Rotten Lies

by Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins

Book Overview

The second installment of the best-selling series features professional golfer and amateur sleuth Lee Ofsted, who investigates a string of mysterious deaths at a country club in New Mexico, where... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446404527
• ISBN13: 9780446404525
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Mysterious Press
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Light cozy golf mystery

Struggling pro golfer, Lee Ofstead is playing the best round of golf of her career. When she hurts her arm administering CPR to Ted Guthrie, the most hated man at the golf course, Lee cannot finish the game. When her lover, California cop Graham Sheldon, joins her at the tournament, they join together to solve the murder. This was a light, cozy mystery. What appealed to me was the setting and the characters. I don't play golf but the setting was fresh and interesting without overwhelming you with golf information and the budding romance between Lee and Graham was nicely done. The authors are a husband and wife team. Aaron Elkins has written several fine mysteries and Charlotte is a serious amateur golfer and writer. The first in the series was A Wicked Slice.

Elkins team shoots par with this mystery

The second installment of the Lee Offstead series from Charlotte and Aaron Elkins is a delightful, easy read. Though not a golfer myself, the material revolving around the course was not lost in lingo and jargon but was instead presented clearly. The authors do a good job of developing the characters and the plot lines, both those integral to the story and those developing for the book series. I enjoyed the down-to-earth character of Lee and the predicaments she faces in the story. I've been a long-time fan of the Elkins' and look forward to the third installment in this series.