For U. S. Marshal Helen Morrissey, it was
supposed to be a fairly routine pickup and transfer of a prisoner from jail in
the Sierra Nevadas. But, the frigid weather has not helped matters and the
locals could not get the prisoner, Rita Crawford, where she was supposed to be
for pickup. Instead, per her boss at the
Sacramento office and a man who is probably paying her back for refusing to go
out with him and more, the locals can’t do it so Morrissey has to go to Kill
Devil Falls where Rita Crawford was arrested and pick her up there.
Rita and her still missing fugitive partner, Lee Larimer,
were notorious in recent weeks as they went about a robbery spree. A spree that
netted them quite a lot of money before the inevitable happened as they were
not the smartest criminals ever. Especially Lee. The cops got on their trail
and were closing in when Rita did the smart thing and left her idiot partner
behind. Then she made a dumb move and got caught in Kill Devil Falls and is
sitting in the local lockup awaiting pickup and transport.
Now, with Rita in Kill Devil Falls, a place that does not
exist on Google, instead of Donnersville where she was supposed to be, Marshal
Morrissey has a bit more diving to do on what has already been a nasty day. A
day that gets worse on the way as she suffers a tire blowout that was nearly catastrophic.
Lucky to have survived the trip to Kill
Devil Falls, all Morrissey wants to do is do the paperwork and get her and her prisoner
out on the road to Sacramento as fast as possible.
It soon becomes very clear that they are going nowhere. Instead
of a routine mission, Marshal Morrissey finds herself in a decaying, and in
more than one way, and deadly town. A town that is the scene of a succession of
events and deaths that become the basis for what really is an open air locked
room mystery.
Kill Devil Falls
by Brian Klingborg was the subject of a recent review by Author Kaye George on
my blog. Her review
caused me to look for the book. Unfortunately, the book was not carried in the
Dallas Library system. It was available in Houston so I paid the $3.00 fee and
requested the read through the Interlibrary Loan System. As it happened, it was
available in large print which was even better for me.
Kill Devil Falls
was well worth the time, money, and effort. An intense read full of misdirection
and action, the story unravels at a rapid clip from start to finish. Kill
Devil Falls is mighty good and well worth your time.
Kill
Devil Falls: A Novel Of Suspense
Brian
Klingborg
Thorndike
Press
April
2017
ISBN#
978-1-4104-9914-1
407
Pages
$31.99
My thanks to the good folks of the
Harris County Public Library down in Houston, Texas as well as the good people
of the Dallas Library System for working their magic and making this read available
to me. It was and is very much appreciated.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2018
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