Hank wondered how many people were actually blessed enough to
live like that. Without the first thought being one of harm or tragedy.
Certainly not him." (A Deadly Turn: A Sheriff Hank Worth Mystery,
Claire Booth, Chapter Seven, Page 33)
It is a quiet Saturday night as A Deadly Turn: A Sheriff Hank
Worth Mystery begins and Sheriff Hank Worth has pulled over a car full
of teenagers. The six kids were cruising around, taking turns driving, and are guilty
of speeding as they were flying along at more than twenty-five miles an hour
over the speed limit. They had been having a good time as they sailed by his
hidden police car and now that he has them stopped, it is clear they all understand
that the fun is very much over. Good kids having a little fun and no need to
scare them even more than they already are by writing tickets, calling parents,
etc. He tells them to go home for the night and follows them for a bit making
sure they are headed home.
A decision he will hate himself for in the coming hours and days. Just
minutes after he stopped following them as he was sure they were headed home,
the car was involved in a horrific crash. The brown sedan rolled at least once
after hitting a boulder in the front yard of a house. Not a kid in the car is
alive and the night has taken quite A Deadly Turn.
In the aftermath, Sheriff Worth is full of guilt and anguish about
the deaths of the six teens. Did they die because he made a horrible error in
judgement? He does not think it could be that easy as the kids were scared out
of their minds by the simple traffic stop. They were very scared and he is sure
they were headed home having learned their lesson. If that is true, then what
happened? Something had to have occurred somewhere between the time he last saw
them and the later car crash. The question is what?
A
question that begins to gradually loom larger as the horrible process of
notifying families begins. Not all is as it seemed when he made the stop and
even the basic information on one of the deceased now appears to be incorrect. Things
get very complicated very fast in A Deadly Turn.
This
is the third book in an excellent series that began with The Branson Beauty.
Unlike the first two books in the series, flashes of humor are nearly
nonexistent in this one. The cast of characters from the earlier books are back
here as are a couple of interesting new players in this evolving and
complicated series. While the title clearly implies the car crash at the beginning
of the book it also just as easily could apply to the intriguing hook at the
end of the book. If that is any indication of what is to come, book four should
also be one heck of a read.
As it is a series that builds on the foundation of Hank and his
family, one really needs to start at the beginning. A Deadly Turn: A Sheriff Hank
Worth Mystery is one heck of a read and very good.
For
another take on the book, make sure you read Lesa Holstine’s review from last
month here.
The
series in order and my reviews:
The
Branson Beauty (Reviewed September 2016)
Another
Man’s Ground (Reviewed January 2018)
A Deadly Turn: A Sheriff Hank Worth Mystery (you are here and you look marvelous)
A Deadly Turn: A Sheriff Hank Worth Mystery
Claire
Booth
Severn
House
March
2019
ISBN#
978-0-7278-8845-7
Hardback
(eBook format available)
288
Pages
$28.99
Material
supplied by the author with no expectation of a review.
Kevin
R. Tipple ©2019
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