The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill

Theodosia (Theo) leaves Australia and shows up at her older brother's place in the states suddenly to follow her dream of becoming an author. He agrees to give her the summer and she spends her days writing at a coffee shop where she meets a famous author who quickly becomes a mentor and much more. Life is good until the author is murdered. Theo with the help of her brother and a P.I. friend try to uncover what happened but get pulled in as Theo is outed by social media as the potential murder suspect. It looks like the author was considered the head of a conspiracy theory network and these are the very people who are after Theo. It doesn't help that the author sent her manuscript to his publisher and they want to publish it. This imaginative thriller looks at the power of social media to control society and the underground groups who have the power to put someone on a pedestal or pin a target on their back. There are many threads to keep untangled that are pulled together quickly (surprise) in the end. Once again Sulari Gentill writes about authors and their manuscripts in a way that should put the CIA or other government agencies on high alert.  3 1/2 stars