Everything She Most Admired
A new mystery novel from Deborah Kalb
Lauren Green never expected to be a suspect in a murder investigation on her first day at D.C.-based Lens magazine. But then again, nothing had been going well lately. Dumped by her fiancé, her academic career floundering, and her living situation up in the air, she’s barely holding things together. She knows she didn’t kill reporter Tony Mandel. But who did? Surrounded by murder suspects-including one whom she finds surprisingly intriguing-Lauren tries to piece the clues together, not only about Tony Mandel’s death but also about her own life.
Off to Join the Circus
A novel · Apprentice House, 2023
Deborah’s first novel for adults is the story of an overly enmeshed family in the D.C. area, and what happens when a legendary relative returns after 64 years.
About Deborah
Deborah Kalb is a writer, editor, podcaster, and book blogger. She spent about two decades working as a journalist in Washington, D.C., for news organizations including Gannett News Service, Congressional Quarterly, U.S. News & World Report, and The Hill, mostly covering Congress and politics.
She is the author of the mystery novel Everything She Most Admired (Apprentice House, 2026) and the literary novel Off to Join the Circus (Apprentice House, 2023). She is also the author of three novels for young readers, the co-author of a history of Vietnam and the American presidency, and the author, editor, or contributor to a number of CQ Press / SAGE reference works on U.S. elections.
