Book Review: Murder by Suicide

Reviewed By: Dawn Dowdle

Murder by Suicide     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Mark Sheneman
Class/Genre:   Mystery
1st Books, Paperback, 4/03, 218 pages, $13.50

I especially enjoyed this book because I know Manassas, Virginia. That is where it is set. Bobby Hebert is a Detective with the Prince William Police Department.

Bobby is called out to an apparent suicide. William David Butler (Billy D.) was found shot by his wife Savannah. He didn’t leave a note and Bobby’s partner Roger Brice felt it might not be a suicide and wanted Bobby to look things over too. Immediately Bobby is smitten with Savannah but the feelings are not mutual. Billy D had been listening to music with headphones on reading Hemingway when he killed himself. Savannah told the detectives that her husband had recently found out he had the HIV virus.

Neither Bobby nor Roger feel it is a suicide and begin investigating. Then they have to convince their Captain and eventually the D. A.

Eventually Bobby meets Laura Lee Prescott, Savannah’s sister. She is interested in him and lets him know it. He tries to resist but doesn’t do a very good job of it. All the while, Bobby is trying to get information on Savannah from Laura Lee.

This was a good first mystery by this author. The only problem is that since it was self-published, it didn’t go through editing and there are many mistakes.

I enjoyed the story and look forward to reading the next book. I recommend you read this book.

Dawn Dowdle

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