2011 Book Review #12
A Death on Demand Mystery
Booklist Review
According to the news story published in the Chastain (South Carolina May 9, 1970 , after learning of the accidental shooting death of his 21-year-old son, Ross.
What has prompted young Courtney Kimball to hire Max Darling to investigate this family tragedy 22 years later? And why does Courtney subsequently disappear?
Old sins cast long shadows and rouse avenging ghosts in Tarrant House as Max and his mystery aficionado wife, Annie (who owns a bookstore called Death on Demand), search for an answer to both questions.
Hart's southern-gothic mystery offers a wealth of suspects (forced to one-room confrontation after murder has been established), a generous scattering of literary allusions and peripheral ghost stories, and a chain of intriguing flashbacks that will leave most readers puzzled to the end.
My Thoughts: I love all Carolyn Hart's mysteries and this one is no exception!
They are always fun!
They are always fun!
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