Mystery Magazine: March 2024
opens with the cover story, “The Five Wives Book Club” by Victor Kreuiter.
Every place, no matter how small, has at least one book club. This is true of
the small midwestern farm town of Escher. When you are in a book club, you read
a lot, and get closer to the other members of the book club. That solidarity,
along with the knowledge, can lead you to places you might not visit alone.
“Someone Went And Killed Tickly Thomason” by Robert
Mangeot is next. Tickly was a legend in Nashville and beyond. Now he is dead.
Central Precinct Detective S.R. Jefferson is sure it was murder. S.R. knows
this his moment to claim fame and fortune and intends to do so by exposing the
truth and making the arrest.
As long as he keeps his anger under control and
makes his boss happy at the Super-Max Supercomputer, he takes another step
closer to getting out. That is easier said than done in “Solitary” by Leland
Neville. Good deal that they, like any other workplace, are family, according
to the boss. They even have a great softball team.
Next up is an espionage story that takes readers to
the nation of Turkey. Levon Grace is in Ankara to contact, and bring home,
Aisha Aydin. She was an informant from her job in the Turkish National Intelligence
Organization. She sent a message that she was burned and went dark. She is hiding,
somewhere in the city, and awaiting extraction. The question is where and how
to get her out in “Yellow Tulips” by Peter W. J. Hayes.
Sheryl and Myra cowrite a successful book series.
But, there is friction between the partners in “Four To Go” by Richard
Ciciarelli. Sheryl Case, responsible for all the plotting in each book, now has
to come up with a new plot by the time Myra Borne, responsible for all the
writing, gets back from vacation with her latest boyfriend. She will be back in a week.
Matthew And Jeremy have an idea for a brilliant new
app. In fact, they are an hour away from launch as “The Cold Case Geniuses” by
David Krugler begins. Instead of working on last minute fixes, they are face to
face with an intruder, hiding behind a Richard Nixon mask, and waving a gun at
them. This is a burning hot problem that quickly escalates.
As it happens, her college roommate is a real life Princess.
Amber does not make a big deal about it and neither does anyone else in “The
Princess by Janice Law. She needs her prince and they may have found each
other. Or not.
Ayden was mugged on the way home from work. Muggings
are common. Though the identity of the guy that did it in this case is mind
boggling. Ayden is going to have a hard time getting anyone to take him seriously
in “No One Will Believe You” by Paul Ryan O’Connor.
Harry Johnson needs to focus on his paper. Instead,
he has to settle a dispute his younger sister, Meghan, and her two friends are
having in “The Wisdom Of Solomon” By Eric B. Ruark. This is the “You-Solve-It” tale
of the issue.
The solution to the tale last month by John Floyd
closes the issue. In a rare stroke of luck, the two-sentence solution of “A New
Leaf” explains what this reader had thought after reading the story last month.
As one expects with the publication, Mystery
Magazine: March 2024 is another solidly good issue. Violence is to the
minimum, foul language is not present, and the tales within encompass the wide
range mystery palate in every way possible. Unlike some publications, this publication
is again open pretty much to readers of all ages and persuasions. You are once
again guaranteed to find several enjoyable tales.
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Kevin R. Tipple ©2024
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