I Need You to Read This is the newest novel of author Jessa Maxwell. Her first mystery The Golden Spoon was an light and entertaining mystery based on the idea of the Great British Baking Show.
This time Maxwell takes on the busy newsroom and newspaper advice column as the backbone of this murder mystery. Alex Marks has left the small town life behind. She is trying to forget her past and get lost in the hustle and bustle of New York City. Then she is a want ad in the newspaper that changes her life.
When her role model advice columnist Francis Keen is murdered, the newspaper puts out an ad looking for her replacement. On a lark Alex answers the ad and is surprised when she is offered the job.
Coming into the spotlight is difficult for Alex but she finds she loves the job and is excited to be the newspaper's new advice columnist. Though strange things seem to be going on at the office, Alex gives the job her all, spending long hours alone in her secluded office with her assistant answering the many letters asking for her advice. There are eerie moments, when her boss, editor-in-chief Howard Dimitri, is discovered staying late at the office and drinking too much. Then there are some threatening letters. She decides to try to figure out why Francis was murdered which takes her to her predecessor 's lake house in search of answers.
She has a skill for solving other people's problems, but can she save herself?
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