ASSUME NOTHING

About the Book

ASSUME NOTHING is a novel of ruthless deceptions, switched identities, and family secrets. Accused of killing her baby half-sister, Cornelia Van Poole, a naïve, twenty-year-old classical pianist, flees her tyrannical father and the Virginia police. When her train crashes, Cornelia suffers facial damage and is mistaken for another woman. This new identity puts her in mortal danger. Cornelia stays one step ahead of assassins and the police. When she returns home to solve her half-sister’s murder, the killers follow. Now her past and future collide.

About the Author

Carol Hazelwood, a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, enjoys her outdoor garden railroad, sports, and travel. In 1986 she re-vitalized the Newport Beach Library Literacy Program. She continues to serve on its Board, and facilitates a conversation class. She’s the author of Coyocan Hill, an adult fable, Assume Nothing, a suspense novel, and co-author of Tiger in a Cage, Memoir of Wu Tek Ying, and. Carol lives in Southern, California, and has three sons and one grandson.