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Title details for The Tip Line by Vanessa Cuti - Available

The Tip Line

by Vanessa Cuti
Sarah Naughton
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Anxious to get married, thirty-year-old Virginia Carey lands a job as an operator at a police tip line, where she thinks finding a husband will be easy. There's Charlie Ford, a surprisingly sweet homicide detective, and charming police chief Declan "Deck" Brady. But just as Virginia's plans begin to fall into place and she can almost picture a ring on her finger, she answers a call from Verona—a mysterious woman who provides a tip about four bodies on a remote local beach. Verona, a sex worker, also gives Virginia details on sordid and raucous parties attended by law enforcement officers—and on the strange fetishes of cops she has been involved with. Then comes an explosive tip: Verona thinks it's a police officer who is responsible for the killings. But it can't be true—the cops Virginia works with are marriage material, even if they are a little rough around the edges. While Verona trusts that her tips are being heard because she and Virginia have formed an unusual connection, Virginia realizes that the key to solving the case is ultimately in her hands. The tip line will reveal the truth about those murders. So long as Virginia is willing to hear it.

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  • Release date

    April 18, 2023

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666630701
      • File size: 282095 KB
      • Duration: 09:47:41

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from February 13, 2023
      “I just wanted to get married,” declares 30-year-old Virginia Carey at the start of Cuti’s exceptional debut, a psychological thriller built in part from elements of a still-unsolved Long Island crime. After Virginia lands a job at the Suffolk County, N.Y., police department fielding calls to its anonymous tip line, Det. Charlie Ford asks her out. Virginia immediately decides she loves Charlie and imagines their romance, sex, and marriage in detail. Their first date is postponed after a woman who identifies herself as Verona calls to say that several dead prostitutes lie in the dunes at a nearby beach. The discovery of four corpses propels Charlie and police chief Declan Brady, another unmarried man who attracts Virginia’s interest, into a serial killer investigation. In later calls, Verona claims that a police officer whose name she doesn’t know is involved in the killings. Virginia has grown to trust the other woman, yet refuses to believe that her marriage prospects could be killers. Cuti uses sharply honed prose to evoke a mind driven by desire and denial. Fans of Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley novels will want to take a look. Agent: Maria Whelan, InkWell Management.

    • Library Journal

      June 10, 2024

      Virginia Carey is running behind on her life plan. Pressure from her parents and friends leads her to take a job as a civilian tip-line operator at the local police station. Where better to go husband-hunting than surrounded by eligible officers? Virginia's tendency toward infatuation, bordering on obsession, makes her more than willing to overlook the failings of the men around her, but when a caller gives her information suggesting that one of them is a serial killer, she must choose what's more important: her hopes for the future or finding a murderer. Cuti makes her debut with a disturbing domestic thriller. This intricate story employs a narrator who is not only unreliable but often unhinged, spiraling into daydreams and delusions that make it difficult to discern fantasy from reality. Audiobook narrator Sarah Naughton expertly matches the story's quick pace and compelling plot. The tone of her portrayal evolves along with Virginia, from naive to nefarious. VERDICT This audio will appeal to listeners seeking an unnerving psychological suspense about compulsion and corruption. Recommended for fans of Colleen Hoover, Katie Sise, and Kelly J. Ford.--Lauren Hackert

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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