Book Review: Death and the Hubcap

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

Death and the Hubcap     Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Linda Berry
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Woman Main Character   Police Procedural   Humorous   Cozy
Series: Trudy Roundtree # 2
Write Way, Sep 2000, $23.95, 239 pp.

After her husband died and a subsequent love affair turned sour, Trudy left Atlanta to return to her home of Ogeechee where she joins the police force. She gets the job because the Chief of Police Hen Hickabee is Trudy’s relative. Trudy takes to the job and soon solves a high profile murder case (see DEATH AND THE EASTER BUNNY).

Her latest case is to investigate the town oddball when he reports that he drove over a corpse. Tanner does not own a car so Trudy thinks she is wasting her time until she finds a body with tracks running all over the corpse. Trudy recognizes the deceased as the owner of an Atlanta art gallery whose wife has local ties. There are plenty of suspects here in Ogeechee and in Atlanta that Trudy has to investigate as she tries to solve a homicide.

This is a fun to read, down home regional mystery due to Trudy’s ability to give back as much as she receives in the good old boy network. The secondary cast gives DEATH AND THE HUBCAP a unique sense of distinction that provides insight into life in a small Georgia town distant from Atlanta. The relationship between Trudy and her boss is hilarious which adds to the overall amusing reading experience.

Harriet Klausner

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