Masquerade on the Net

In Masquerade on the Net, Book 2 of the Sandra Troux Mysteries, readers are engulfed in an international cyber plot that twists and turns from the U.S. to Russia, Nigeria and France. Lifelong friends Sandy Troux, Bobbi Power and Lizbet Sheridan are torn apart when Sandy is drugged and dragged to Russia by ruthless cyber criminals. Reunited, they race through the treacherous streets of Moscow, dodge bullets at the Sochi Olympic site, and trek through oil spills in the eco-threatened Niger Delta. Ensnarled in a turbulent and dangerous underworld, they battle the ruthless Russian Bratva and its murderous Nigerian counterparts. The search for Rini, a kidnapped biracial teen, unmasks a malevolent plot to usurp the worldwide cyber, financial end energy markets. In a desperate struggle atop the St. Alexandre-Nevsky Cathedral in Paris, the sheroes confront villains in a global masquerade of crime and intrigue, duplicitous identities, Imperial Romanov secrets, and devastating cyber extortion. Sandy, Bobbi and Lizbet foil criminal forces that threaten global stability in an uncanny parallel to contemporary events.

A diverse trio of Boomer sleuths – strong, vibrant, gutsy women – solve international crimes and defeat ruthless villains. Set against rich tapestries of culture and history, our “sheroes” – Sandra Troux, Bobbi Power and Lizbet Sheridan – drive the action in contemporary page turners. Fans of Nancy Drew, Agatha Christie and Prime Suspect’s Jane Tennison will love the Sandra Troux Mysteries. In Masquerade on the Net, Book 2 of the Sandra Troux Mysteries, readers are engulfed in an international cyber plot that twists and turns from the U.S. to Russia, Nigeria and France. Lifelong friends Sandy Troux, Bobbi Power and Lizbet Sheridan are torn apart when Sandy is drugged and dragged to Russia by ruthless cyber criminals. Reunited, they race through the treacherous streets of Moscow, dodge bullets at the Sochi Olympic site, and trek through oil spills in the eco-threatened Niger Delta. Ensnarled in a turbulent and dangerous underworld, they battle the ruthless Russian Bratva and its murderous Nigerian counterparts. The search for Rini, a kidnapped biracial teen, unmasks a malevolent plot to usurp the worldwide cyber, financial and energy markets. In a desperate struggle atop the St. Alexandre-Nevsky Cathedral in Paris, the sheroes confront villains in a global masquerade of crime and intrigue, duplicitous identities, Imperial Romanov secrets, and devastating cyber extortion. Sandy, Bobbi and Lizbet foil criminal forces that threaten global security in an uncanny parallel to contemporary events. Book Extras include: Cast of Characters, Glossary, Romanovs & Faberge history, Russian Mafia & Tattoos, A Brief History of Nigerian Women, Mock Interview with an Ex-Mobster, A Sampling of Recipes, Book Club Topics, a preview of book 3, Secrets at Abbott House, and more.

Virginia Cornue, Ph.D. and Linda Lombri, M.S. are the co-authors of SANDRA TROUX MYSTERIES, published under the pen name Crystal Sharpe. Both single adoptive China Moms from Montclair, New Jersey, they met in Shanghai during a 2006 heritage tour of China with their daughters, now in college. Virginia Cornue is an author, cultural anthropologist, and part time professor at Bloomfield College. She is the author of The Dragon’s Daughters Return (2007), which chronicled the experiences of middle-school age daughters and their adoptive families returning to visit China; and Draw on Culture: China (2009), an educational activity book. She is the co-editor of So Much Blood: The Civil War Letters of CSA Private William W. Beard, 1861-1865, and is researching another Civil War era non-fiction book, A Secret Upcountry. Virginia earned her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Rutgers University (2001). Her manuscript, based on her dissertation, was Sex, Tenderness and Discrimination: Chinese Women in the Great Global Market Revolution. She holds a B.F.A in Dramatic Arts from the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) and did masters work at the New School for Social Research. Virginia co-founded and/or directed a number of non-profit organizations: The National Organization for Women (NYC chapter); The Service Fund of NOW; the Women’s Funding Coalition-NYC; and Newark Emergency Services for Families. She was the recipient of the 1998 Susan B. Anthony Award for Service and Advocacy for Women and the 1989 Newark (NJ) Humanitarian Service Award. Linda Lombri is an author, marketing communications consultant, freelance writer/editor, and home economist. She is working on Tapestry & Patchwork: A Family History Sampler, a book of essays based on family immigrant stories. Linda has an a M.S. degree in Design from Drexel University’s College of Media Arts & Design, and a B.A. degree in Home Economics in Business from Queens College (CUNY). In her varied career, she was a home economist for Standard Brands, Coats & Clark and Butterick Fashion Marketing, and then a marketing services director in the consumer packaging industry. During her tenure at International Paper’s Shorewood Packaging division, she branded and developed its greenchoice™ Environmental Solutions for Packaging & Displays program, which was awarded a 2008 Sales & Marketing Excellence Team Award.