Some Randomness and Tim Cockey's HEARSE CASE SCENARIO
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I'm extending my Labor Day weekend. It's raining here in Central Virginia. That must have put a damper on the first day of school activities. I know there were a lot of folks (including teachers) unhappy about dragging it out of bed this morning for school. I know when I taught that teachers were the first ones doing the snow dance.
I finished Tim Cockey's Hearse Case Scenario this weekend. I love that his sleuth, Hitchcock Sewell, is a cocky undertaker from Baltimore. The dialogue is smart, snarky, and funny. In this mystery, Sewell gets a random call from a club owner telling him that he's been shot by one of Sewell's close friends. The club owner is murdered later at the hospital, and days later, his half-brother is also murdered. Sewell partners with Pete Munger, a lawyer-turned-PI to unravel the many secrets from the vast cast of characters that include lounge singers, professional basketball players, bartenders, cute coeds, and poly sci professors. There's also a few shady underworld folks thrown in for good measure. Sewell and Munger pull on a lot of stray threads to unravel the story that includes three murders and a gambling scheme. I want to read the others he has in this series. Cockey does a great job with dialogue and his characters.
I'm extending my Labor Day weekend. It's raining here in Central Virginia. That must have put a damper on the first day of school activities. I know there were a lot of folks (including teachers) unhappy about dragging it out of bed this morning for school. I know when I taught that teachers were the first ones doing the snow dance.
I finished Tim Cockey's Hearse Case Scenario this weekend. I love that his sleuth, Hitchcock Sewell, is a cocky undertaker from Baltimore. The dialogue is smart, snarky, and funny. In this mystery, Sewell gets a random call from a club owner telling him that he's been shot by one of Sewell's close friends. The club owner is murdered later at the hospital, and days later, his half-brother is also murdered. Sewell partners with Pete Munger, a lawyer-turned-PI to unravel the many secrets from the vast cast of characters that include lounge singers, professional basketball players, bartenders, cute coeds, and poly sci professors. There's also a few shady underworld folks thrown in for good measure. Sewell and Munger pull on a lot of stray threads to unravel the story that includes three murders and a gambling scheme. I want to read the others he has in this series. Cockey does a great job with dialogue and his characters.
Posted by Crazy for Words at 9/6/2011 8:24 AM 
Categories: Books and Reading, Mysteries
Tags: Books Mysteries
Categories: Books and Reading, Mysteries
Tags: Books Mysteries
Curse you, Heather Baker Weidner! Now I have another series to add to my already over-grown list of To-Reads. You got me at "smart, snarky and funny." I love good snark!! Hope you're well, and thanks for the regular updates.
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