"fabulous who-done-it"
As a DC area crime reporter, Rebecca Moore uncovers a
crime story in a brokerage house. When she has enough
substantiation, she turns the evidence over to the SEC,
knowing she'll have a juicy story after they finish their
investigation. Rebecca tells her lover David about the
SEC investigation because he works in the firm that is
being investigated never realizing he is the person
embezzling funds. He commits suicide in Rebecca's home. When Rebecca becomes part of the story, she escapes to
Head Tide, Maryland and the Vintage and Classic's car
businesses she inherited from her uncle. When she opens
up the store at the beginning of the work week, she finds
the naked body of Graham Stock, Rebecca's business rival.
The sheriff believes either Rebecca or one of her
employees, mostly ex-cons, is responsible. Washington
D.C. detective Mick Hagan, who feels guilty over David's
death, is in town and is asked by the local sheriff to
help in the investigation and he agrees. More dangerous
and even deadlier crimes follow like arson and another
homicide. To learn the truth, Rebecca puts her own life
in danger from a killer who wants something she doesn't
even know she has. Every once in a while a mystery author comes along that is
so talented that the reader knows she has a great future
ahead of her. Judith Skillings fits that bill. She has
written a fabulous who-done-it that is rich in
characterizations and is well plotted. Although Rebecca
and Mick never kiss or ever touch, the sexual tension
between them is so strong that readers feel the sparks
jumping of the pages. There is a plethora of suspects so
that it is almost impossible to figure out who the
perpetrator is. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted March 1, 2004
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