TV journalist Kirsch puts her knowledge of her industry to good use in her entertaining third whodunit featuring Stella Reynolds, a reporter for a Knoxville, Tenn., TV station (after 2016’s The Big Interview). A routine assignment takes Stella to the police department just as officers are bringing in a murder suspect. When Stella asks handcuffed Cas Rockman if he shot Oliver Bennet, Rockman admits to it on camera. Despite the confession, Stella is warned to disregard it by a stranger, who turns out to be Rockman’s father, Harrison Keys, a convicted murderer who served 20 years in prison. These odd encounters prove to be just the beginning of an extremely challenging case, in which Stella investigates Rockman’s possible innocence. Romance fans will enjoy passages detailing Stella’s love life (“She launched into him, ripping his shirt off in one rough movement, and the ping of buttons as they bounced off the bedside table and lamp was the only thing that broke the silence”). (BookLife)