Andrea Zimmermann
Writer
A Legacy of Lies: A Rock Ridge Mystery
“A real page-turner, a thoroughly engrossing mystery with a cast of well-drawn eccentric characters.”
A small New England town gets swept into the mayhem when a book theft escalates into blackmail and murder. The key to unraveling the mystery is hidden in the history of the town’s now-abandoned Marchfield Mental Hospital.
The Case Files of Detective Laszlo Briscoe: True Crime in Newtown [CT] 1889-1933
A chronicle of 63 dastardly crimes reported in the papers of the day–acts fueled by insanity, hunger, revenge, jealousy, and greed. Presented by fictional detective Laszlo Briscoe, an investigator and crime diarist who keeps his true-shooting Smith & Wesson revolver at the ready.
The Great Danbury State Fair
The Danbury Fair, a spectacle held every fall from 1869 to 1981, reached the height of its national fame under the management of oil magnate John W. Leahy, who created themed villages, giant figures, grandstand shows and wildly popular stock car races.
About
Andrea Zimmermann’s latest work is an amateur-sleuth mystery, A Legacy of Lies: A Rock Ridge Mystery, (2021) the first in a series set in a small Connecticut town. Andrea is also the author of three local history books. She was a freelance journalist for the New York Times Connecticut Weekly section and regional magazines. Her experience as a journalist, librarian, and local history buff—and Andrea’s natural inquisitiveness and love of life—informs her fiction. Her new mystery, Horse Latitudes, will be out next year.
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