Mystery Weekly
Magazine: July 2019 opens with “Visitors” by Don McLellan. The Worthingtons are rich.
They are also not nice people. The four of them consider their housekeeper, Annabelle,
who has come from the islands to work as a domestic, as somebody that does not
matter. That opinion is not shared by the strangers that have violently entered
the house to rib the wealthy family.
Wyatt is in a world
of trouble in “The Hail Mary Play” by Stacy Woodson. If he flunks out of
Westfield Military Academy, he will have to go home and go back to bagging groceries.
Worse than that, he will have to deal with his family and their crushed dreams
and hopes. It is going to take something spectacular to save him now.
“The Shrewdness of
Apes” by Chris Wheatley takes readers to a time long ago with primitive humans.
There is a murder case to solve. Who did it and why are just a couple of things
readers find out in this very enjoyable tale.
Neil has a plan and
he knows he should ignore it. But if the deal goes right he and Ximena can make
a new life for themselves in “Going South” by Jay O’Connell. Operational
security is important and is just one of many factors to consider.
Life is hard for
Xonactol Sanchez and is about to get way harder as she gets out of her minivan
in the parking lot of the Dining Room of St. Benedict. The locals who call the
soup kitchen, Benny’s, are already lining up to eat and she is short staffed.
She does not need a murder and yet that is what has happened in “Willard” by
Bill O’Connor.
Readers are taken
from the heat of the desert in the preceding story to brutal winter weather in
“Bad Moon Rising” by Shannon Hollinger. Young Officer Penelope Holden and
numerous others are desperately trying to find Mrs. Doris Healey. She was the
school librarian in Samuel, New Hampshire and is loved by one and all. That is
except for her grandson, who was recently released from prison, and could be in
the area and involved in his grandmother’s disappearance
.
One does have to
make a living and a private investigator sometimes has to do “A Bit of Nasty
Business.” Robert C. Madison takes readers to Yancy’s Tavern on a Monday midafternoon.
Things need to be handled before happy hour at 4.
“Shut and Open Case”
by Laird Long provides “A You-Solve-It” story for this month. Somebody stole
the stock of Mr. Flaherty, a traveling jewelry salesman, while he was in the
shower. 50 grand worth of stuff is missing and Constables Jones and Hindo need
all the facts to start the investigation.
The issue closes
with the solution to “Last Rites” by Laird Long. This was the “A You-Solve-It” from
last
month. Mr. Driscol was murdered and detective Talbot was on the case.
As one expects each
month, there is one again a nice mix of mystery type stories. This issue has a darker
overall tone than many of the issues do as this one had a noir style feel to the
read. Mystery Weekly Magazine July 2019 is another in a long line of
solidly good reads.
Mystery Weekly Magazine: July 2019
June 28, 2019
ASIN: B07TRCNWK9
eBook (also available in print)
121 Pages
For quite some time
now I have been gifted a subscription by the publisher with no expectation at
all of a review. I read and review each issue as I can. To date, I have never
submitted anything to this market and will not do so as long as I review the
publication.
Kevin R. Tipple
©2019
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2 comments:
Kevin,
A very interesting review. Thanks for gifting it to us.
Thank you for reading it. :)
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