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Hardcover Dead Soldiers Book

ISBN: 159414186X

ISBN13: 9781594141867

Dead Soldiers

(Book #4 in the Carl Burns Series)

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Anthony Award-winning Author and Shamus Award NomineeBill Crider, famous for the popular Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery series, is back with a mystery novel combining his wry wit, a clever plot, and the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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solid amateur sleuth tale

In Pecan City, Texas, Hartley-Gorman College Dean Dr. Gwendolyn Partridge asks (in the form of a command) English Department Chair Dr. Carl Burns to investigate the stealing of some valuable toy soldiers along with their container. Carl, who has solved mysteries before, would prefer to say no, but does not dare effuse his superior.Before Carl even receives a list of suspects from Dr. Partridge, Police Chief Boss Napier visits him to tell him to back off as the stolen soldiers are linked to a homicide. Someone killed former professor Matthew Hart leaving a toy soldier by the corpse. Partridge knows that Carl needs to stay as far away from the official inquiry as possible, but still gives him the list to begin his interrogation. As he searches for the stolen soldiers, Carl becomes entwined in a murder mystery that could cost him his life hopefully before he makes a fool of himself on the softball field in front of the librarian he likes.DEAD SOLDIERS is an entertaining academic mystery that will hook readers from the moment Dr. P forces Carl to find her purloined soldiers. Though why Carl feels he had to follow up after the Boss man told him to back off is a mystery unto itself (he has tenure), the link between the miniature and the homicide is intriguing. The support cast is a delight, but Carl is the MVP of this solid amateur sleuth tale.Harriet Klausner
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