Even in small towns there is a possibility of sinister evil,
were the secrets of the past can turn even the most unlikely of foe into a
killer. Yet it is also true about small towns that dark secrets are often more difficult
to extricate from gossip in an effort to reach the truth.
In Real Murder, A Lovers In Crime Mystery by Lauren Carr, we
follow the exploits of Detective Cameron Gates. When she meets an irascible
elderly lady she is fascinated by her stories. Yet her new friend, Dolly is labeled
as senile and delusional. Dolly has been trying to get someone to help her
investigate the murder of one of her girls. Yet as Cameron tries to decipher
this story, she realizes that Dolly had never had children and understands the
cautions from her friends.
In the meantime, the Prosecutor Joshua Thornton is looking
for answers to the disappearance of a close personal friend of his from long
ago. The last to ever see him, Joshua is feeling like there is something
important that must come to light. His friend is not just another missing
person; he was a new sheriff deputy investigating the murder of a local
prostitute on his own when he disappeared.
When Cameron’s friend, the elderly Dolly is murdered, she struggles
to make sense of things. Why would anyone murder such a sweet old lady? Yet
when a cruiser is found in the bottom of a lake, and the body of Joshua’s friend
comes to light, only these two, Cameron and Joshua can find the tie that twists
the two deaths together.
This is a fun and amazing journey into the past and into the
mindset of a killer. Carr’s unerring description of character is spot on and
you grow to understand and have feelings for them as though they are quite
real. The ability to create such realism has you unable to put down the story
until its final page. Yet you will find yourself looking for more, missing the
action and camaraderie, and hating on those who are responsible for the death
of such wonderful personalities. The realism makes it personal, and that is a
difficult chore for some writers.
If you love mystery and history, and the interesting
characters of small towns, you will be intrigued by this work. The oeuvre just
keeps getting better. Carr has a particular way with infusing loving and
trusting personalities into her character’s making them friends instead of just
cardboard cutouts.
This would be a great book for a reading club or discussion
group. The interest in reducing rumors into truths could add a great deal of
spice to any meeting.
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Thank you so much for the tremendously great comments about REAL MURDER. So glad you enjoyed it!
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