Book Review: Corpse Suzette

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

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G. A. McKevett
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Private Investigator   Woman Main Character
Series: Savannah Reid # 11
Kensington, May 2006, $22.00, 288 pp.

San Carmelita private detective Savannah Reid is allowing her assistant’s cousin Abigail to stay at her apartment while they both get a complete makeover at Emerge, a high class spa. Abigail is not easy to get along with because she hates her Junoesque body while Savannah who is also overweight is comfortable with hers. Abigail’s’ makeover is halted when one of the owners Suzette DuBois disappears baffling the police who are not sure a crime occurred and if one did was it a homicide.

Emerge’s other owner, Suzette’s former husband Sergio D’Allesandro, hires Savannah to find his ex wife because he insists she took one and a half million dollars form his bank account. After doing some investigating with her friend Police Detective Dirk, they find Sergio’s body at Emerge. Toxicology affirms what Savannah suspected that he was murdered. She and the police seek the missing Suzette, who each feels is either the killer or the next victim.

G.A. McKevett writes a sparkling witty and exciting whodunit that is low on gore but big on clues so fans of cozies and armchair sleuths will fully appreciate. The heroine seems like a real person with her acceptance of who she is physically as a big athletic woman and her need for justice. Once again Savannah stars in a totally exciting mystery.

Harriet Klausner

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