Book Review: Early Eight

Reviewed By: Dawn Dowdle

Early Eight     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
L. T. Fawkes
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Amateur Sleuth
Series: Working Man's Mystery # 3
Signet, Paperback, 9/04, 264 pages, $5.99

Terry Saltz is now moonlighting at Smitty’s. He and some of his friends have a great little carpentry business. Plus he’s still sharing the double-wide trailer with his childhood friend Danny and their new friend John, who is a policeman. Life is going great.

That is until they find a dead woman in a car in a snow storm. She’s been murdered. The night before she was at the bar playing in the pool league for the opposing team. At first the guys let the police do the investigating, but then they begin to look into things.

Their friend, Bud, asks them to look into the death of his good friend Ernie Burdett. It was billed as a car accident, but Bud can’t accept that. When they meet his widow and her family, things don’t seem right. While looking into Ernie’s life, Terry runs into one of his older brothers, Berk. Throughout the investigation, Terry is concerned that Berk may be involved. Especially after they determine it was murder!

These guys get themselves into various interesting situations while investigating. They aren’t the type of guys you would expect to be looking into murder. Add into that the blizzard and you have a very interesting story.

I especially like this series. The author has created such a wonderful character in Terry. And having it told in his own voice is so wonderful. I feel as if he is sitting there telling me the story while I read the book. Great job! What can I say about Bump, Gruf, Danny, Bud, John and Allen. They work so well together.

The author has done a great job of keeping the cussing to a minimum, just enough to make them credible. This is a terrific cozy! I highly recommend it! It is a fast read, too.

Dawn Dowdle

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