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Thursday, April 16, 2015

THE GENTLE ART OF MURDER (Jeanne Dams)

Dorothy Martin and her husband, Alan Nesbitt, are truly the world's most wonderful senior citizens.  They eat, read, make love, and travel together.  They are affectionate, caring, and compassionate, they love animals, and they make a really great crime-solving team.  Despite the travails of "older" age (Dorothy has been widowed and had knee replacement surgery, while Alan has been retired from the police force for a few years), they still manage to maintain strong friendships and solve the occasional mystery.

Dorothy and Alan are touring the local art college when they are trapped in an elevator (Dorothy is also claustrophobic!).  The grim discovery of a body tangled in the elevators cables with a chisel in its neck propel the couple into investigating a series of accidents and sabotages that all point to political intrigue and possible murder at the college.  dams doesn't disappoint with this fast-paced mystery full of twists, turn, and red herrings.  I am looking forward to the next one!

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