DEUCE

Two smalltown deaths reveal two bigtime killers…

Millbury, Massachusetts 1923. While vacationing in New England, PI Jax Diamond and his courageous canine partner, Ace, bite off more than they can chew when they discover a dead body in the woods, and it vanishes before the lawmen show up.

Laura Graystone, Broadway star, auto expert, and Jax’s heartthrob, is once again front and center digging for clues while trying to ditch an old boyfriend. That is, until her brother becomes Jax’s prime suspect. Then all hell breaks loose, and Ace is left in the lurch, tracking down leads with his new sidekick, Susie.

A crazy duet of crimes sends Jax, Laura, and Ace into a tailspin in small-town USA during the Roaring Twenties. Where no one is above the law, everyone is a suspect, and time is running out before the clock strikes one.

Each book in the series can be read as a standalone.

Entertaining murder mystery.

Listening to Deuce reminded me of listening to an old-time radio serial. The virtual voice narration furthered that feeling of listening to something from the past. The Story’s style added to that feeling of a story from the early fifties. If you enjoy detective stories with characters who fit the period of the story and story lines that are a mash-up of a cozy mystery and a pulp detective story.