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Summary: cozy police procedural
Review: Ogeechee, Georgia with its population of 3,412 is just right for Trudy Roundtree who returned home after the death of her husband. She is the only female police officer in Ogeechee. She visits friends clearing a dump when an old icebox flies open and the body of a dead woman is found stuffed inside.The autopsy shows that a blow to the head murdered the victim at least twenty years ago. Trudy has no idea of the identity of the woman but as she looks at back issues of the Ogeechee Beacon she notices that in 1969 a Donnie Burkhalton died in an automobile accident. She later discovers that his fiancée dumped him and disappeared on the same day. Dental records show that Donnie's fiancée is the victim. Although the case is over three decades old, Trudy is determined to see justice done by catching a killer. DEATH AND THE ICEBOX is a cozy police procedural that gives an accurate depiction of what life is like in a small southern town. The heroine is independent, upbeat and believes police work is her calling. The mystery itself is complex and intricately woven into the story line and there is a plethora of suspects but the stumbling block in figuring out who the killer is comes down to motive. Nobody, at least on the surface, had any reason to see the woman dead. So Trudy has to delve deeper and recreate events that happened years ago. Using people's unreliable memories, Linda Berry knows how to keep her readers' interested so that they finish the book in one sitting. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: cozy police procedural
Review: Ogeechee, Georgia with its population of 3,412 is just right for Trudy Roundtree who returned home after the death of her husband. She is the only female police officer in Ogeechee. She visits friends clearing a dump when an old icebox flies open and the body of a dead woman is found stuffed inside. The autopsy shows that a blow to the head murdered the victim at least twenty years ago. Trudy has no idea of the identity of the woman but as she looks at back issues of the Ogeechee Beacon she notices that in 1969 a Donnie Burkhalton died in an automobile accident. She later discovers that his fiancée dumped him and disappeared on the same day. Dental records show that Donnie's fiancée is the victim. Although the case is over three decades old, Trudy is determined to see justice done by catching a killer. DEATH AND THE ICEBOX is a cozy police procedural that gives an accurate depiction of what life is like in a small southern town. The heroine is independent, upbeat and believes police work is her calling. The mystery itself is complex and intricately woven into the story line and there is a plethora of suspects but the stumbling block in figuring out who the killer is comes down to motive. Nobody, at least on the surface, had any reason to see the woman dead. So Trudy has to delve deeper and recreate events that happened years ago. Using people's unreliable memories, Linda Berry knows how to keep her readers' interested so that they finish the book in one sitting. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Melt-Down in Georgia
Review: Small towns in the U.S. are riddled with strange murders in mystery books. Ogeechee, GA, is no exception. What IS exceptional is Trudy Roundtree, the only female police officer, constantly balancing the delicate relationships between herself and family and friends with the objectivity and scientific skills required by her job. In the latest of Trudy's adventures, happenstance reveals a decades-old murder of a young, unknown woman. While Trudy solves the puzzle, she also unwittingly and almost unwillingly strips away the barriers, excuses and self-defenses a number of neighbors have raised around themselves. A sensitive view of the unforeseen human consequences of crime, peopled with characters and an atmosphere in a town you wish you could visit yourself.
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Summary: Melt-Down in Georgia
Review: Small towns in the U.S. are riddled with strange murders in mystery books. Ogeechee, GA, is no exception. What IS exceptional is Trudy Roundtree, the only female police officer, constantly balancing the delicate relationships between herself and family and friends with the objectivity and scientific skills required by her job. In the latest of Trudy's adventures, happenstance reveals a decades-old murder of a young, unknown woman. While Trudy solves the puzzle, she also unwittingly and almost unwillingly strips away the barriers, excuses and self-defenses a number of neighbors have raised around themselves. A sensitive view of the unforeseen human consequences of crime, peopled with characters and an atmosphere in a town you wish you could visit yourself.
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