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Retirement. Publishers, thank you for the many years of reading pleasure you gave me, but all good things must come to an end. Due to failing eyesight I am forced to retire. I can no longer review your books, and any that you send will be donated to the local library, unread. Do not send any more. I can only read for a couple hours every day, and this does not allow me to finish a book in reasonable time. I will be devoting time to my own books from now on, and reading on a personal level. Books that interest me. I prefer paperbacks and hardbacks, not eBooks. My eyesight has been failing the last few years, and I cannot handle hundreds of review books any more. My books are still available for review. Anyone interested in reviewing any of them, they are found in the Link to Tom’s Books On Amazon. Contact me for pdf copies at fadingshadows40@gmail.com

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

The Mysteries of Soldiers Grove

The Mysteries of Soldiers Grove (Mystery)
By Paul Zimmer
ISBN #978-579623885
The Permanent Press www.thepermanentpress.com
Price $28.00
192 Pages
Rating 5-Stars

“A Good Story, And Excellent Writing.”

The small town of Soldiers Grove is a sleepy little village in Wisconsin, with a population under 1000. The setting is a Rest Home, with the usual variety of elderly patrons. Our main characters are Cyril Solverson and Louise, both 79, who walk with the help of canes. Cyril was a child of alcoholic parents. He never married or knew a girlfriend, and his only enjoyment was reading biographies. He enjoyed telling life stories to anyone who would listen. Louise was a French war bride, marrying a young, blond-headed American soldier named Heath after the war in Europe, and returning to the farm in Wisconsin with him. After his death, she was left alone. She had been alone, except for Heath, being a foreign wife there was no one she could be close to. Now the two are thrust into each other’s lives at the Rest Home, to live out their final days. It all changes one day when Cyril is abducted and carried off by a ruffian, to be thrown out five miles from town in a blizzard and zero temperature. When he’s found, he’s lost two toes, some fingers, and a nose with frostbite. After his hospital stay he meets Louise and they become close, but the ruffian hears of Cyril’s sudden coming into money, and returns to take it from him.

Although considered a mystery, this is truly a literary romance. Yes, though it does have danger, adventure, and a bit of terror in it, it is in fact a literary romance. With poetry, song, and dance. Cyril and Louise fall in love, and it is their story. This is the story of an old couple, facing their final years, falling in love while holding to each other during a time of need in their lives. And in the shadows is a human monster lurking in the background. Maybe there isn’t much mystery, but readers will find Cyril and Louise pulling at their heartstrings. Highly recommended for lovers of a good story, and excellent writing.

Tom Johnson

Detective Mystery Stories

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