Good book! Thank goodness! The last few books have been just, I guess ok?! But thus book had suspense, intrigue, and great detective work! The storyline was really interesting, it had many twists and turns! I definitely enjoyed reading this book! I will definitely recommend reading this one! Its well worth reading! Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!

Sex, blackmail, and murder! What a fun, fast-paced read! This was more of a cozy mystery but was a great start to a new series! Definitely recommend!

Geneva Chase had worked as a crime journalist for nearly twenty years before joining Sheffield Post as a crime reporter.

She’d left the paper four months ago and now works for a company called Lodestar Analytics, primarily doing corporate and political background checks.

Earlier she had gotten a call from the Post editor, Laura Ostrowski informing her about a smug tv anchorman named Elliot Carlson who’s holding his wife hostage in their home.

Geneva has been seeing Michael Dillion the assistant chief of the Sheffield Police for a while but they called things off. Still, she reaches out to him when she needs to get more inside scoop on a case.

Apparently, Carlson is being blackmailed by an escort service called The Whisper Room. They have a video of him with an underage paid escort in a hotel room and have also threatened to release the video to his wife and all the news outlets if he doesn’t pay them twenty-five thousand dollars.

When Geneva finally meets with the owner of The Whisper Room she learns that their operations system was hacked and suspects a competitor is trying to scare their clientele away by blackmailing them.

Soon after a body was found in the water in Long Island Sound. Laura assigns Geneva to cover the case. Turns out the girl is an escort who works for The Whisper Room and bears a resemblance to the blond in the blackmail video.

As Geneva digs deeper into the case, the more blackmail victims and potential suspects she finds—and she’s left with more questions than answers.

Soon she realizes she must unravel the truth before the body count rises even higher.

I enjoyed the storyline. The mystery pulled me right in. I look forward to reading more by this author. Highly recommend

Thank you to Thomas Kies, NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the arc of this book.

This book is absolutely fantastic and easily a new favorite. It’s a quick read, and the twists and turns don’t completely come out of left field, so I found the resolution to be very satisfying. I really liked all of the characters, too, and felt that they were well-developed without having long spiels that would slow down the pace. I see that this is the first book in a series, and I look forward to reading the others as soon as they’re out. This is the best thing ever, I need more.

This ARC was provided to me via Kindle, Poisoned Pen Press and by #NetGalley. Opinions expressed are completely my own.


What a fun cozy mystery with likable characters. The premise has me intrigued and the story kept me going.

Prickly detective/reporter Geneva Chase returns in Whisper Room, the fifth in this excellent series by veteran newspaperman Thomas Kies. She’s still fighting her addictions, deciding between her “friends with benefits” and raising her teenage ward. A late night news call sends her to home of a local TV news anchor who has taken his wife hostage. She and the rest of the viewing area have seen the video of him having sex with what appears to be a minor. He’s also been blackmailed. As if this story isn’t x-rated enough, Genie discovers that the blackmail attempt came from Whisper Room, an app designed by Ivy League graduates to connect wealthy men with beautiful young women. More blackmail surfaces and lives are threatened, including Genie’s own before this complicated case is solved.

This exceptional series with fast-paced plots just keeps getting better! The Connecticut location (Fairfield County) is perfectly described. Genie has become a friend that I hope will continue trying to change her life. Other characters, especially Mike, John and Caroline, are favorites. I’m looking forward to what comes next!. 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, Poisoned Pen Press and Thomas Kies for this ARC.

So this is my first book by the author and it was a good enjoyable read.

The blurb is quite interesting and made me instantly want to read it. I flew through the book and kept it down only once I reached the end. This is more of a COZY MYSTERY and first book of the series which I enjoyed.

Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for this arc.

This book was everything! It had me on my toes the entire time and just wow! I loved every chapter of it!

Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the ARC of Whisper Room.

The premise of this book had me hook, line and sinker. The chapters were paced just in a way that made this one hard to put down. However, I kept getting the feeling like there were books before this one that I had missed. It reads a lot like a book in the middle of a series. A lot... and I mean A LOT has happened to Geneva Chase before the events of this book take place and she has so many complicated relationships that the brief explanations just don't cut it for me.

Whisper Room was a fast-paced read that I enjoyed from the beginning to the end. Kies takes us on a wild ride, discovering new clues along the way. The characters are well developed and I felt invested in the outcome of the story. Definitely will recommend this to friends!