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Diane lives in St. Petersburg, FL, with her husband, Robert. When she's not writing, she volunteers as a docent at the Salvador Dali Museum and as the Secretary of the Friends of the South Branch Library, raising funds for children's programs. Before becoming a fulltime author, she was a language teacher, administrator of English as a Second Language Program, and educational consultant. Her interests include traveling to adventurous places, reading, fitness, and spending time with her family.
Diane's five previously published mysteries (Thomas & Mercer Mystery Imprint, Amazon) were set on Long island (New York), New Jersey, and Ormond Beach, Florida. Her new series will be set in St. Petersburg, FL.
Reviewed by Trudi LoPreto for Readers' Favorite
The Tell-Tale Treasure is a thriller that will keep you involved from the exciting first page until the very spectacular conclusion. Ivy Chen is a kidnap victim that has only her erhu (a type of fiddle) musical instrument to give her peace. Rosie Renard is the owner of a second hand shop, who discovers a trunk with Ivy’s belongings. Ivy is taken and locked away in 2008 by a man that believes her erhu is talking to him and forces her to play music to him every night; often taking his anger with the world out on her both physically and emotionally. Upon opening the trunk in 2012, Rosie realizes that it has several articles that might link back to a girl who had been kidnapped and never found several years ago. Rosie immediately calls the police and Detectives Tony DeLuca and Hank Hernandez are assigned the case. We are privileged to get inside each of the involved characters and learn their thoughts, motives, fears and hopes as each chapter tells their story. Each of the characters is woven together in a web that slowly puts all of the pieces of the puzzle together in a dramatic sequence of events.
I absolutely loved The Tell-Tale Treasure; it had mystery, thrills, sit on the edge of your chair tension. Diane Sawyer is an amazing storyteller, adding all of the right ingredients to make The Tell-Tale Treasure a sure fire, top notch winner. The Tell-Tale Treasure is a must-read book by all fans of psychological thrillers, good detective sleuthing and mystery plots with very strong character studies. Please don’t pass this one up – it is a winner for all readers: young and old, male and female.
