Eight fictional divas in need of a reality check

Tracy Clark is a native Chicagoan who writes mysteries set in her hometown while working as an editor in the newspaper industry. She is a graduate of Mundelein College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, and the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she earned her MA.

Her new novel is What You Don't See.

At CrimeReads, Clark tagged "eight books that feature either high priestesses of haughtiness you love to hate or stealthy stalkers who’ll have you sleeping with the lights on, checking your locks ten times a night and nailing your mailbox shut." One title on the list:

Eleven on Top, Janet Evanovich

Stephanie Plum, fed up with being a bail enforcement agent, ventures out to find her next gig, but somebody’s after her big time. Her car’s firebombed, she’s firebombed. It could be an old enemy, one who’s funeral home she burned down inadvertently, but whoever he or she is, they’re keeping the pressure on. Stephanie’s fighting for her life, and the struggle is hilarious, but real. Funny series.

Read about another entry on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue