Lorraine Evanoff

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2021

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“The Ghost Trap” by Lorraine Evanoff

Submitted to Contest #109

Tom Blasius had lived an accidental life of intrigue. A romantic at heart, he had married his high school sweetheart. But his youthful ambitions and proclivity for getting ahead quickly set him on a sketchy path. By high school graduation he had landed a lucrative job running meat for Chicago thugs. It wasn’t pretty, but it provided everything from fascinating mafioso characters to crazy capers, and fast under-the-table cash.Then, at twenty-five years old, after five years of marriage to the love of his life, Joanne, everything changed, lite...

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“The Thrill of Romance” by Lorraine Evanoff

Submitted to Contest #106

Evelyn pulled the large flat sheet from the dryer, hair raising in all directions from static sparks. She never put the fitted sheet in the dryer with the flat sheet and pillowcases because pillowcases would get bunched up in the elastic corners. Despite deftly extracting the California King flat sheet, a pillowcase caught the edge, and fell to the spotless floor.“Fuck!” Evelyn had had enough. “Really?” She continued her tirade. “GOD, I hate making beds! It’s the absolutely worst chore on the planet! They literally send men and women into ou...

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Author bio

Award-winning author Lorraine Evanoff’s highly addictive, suspenseful thrillers are perfect for fans of Erik Larson, Jack Slater and Kathy Reichs. Former Hollywood finance exec Lorraine Evanoff uses classic mystery storytelling to spin complex tales of international finance with a sexy female heroine. Lorraine’s best-selling Louise Moscow Novels, FOLIAGE and the newly released PINOT NOIR, are high concept noir thrillers inspired by real-life banking scandals. Originally from Chicago, Lorraine received a degree in French from DePaul then studied and worked for seven years in Paris and is currently living in Los Angeles with her husband. Lorraine held CFO positions in high tech companies during the dot-com era, and more recently in the film industry, notably as CFO of National Lampoon. She already has multiple IMDB credits to her name and now has a screenplay in development.