POETIC JUSTICE

Twenty-five-year-old Victoria Justice has never really gotten over a near drowning at the hands of her high school bully but has attempted to build her confidence and career as a court stenographer under the mentorship of The Honorable Frederica Scott Wannamaker, the county's first African American Superior Court judge. But when Victoria’s childhood nemesis appears on the court docket, our heroine’s carefully crafted world implodes―evidence goes missing, a potential mistrial abounds, and the judge winds up drowned in the courthouse bathroom. Victoria quickly realizes her trial transcript unlocks everyone's secrets...including the murderer's. But can she suppress her fears long enough to crack the code, reclaim her voice, and avoid the crosshairs of the killer?

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"Readers will cheer the plucky Victoria every step of the way to the shocking ending. Hopefully, she’ll be back soon for another adventure." 

~ Publishers Weekly

"An exciting debut for a new voice in mystery! I loved learning all about Victoria’s life inside the courthouse, where few of us ever venture. She is exactly the person you want to solve a murder because she’s smart, determined and loyal, and she uses all those qualities to bring the killer to Poetic Justice." 

~ Victoria Thompson, USA Today bestselling author

of Murder in Rose Hill

"If you love well written, excellently plotted traditional mysteries, then you're sure to love POETIC JUSTICE, the first book in the new Victoria Justice Mysteries. Author, Andrea J. Johnson does a masterful job developing a clever sleuth with character and depth and a plot twist that will keep you guessing until the very end." 

~ V. M. Burns, author of the Agatha-nominated

Mystery Bookshop Mysteries, the Dog Club Mystery Series,

the RJ Franklin Mystery Series, and the Baker Street Mysteries

"Victoria Justice is a heroine to root for as she digs into a shocking crime from a unique point-of-view: court stenographer. In this tense and twisty tale of a murder investigation, I was quickly immersed in Justice's world, the atmospheric Delaware coast, and a mystery that kept me guessing and gasping in surprise right up until the very end." 

~ Jess Montgomery, author of the Kinship Mystery Series