Book Review: For Whom The Minivan Rolls

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

For Whom The Minivan Rolls     Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC
Jeffrey Cohen
Class/Genre:   Mystery
Series: Aaron Tucker # 1
Bancroft Press, Sept 2002, $19.95, 261 pp.

Aaron Tucker stays at home as a father for his two children. He works as a free lance reporter but wants to be a scriptwriter. His wife is an attorney in a prestigious firm, which is all the more puzzling when wealthy and powerful Gary Beckworth wants Aaron to find his missing wife Madlyn. He doesn’t want the police, a good private eye, or even a lawyer, just Aaron and the freelance reporter is at a loss to explain why.

Gary’s action’s are strange too since he doesn’t want his son questioned or Aaron nosing around the neighborhood. Aaron investigates every link he can find until the day Madlyn calls him up from an Atlantic City hotel to tell him she’s fine and coming home in a few days. Unable to let matters rest there, Aaron traces Madlyn to her motel room where he finds her on the bed with two bullets in her body.

Jeffrey Cohen’s debut novel is a smashing success due to a riveting story line, a fast-paced plot, and a hero who is a combination of James Bond and Bart Simpson. He’s a lovable family man who puts his wife and children first but when he has some free time look out because anything can and usually does happen.

Harriet Klausner

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