Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Twas the Bite Before Christmas by Lee Charles Kelley



Ex-cop Jack Field now trains dogs in Maine and is engaged to medical examiner Dr. Jamie Cutter.  When a maid is found murdered in a house owned by a wealthy, mysterious couple, suspects abound.  Local police are inclined to call it an accident, but Jack is suspicious.  The couple is uncooperative, they have a chauffeur whose eastern European accent comes and goes, and a houseguest who appears without warning and claims to speak to the dead.  The plot is overly complicated, and several subplots could have been eliminated.  The characters are interesting, though, and carry the story when the plot bogs down.

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