Book Review: A Wrinkle in Crime

Reviewed By: Dawn Dowdle

A Wrinkle in Crime     Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC
T. Dawn Richards
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Senior Sleuths   Amateur Sleuth   Cozy
Series: May List Mysteries
Hardcover, 3/07, 273 pages, $25.95

After May Bell's success in two previous murder investigations, she signs up for a civilian ride-along program to gain more experience. In her zeal to prove her abilities, she steals and destroys the police cruiser and makes a citizen's arrest of two men fleeing after she thought she saw them holding up the convenience store. In the process she also blew out the tires of their vehicle with a shot gun. Unfortunately Office Murphy explains she arrested two innocent men.

Plus the sister of her friends, the Peach sisters, has died. She's certain there's more to it than the police believe. So she sets out to discover the truth.

In the process of investigating, she ends up in jail, has to talk to many unsavory characters, and has people after her. Can she find the killer without putting herself in any more danger?

I really enjoy May Bell's antics. She's a senior citizen with a lot of spunk and determination. She has her share of blunders, but she keeps at it.

In this book I missed the residents of the senior facility she previously lived in, but May Bell found plenty of new ways to entertain the reader without them.

I recommend this book.

Dawn Dowdle

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