Book Review: Wash and Wear

Reviewed By: Webspinner - RAM

Wash and Wear     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Bill Stackhouse
Class/Genre:   Mystery
Series: Ed McAvoy # 4
iUniverse; 2003

All quiet Homer Duncan wanted to do was his job at the bank, run his print shop in his spare time, and care for his aging mother. That's all. And it got him killed.

Ed McAvoy [late of the Detroit Police Force] is now Chief of Police in Peekamoose Heights. When the bank teller is killed by a known mob hit-man and the hit-man is in turn killed by Heather Larrabee [one of his officers], Ed runs up against an old enemy once again. Now it's up to Ed and his police force to figure out what the mob is looking for before there are more deaths.

Fourth in the Ed McAvoy series, Wash and Wear introduces a new element into the quiet Peekamoose community; the retired mob. In an almost comic series of mishaps and misadventures, bumbling enforcers manage to turn Peekamoose Heights upside down and one quiet little bank teller manages to completely ruin what could have been a profitable venture. Wash and Wear was a welcome change from some of the dark mysteries I usually read. Somewhere between a cozy and a classic, I find I enjoy Peekamoose Heights, it's resident eccentrics, and Ed McAvoy. If you are looking for a lighter mystery that will make you smile, I can recommend any of Bill Stackhouse's offerings.

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