"An excellent mystery"
After years of futilely trying to sell literary books
to publishers and relevant screenplays to studios, author
Jacob Burns sells a schlock disaster movie. The interested
film company pays Jacob $3 million. Now he remains at home
uninterested in writing, but occasionally dabbles in
homicide investigations. One case that he finds interesting involves Laura
Braithwaite, accused of killing a school principal. Jacob,
Laura and several other parents battled with the principal
in an effort to have their children placed in the gifted
class, but the administrator refused insisting they failed
to meet the strict requirements. Jacob begins making
inquiries and soon realizes a lot of people had the motive
to kill the unyielding principal. His efforts turn too
enthusiastic so if he wants to stay out of jail he better
find the culprit. Matt Witten continues his winning series with THE
KILLING BEE, an excellent mystery that will be fully
appreciated by anyone whoever raised a child. The gentle
hero cares because he believes in justice and willingly
places himself in jeopardy to make it happen. This
entertaining amateur sleuth novel is a winner by anyone's
standard. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted September 18, 2001
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