—Vicki Escarra, CEO, Opportunity International, and former CEO, Feeding America
“
Horoscope
is fast-paced, colorful, and compelling … just like Georgia herself.”
—Sandy Tung, filmmaker (
Across the Tracks
,
Saving Shiloh
)
“From the first chapter,
Horoscope
captivates with its original characters and clever plots twists. I couldn’t put it down. I kept wishing it wouldn’t end.”
—Bruce Taylor, writer/producer (
The Brave One
,
The Equalizer
)
“Georgia Frontiere’s creation of the character Kelly York is inventive and unique. Frontiere’s mastery lies in her incredible attention to details. I look forward to seeing Kelly York in a movie or television series based on this enjoyable and well-crafted read.”
—Carl Borack, producer (
Shiloh
,
The Big Fix
,
Bienvenue à Cannes
); US Olympian; and former Captain, US fencing team
“
Horoscope
is not simply a compelling mystery but so much more. It is visceral, original, intelligent storytelling in the tradition of great contemporary mystery writers from John le Carré to Dan Brown; I actually did not want to put it down.”
—Arthur Joseph, best-selling author of
Vocal Leadership
, creator of Vocal Awareness, and motivational speaker/educator
The Astrology Murders
A Novel
GEORGIA FRONTIERE
Copyright © 2014 by Violet Mountain Press
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Publisher’s Note:
This is a work of fiction. It is a product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to people, living or dead is purely coincidental. Occasionally, real places or institutions are used novelistically for atmosphere and are employed in a fictional manner. There is no connection between the characters or events in this novel to any real-life people, places, organizations, or companies of any kind.
Printed in the United States of America
Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Frontiere, Georgia.
Horoscope : the astrology murders : a novel / Georgia
Frontiere.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-9903101-3-6 (pbk)
ISBN 978-0-9903101-4-3 (ebook)
1. Serial murders—Fiction. 2. Detective and mystery
stories. I. Title.
PS3606.R64H67 2014 813’.6
QBI14-600103
First Edition
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Horoscope: Murder in Mercury Retrograde
O
UR MOTHER WAS KNOWN
as the first prominent woman to own an American sports team. But her background was very different from what sports fans believe. Born at the dawn of the Depression, she was raised in a show business home. By the time she was eighteen, she had travelled the country with her mother and her brother and had toured as a singer with Bob Hope and other major entertainers. Singing was one of her creative passions. The other was writing. She wrote hundreds of poems and kept notebooks filled with her thoughts, sometimes just her anticipation of what the day might bring. A limited edition book of her poetry was published in 2002, and she was very proud of it.
Our mother died in 2008. In the last decade of her life, she had several offers to write an autobiography. She refused to do it on the grounds that she wouldn’t write anything negative about anybody else and publishers weren’t interested in a book that would have no negative gossip. She was compiling a book of anecdotes, photographs, and drawings that would tell her life story, and she contemplated publishing that at some point.
She told those closest to her that she had started writing a thriller about an astrologer and psychologist named Dr. Kelly Elizabeth York who lives in New York City. She loved the character and enjoyed talking about what was happening in her book. She had ideas for Kelly to solve lots of mysteries.
The initial book she was writing was to be called
Horoscope
. Our mother was so fascinated with astrology and psychology, she thought what better way to explore these fields than to come up with a character who was in both. Kelly and our mom shared another trait in common: the desire to help those around them. This became a core quality of Kelly’s and a way for our mom to relate even more to her creation.
