Deb Richardson-Moore

Deb Richardson-Moore is a former newspaper journalist who writes in the cozy noir mystery genre.

Her first three novels make up the Branigan Powers mysteries: The Cantaloupe Thief, The Cover Story and Death of a Jester. Branigan is a reporter in Georgia and is aided in her investigations by a homeless man who glides unseen through their small town. Disregarded by the townspeople, he sees and hears things that others do not — especially when it comes to mysterious deaths.

Deb’s first book was the 2012 memoir The Weight of Mercy, which tells about her post-newspaper career as pastor of the non-denominational Triune Mercy Center, a church that includes homeless parishioners in Greenville, South Carolina. Published by Lion Hudson of Oxford, England, the memoir has been used at Harvard and Duke Divinity Schools and was named to the Reading List for United Methodist Women worldwide.

Coming in September 2020: Her stand-alone domestic mystery, Murder, Forgotten.

Deb and her husband Vince are the parents of three children. They live in South Carolina.

Death of a Jester

“This is going to sound crazy. But there was a clown back there trying to lure a kid into the woods.”

When the clown sightings begin, jokes fly at the Law Enforcement Center and in The Rambler newsroom. But then a homeless boy disappears from the encampment known as 'Tent City.''

Veteran Malachi Martin saw everything but he can’t remember it as he battles blackouts and thoughts of another boy he couldn’t save. Then, in the midst of the kidnapping investigation, a murder occurs. Can reporter Branigan Powers and her partner in crime Malachi find the truth to this labyrinthine mystery?

Praise for Death of a Jester

Deb Richardson-Moore pulls off what the best mystery novelists do — and manages way more than most ever could. Her seamless, energetic writing rings with verisimilitude and sings with compassion. From the first page, she pulls you into her story; introduces you to a raft of characters you absolutely have to know more about; makes you care about crucial issues like homelessness and the state of journalism; and compels you into a mystery you want to solve alongside her lovable people. - John Jeter, author of Rockin’ a Hard Place and The Plunder Room

Deb Richardson-Moore knows well the worlds she writes about — Upstate South Carolina, the newsroom and the world inhabited by our homeless population. In this third novel in her series, she once again weaves a suspenseful tale where these worlds intersect. As we get to know the main characters in greater depth, our understanding of the human condition also deepens. — Sally Handley, President of the Upstate SC Chapter of Sisters in Crime, author of the Holly and Ivy Mystery Series

Death of a Jester

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