Mondays are a little more
bearable thanks to “Monday With Kaye.” This week she is reviewing Jailhouse Glock by Lizbeth Lipperman.
“Jailhouse Glock” by Lizbeth
Lipperman
As you can tell by the title, this is a light-hearted mystery.
It’s the sequel to “Heard it Through the Grapevine” to carry through with the
rock and roll titles. These are the first two in the Dead Sister Talking Mystery series. The dead sister is Tessa,
naughty and hilarious, but helpful for solving crimes as she can go where
others can’t and hear things they don’t.
Tessa has four sisters who are still alive. Maddy, the main
character in this novel, is a sheriff’s deputy, but this isn’t a serious role,
as no one can ever imagine her shooting anyone. She is widowed and the mother
of Jessie, the daughter she loves fiercely.
Another sister, Lainey, is married to Sheriff Colt Winslow, a man
to whom Tessa used to be hitched. Some cute complications arise from this.
The sisters, especially the ghost Tessa who appears randomly, provide
laughs along the way. The interactions between Maddy and the other law officers
are well developed and fun to follow.
Maddy is being framed and it’s an elaborate setup, one that will
be hard for Colt, who firmly believes in her innocence, to expose. It appears
that she killed a prisoner in her care. She was the only one in the jailhouse
and her own gun was used. There’s even video of Maddy shooting the prisoners,
one of whom dies.
The stakes get higher as the plot gets deeper. Maddy fears that
not only herself but also her daughter is in danger from some hardened
criminals if she can’t figure out how to clear herself and figure out just what
is happening.
Reviewed by Kaye George, Author
of Death in the Time of Ice for Suspense Magazine
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