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Detective Carol McCloskey partners up with mobster Dannel Pappas to race against the clock and the potential threat aimed at four-year-old Harrison George Preston and three-year-old twins Jeremy and Gwen McCloskey. They must also work together to find Gloria and Genevieve Pappas who are missing.

Did Dannel’s wife follow the plan to run? Or did someone take her and their daughter? Are their disappearances linked to the threat made against the children? Together McCloskey and Pappas must determine where the threats are coming from and find a way to stop them. 

The Other End of the Lie, the sequel to The Other Side of the Rainbow, has the feel of a maze or perhaps being trapped in a pinball machine. It too combines the feel of Silence of the Lambs and True Detective but this time instead of Modern Family, I’d compare it to the show 24. When things are happening so fast, Carol must make the quickest and best decision possible in the situation and worry about the what ifs and other options later.

The Other Side of the Rainbow dealt with unconditional love inside a family, and I have had some very intriguing conversations with readers about their own experiences and what the book meant to them. My hope for those reading The Other End of the Lie is to explore the willingness to kill or die to protect the ones we love? And if we are willing to kill or die for them, are we also willing to live with them and for them? Are we willing to talk to them and forgive?

Even though I write suspense novels with complex mystery driven plots, I see books as an opportunity to think about hard topics like equality, autonomy, and faith and to embrace the wonderful diversity of the human experience. The Other Side of the Rainbow gives you the chance to learn alongside Carol and her family about the importance of forgiveness and the beauty of unconditional love. The Other End of the Lie will give you the chance to fight alongside her and face any obstacle that comes at her to save others.

You will love this book if you love old-school suspense thrillers like the Kay Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell and family dramas with mysteries like The Making of Us by Lisa Jewel or The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

Because fiction themes often tackle real-life issues, The Other Side trilogy speaks to readers who may grapple with tough conflicting issues in their own families. 

Ultimately, I hope my books are books people want to talk about and want to share with others. I am thrilled at the reception of my debut novel and hope this follow-up satisfies readers as well. 

The Other Side of the Rainbow was published in 2023. 

Since its release, it has received positive reviews from readers. I've also been encouraged on social media, and  in  private texts from others who had just finished reading the book. 

Each of those reviews or encouraging comments pushed me to finish book two with enthusiasm.

Writing a book is like playing in the sandbox during recess. I loved recess as a child and as a grown up girl - I still want to know that make believe has a place in my life. 

Do you feel the same way? 

The phrase ‘there’s no place like home’ doesn’t evoke feelings of warmth and love in The Other Side of the Rainbow. In Julie Cordova’s gripping tale, we meet homicide detective Carol Ann McCloskey, who stands up for what is right in the city of Corona, Colorado — the crown city of the Rocky Mountains. Achieving her career aspirations in 1987 means the Denver native must protect her secrets by never discussing the past. However, when she embarks on an investigation into her brother’s death, those secrets are jeopardized, putting everyone she loves in danger. Now, Detective McCloskey’s irreverence for authority and the status quo seems to have drawn a killer closer to her family. Who can she trust? Meanwhile, Dannel Pappas, a mobster-informant gathering evidence to rat out his boss, is determined to protect his wife and daughter at any cost. Senator Lane Daley is a force to be reckoned with; no one puts him in the hot seat, and he will crush anyone who tries, even if that means targeting his own son. In this tense landscape, can Lane and Dannel stop Detective McCloskey before she jeopardizes everything? Discover the intricate web of secrets further explored in The Other End of the Lie.