Traitors Among Us Book Club Extras

Traitors Among Us

By S.R. Claridge

With Tetterbaum’s Truth revealed and her true identity exposed, Angel Martin tries to adjust to her radically new role as head of the Chicago Maratinzano family.  Unfortunately, Mafia life offers little down time.

The sudden kidnapping of her mother and Aunt Olga leads Angel on a path to a past she’s never known and an adversary she is unable to find.  When an FBI mob bust against her family is fueled by administration level information, Angel turns to the other Chicago Bosses for answers; but every trail dead ends and every person is not who they seem.

Racing to save the people she loves most, Angel must learn to trust her instincts, even when she comes face-to-face with the scariest truth yet… there are Traitors Among Us. 

Book Club Discussion Starters

Traitors Among Us

By S.R. Claridge

• What is Angel’s favorite gun?
• What food item does Olga tell Andrew will improve Angel’s mood?
• Who does Angel believe rescues her from the penthouse after the explosion?
• Who is Salvatore Buscetta and what relation is he to Angel?
• Why doesn’t Olga like Chase?
• Where were Angel’s mother’s letters found?  Who found them?
• What is the code word Sophia tells Kristen to use when she contacts the Compare?  How is this word significant to Angel?
• What is the name of the pizzeria Tony and Angel frequented in college?
• Can you name (last names only) the three men accused of stealing heroin from the Buscetta/Maratinzano shipment?
• What does Andrew promise to show Angel if/when they are ever not running for their lives, being shot at or tear gassed?  Does he make good on his promise?
• If you were Angel, would you choose Tony or Andrew?

Crime family terminology used in the Just Call Me Angel series

*This series is a work of fiction and these words are derived from common mob slang and Italian Mafia-speak. 

S.R. Claridge lives in Colorado with her husband and two children.  She loves thunderstorms, and chilly fall evenings when she can hunker down in front of her computer with a Vodka Martini and write another romantic suspense novel. 

She began her writing career with poetry, being published in the 1999 Sparrowgrass publication of Treasured Poems of AmericaPraise Him.  In 2003 she was published by greeting card company, Melting Pot Gifts and in 2007 she had a short story published in Glowing Embers by Aglow International of St.Louis.  In 1999 S.R. Claridge expanded into songwriting, having songs published/produced by Capitol Management and again in 2007 on a debut CD by artist Marv Roberts and Midnight Rodeo.  and again in 1999 in Remley Agency & Associates Christian publication,

With a background in theatre, she has enjoyed writing scripts for a variety of venues, as well as performing skits, plays and musical productions.  One of her passions is speaking to Christian women’s groups on the comedic, yet relevant topic of great sex in marriage. 

S.R. Claridge is a romantic at heart, creatively seduced by the allure of a full moon, a glass of red wine and the glow of candlelight.  She loves to blast music real loud and dance around like a wild woman until her kids fall over laughing.  She believes in true love and that people can change.  Rooted in a strong faith, she believes in forgiveness, in Jesus, in miracles and angels and in the power of prayer- professing openly that any good thing in her comes from God. 

When asked in an interview why she is a writer, S.R. Claridge responded:  “I write because I can’t NOT write.  I love it and I loathe it.  It lifts me up and it burdens me.  It hollows out my insides and it fulfills me.  It is a consuming passion, driven not from a choice but from an endless craving.  To ask me not to write would be asking me not to breathe.”