Obsessions Can Be Murder: A Charlie Parker Mystery

by Connie Shelton

Book Overview

Charlie, Drake and their dog Rusty want a little time away from it all. A cozy cabin, good books, a little fishing at the lake. It's what Charlie needs to relax and enjoy herself. But the town of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373266162
• ISBN13: 9780373266166
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Worldwide Library
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Obsessions can be Murder: A interesting if predictable mystery

Charlie Parker is just trying to enjoy a little vacation whith her husband Drake when that talent for finding a mystery kicks in. While reading a paper Charlie notices a story in it about a mysterious fire at a local millionaires house that left his house keeper dead and him nowhere to be foud. Soon enough the daughter of the missing man shows up asking Charlie if she can look into the murder again since the local please department consisting of one hasn't made any progress in the four years since the murder. Charlie begins to investiage and soon finds the millionaire wasn't all that he seemed to be. With more suspects than answers and millions of dollars from a medical project that the murdered man was working on whith his daughters husband, Charlie needs to find out who the murder is before thier obsession turns into her murder. ------ This was a pretty good mystery, the only thing that was bad to me was that from the beginning of the book there are only really two suspects and once the one is removed about half way through the book its only interesting to see how the author reveals who killed the millionaire and how they gets caught. The one thing I really like about this book is it does not rely on sex and violence to tell the story, it relies on the interaction with the characters. More like Matlock and Diagnosis Murder than CSI or some of the other mystery shows on today. I would recommend this to any one who likes light mysteries that are short fast reads. m.a.c

Likeable heroine searches for missing man

Charlie Parker is enjoying a vacation with her helicopter-pilot husband, Drake, when she is asked to find a missing person. Her client is Amanda, the missing man's daughter, and she wants to know why he disappeared from his house 4 years ago and failed to contact her or her step-mother. Amanda is married to a scientific researcher and they are having financial difficulties, but she still wants to pursue her father's disappearance. Charlie begins her investigation and discovers that Amanda's father and step-mother were not on good terms. Was this a motive for murder? She checks on other people who knew Amanda's father in either a professional or personal way and discovers that there were others who had motives as well. This book signals the welcome return of Charlie Parker, Shelton's likeable heroine, and the wonderful background of the New Mexico countryside. Shelton can always be depended on to furnish a good read.