Cemetery Murders: A Mystery

Rating:
Summary: A real page-turner
Review: I would have given this book 5 stars, but the writing style is a little simplistic. However, the plot is great and the tone is WONDERFUL. I hated to put this book down. I kept wanting to know whodonit - and what happens between Meg and the Detective!

Rating:
Summary: Wry and Insightful---An Excellent Debut
Review: P.I. Meg Darcy works for her Uncle Walter, at Miller Security where they are steadily active in both investigations and security for local unions, businesses, and individuals. When a friend, Ann Yates, comes to Meg for help in the wake of her grandmother's murder, Meg reluctantly takes on the case. The old woman had apparently wandered away from a nursing home and was strangled by a serial killer who the cops have been unable to catch.

In the course of the investigation, Meg meets up with an old acquaintance, the enigmatic and distant police detective, Sarah Lindstrom, to whom Meg has always been attracted. The further Meg delves into the case, the more contact she has with the taciturn cop, and it's only a matter of time before fireworks begin, both on the case and with Lindstrom. As it turns out, all is not as it seems in the cemetery murders.

The story is told in first person, and Meg's sense of the world around her is wry and insightful. She is particularly amusing when pondering over the remnants of her love life. The cast of characters involved in this twisty mystery, including her best friend Patrick, are richly drawn, and the writing is crisp and focused. Cemetery Murders is an excellent debut, and I look forward to reading the next three installments.
-Lori L. Lake, Midwest Book Review

Rating:
Summary: A real page-turner
Review: prose, clean and precise, propels this mystery/bittersweet love story. The first-person narrative is vibrant and sexy: P.I. Meg Darcy and her elusive object of desire Sarah Lindstrom stay with us, whetting our appetites for the subsequent 3 volumes in the series (the 2 that are published don't disappoint in their interweaving of mystery and romance). Though the excellent J.M. Redmann's Micky Knight has more more kinks in her personality (and more baroque mysteries to solve), Meg Darcy compares well in her 3-D characterization.

Rating:
Summary: Deceptively unpretentious
Review: prose, clean and precise, propels this mystery/bittersweet love story. The first-person narrative is vibrant and sexy: P.I. Meg Darcy and her elusive object of desire Sarah Lindstrom stay with us, whetting our appetites for the subsequent 3 volumes in the series (the 2 that are published don't disappoint in their interweaving of mystery and romance). Though the excellent J.M. Redmann's Micky Knight has more more kinks in her personality (and more baroque mysteries to solve), Meg Darcy compares well in her 3-D characterization.