Dying For The Past
TJ O’Connor
Midnight Ink,
Jan 8 2015, $14.99
www.midnightinkbooks.com
ISBN: 9780738742069
In Frederick County, Virginia police detective Oliver Tucker was killed
in his home by an intruder. However,
instead of moving on, he investigated his murder (see Dying to Know).
His university archeology
professor wife Angela and their dog Hercule know he remains with them,
but his former partner Bear Braddock refuses to accept the evidence that Oliver
still wants to work with him.
Angela hosts a fundraiser to help the archeology department. To his consternation, Tuck becomes jealous
when affluent guest Mr. Carnation dances with his Angel until someone shoots
and kills his spouse’s partner. None of
the guests, the cops including Bear or Tuck saw who pulled the trigger. Also the donations vanished. Tuck seeks a man in Al Capone style of dress who
he observed earlier but apparently disappeared.
He soon meets gangster Vincent Calaprese who was killed in 1939 in the
same house where Angela’s soiree was held. Vincent orders Tuck to return to him
his journal that the Feds and the Russian mob want too.
The second Gumshoe Ghost Mystery is
a twisting paranormal whodunit with some jocularity from Tuck’s interplay with the
living deniers especially Bear. The fabulous
investigation is anchored by a human, ghost and canine characters; past and
present.
Harriet Klausner
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