Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
Dying to Get Even
Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Judy Fitzwater
Class/Genre: Mystery Amateur Sleuth
Series: Jennifer Marsh # 2
Fawcett, Feb 1999, $5.99, 240 pp.
Macon Mystery writer Jennifer Marsh desperately wants to be published, which is why she enjoys investigating homicides that seem open and shut. Her latest real life sleuthing involves her good friend, elderly Emmie Walker, former spouse of Edgar, the owner of the Down Home Grill restaurant chain.
When she arrives at Emma's Atlanta home, Jen notices two bodies floating in the swimming pool. Edgar lies dead while Emmie is unconscious, holding a bloodied knife. Forensics proves that the knife is the murder weapon used to kill the man. The Office of the Fulton County District Attorney believes that Emmie murdered her former husband. Jen disagrees and begins to do some sleuthing with the help of her boy friend and her critique group.
Judy Fitzwater has written another fresh and humorous who-done-it, starring an amateur sleuth that is the epitome of the insecure aspiring mystery writer. The secondary characters are candid and in your face, adding color and red herrings to a strong story line. DYING TO GET EVEN is the second novel in what appears to be the beginning stages of a long running series.
Harriet Klausner
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