When movie action hero
Micah Deifenschlictor is accused of murdering his longtime agent, private
investigators Maureen O'Brien and Blake Ervansky are offered a small fortune by
Micah's attorney to prove her client's innocence. Blake and Maureen uncover
evidence that eliminates Micah as a suspect in less than a day, earning the
huge paycheck for very little work. When the case boomerangs back to them,
however, the detectives realize they may have been duped into participating in
a cover-up. After secretly reopening their investigation, Ervansky and O'Brien
are drawn into something much larger and darker than mere homicide, something
that will bring unimaginable grief to Blake's life, not only changing him as a
man, but irrevocably altering his relationship with Maureen.
Murder: Take Three (Murder
Mystery)
By April Kelly & Marsha
Lyons
ISBN #978-0615555065
Price $10.72
304 Pages
Rating 5-Stars
“Just Keeps Getting Better!”
Receiving a big paycheck for proving movie action hero
Micah Deifenschlictor did not kill his agent, Blake and Maureen feel good about
their investigation until things start looking funny about the case, and
another man is arrested after clues lead to him. Now, they’re wondering if
maybe the clues were planted, and they were supposed to find Micah innocent
when in truth he was the killer.
Micah had served a tour in the Marines, and with a
body-builder’s muscles was perfect for action parts, even if he couldn’t act.
When he left the marines, he brought many of his old military buddies back with
him, setting them up in his movies. But is Micah really in charge? Drugs are
liquefying his brain, and he doesn’t seem to have the intelligence to plan a
murder. Blake and Maureen start looking at his movie studio, where ex-marines
are patrolling the grounds armed to the teeth. And when Pinnacle Studios notices
their interest, Blake’s home is burned down and the suspected body of his wife
is found in the ashes, sending Blake temporarily over the edge. Maureen remains
on the case, however, and discovers that Blake’s wife may be alive, and the
body was someone else.
Wow! This series just keeps getting better. The
characters continue to grow, though the mood becomes a bit darker as Blake and
Maureen are pulled deeper into the cases they investigate. There is little
mystery to the stories, as the reader understands the set up from the
beginning, but we get to see the main characters work out their investigation,
discovering clues that will lead them to the guilty party, and this brings the
reader closer to the characters involved. And it is the characters that make
the series. The sleazy Hollywood setting is another plus. Highly recommended for
mystery buffs who love a good yarn.
Tom Johnson
Detective Mystery Stories
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