If all has gone right
this post has appeared shortly after midnight and that means it is Friday. That means it is time for Friday’s Forgotten Books hosted by the wonderful Patti
Abbott over at http://pattinase.blogspot.com/ It has been a pleasure to be part of things
on her blog.…
Michael Tanner and Mary Whitney return in this top flight
cozy mystery set for most part on the waters of Lake Superior. It is there that while sailing with friends
Mary Whitney during a snorkeling trip finds and brings to the surface an old
metal plate, probably from the boiler, stamped with the word “Amador” on
it. Little does she know that it comes
from a ship that sank during a storm in 1905 and theoretically went down
somewhere off Sand
Island which is nowhere
near where she has recovered the plate.
Packed with cargo and family heirlooms of the deVoles the
sinking caused a search to be mounted more than once but nothing was found. By finding the plate, Mary has stumbled
across an old mystery and possibly a reference point for the shipwreck. The ship went down 100 years ago taking some
dark secrets with it. As Mary and
Michael start asking a few questions and a person cataloging a recent donation of
papers from the family is killed, it becomes clear that there is certainly at
least one if not several secrets that someone is trying to keep hidden.
Whomever is behind the scenes orchestrating events seems to be willing to stop
at nothing, even murder, to prevent them from coming out.
Opposite in tone and style from his novel, The
Case of the Greedy Lawyers, humor is in short supply in this cozy style
novel. Most of the violence happens off
scene with the majority of the focus on asking questions from a variety of sources
and suspects. This novel slowly builds a
chain of clues together as Michael Tanner and Mary Whitney hunt for the
shipwreck itself as well as the family secrets.
Old Silver--A Michael Tanner & Mary Whitney Mystery is an
engrossing 259 page read in large paperback with a great depth of detail, rich
characterizations, and a very good mystery tale.
Old Silver--A Michael Tanner & Mary Whitney Mystery
Carl Brookins
Top Publications, Ltd. Co
2005
Large Trade Paperback
ISBN# 1-929976-32-1
Kevin R. Tipple © 2006, 2012
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2 comments:
OLD SILVER made my "best of the year" list last year. If you haven't read it yet, you're in for a treat!
It is a good one!
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