The Death Knot

Eleanor Armitage has isolated herself in the small town where she’s chosen to live. Her job selecting fabrics for a designer makes it possible for her to work and travel without much personal contact with others. She’s not unhappy; she’s just, by desire, totally disengaged from what we would consider ＂ normal＂ life. But when Eleanor witnesses a particularly ugly crime, that event pulls at her and, as she follows various aspects of what she has seen, she’s released from her self-imposed prison and welcomes friendship and even romance.

Carolyn Banks has a long and continuous record of publication. Her first novel, Mr. Right, was hailed as ＂ hilarious and sexy at the same time.＂ Suspense novels followed, including Patchwork, The Girls on the Row and The Darkroom. Afterward, Banks wrote a five-book comic mystery series set in the equestrian world. These were Death by Dressage, Murder Well Bred, Death on the Diagonal, Groomed for Death and A Horse to Die For. The series was reprinted in 2023 by Sapere Books in England, In 2024, Banks’s farcical novel featuring Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Erica, appeared.