Book Review: Married In Metropolis

Reviewed By: Dawn Dowdle

Married In Metropolis     Amazon US TPB Amazon Canada TPB
Lonnie Cruse
Class/Genre:   Mystery
Series: Metropolis Mysteries # 3
Paperback, 2006, 216 pages, $12.95

Sheriff Joe Dalton's son is getting married. What should be a happy occasion turns into anything but when the bride's mother is found face down in the river. She wasn't a very likeable person, but that doesn't make it any easier for Joe to find her killer.

Everyone in the family and some of the people attending the wedding are suspects. Joe has his work cut out for him as he tries to be a father and sheriff at the same time.

Then there's his mother-in-law staying with him. She's enough to deal with all by herself. She was to return home after the wedding but has decided to stay to make sure Joe solves the murder. This just serves to make him want to solve it even faster. Can he find the killer without alienating his son and daughter-in-law?

This is the first book I've read by this author. It surely won't be the last. I loved this book. Joe is such a great character and the plotting is so well done. I enjoyed Metropolis, too. I was worried when I started reading this book that it was going to be a mystery with Superman in it. I was pleasantly surprised to find that wasn't the case.

Give it a try. I think you'll like it! I highly recommend it.

Dawn Dowdle

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