Skin in the Game

<p><br></p><p><strong><em>This debut novel from E.G. Rutledge is for readers who enjoy their character driven </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>mysteries with a splash of nostalgia for the eighties. </em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>On a spring morning in Manhattan 1982 the newspaper headlines report the </p><p>latest homicide: a young scion of finance found strangled in his elegant high rise.</p><p>When twenty-six year old Sheila Ross copywriter by day would-be stand-up </p><p>comic by night learns of Craig Vitale's murder her blood runs cold.</p><p>He was her client. As she reads the details of Vitale's murder traumatic </p><p>memories flood her: this murder has echos of her brother's. Ten years ago in </p><p>their sleepy Iowa town her older brother was murdered and his killer</p><p>was never found.</p><p><br></p><p>Haunted by her brother's murder Sheila fled Iowa and now calls Manhattan home. </p><p>Three of her Delmont cohort moved to The Big Apple as well. Reunited at the victim's funeral</p><p>they compare their connections to him. NYPD Detective Mike Sloan has caught the case.</p><p>He was Sheila's murdered brother's best friend back in Iowa. Like Sheila he sees similarities</p><p class=ql-align-justify>to her brother's murder as well as to cold cases going back ten years that haunt him.</p><p><br></p><p>Now it seems that a killer has followed the four of them over a decade and a thousand miles</p><p>from Delmont to Manhattan. They'll confront their pasts and give up their secrets</p><p>to stop a serial killer who's playing the long game. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Evelyn Render Katz and Gayle Render Dinerstein are sisters who have joined</p><p>forces writing as E.G. Rutledge to add their unique voice to the genre they love.</p><p>Evelyn and Gayle share a writing brain in addition to their love of mysteries family </p><p>dogs and chocolate. Not necessarily in that order. Both of them have written all </p><p>their lives: everything from poetry to short stories to non-fiction to stand-up comedy. </p><p><br></p><p>They have collaborated on published award winning articles for <em>Momentum </em></p><p>the magazine of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.</p><p><br></p><p>Evelyn is a retired occupational therapist. Her non-fiction writing is included </p><p>in <em>Occupational Therapy with Elders: Strategies for the COTA. </em>Elsevier.</p><p>Evelyn is also a visual artist. She created the cover design for S<em>kin in the Game</em></p><p>. </p><p>Gayle was a Madison Avenue copywriter in another lifetime and currently is a </p><p>realtor whose hobby is stand-up comedy. </p><p><br></p><p>Both grew up in Omaha NE. A metropolis compared to fictional Delmont IA</p><p>but not a far cry. </p><p>. </p>