Solving Peculiar Crimes

by Radine Trees Nehring

Overview

Carrie and Henry encounter peculiar crimes in these stories featuring right, wrong, and redemption. Carrie's urge to help people who are in trouble often draws her into puzzling and sometimes dangerous human events. Henry provides support and back-up when her curiosity and helpful nature expose both of them to trouble and danger. Carrie McCrite and Henry King are the protagonists in Nehring's popular "To Die For" Mystery Series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781931206075
Publisher:	St Kitts Press
Publication date:	12/01/2020
Edition description:	Large Print
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

Editorial Reviews

2021-09-02
A collection offers a baker’s dozen of mystery stories set in the lush, majestic Ozarks in Arkansas.

Prolific Arkansas author Nehring’s Something To Die For series continues with this latest installment featuring married sleuths Carrie McCrite and police detective Henry King. They solve a series of confounding mysteries that play out in a variety of settings and with a creatively drawn cast of supporting characters. The first puzzle involves a gallows tourist attraction that Carrie uncovers where the corpse of a recently deceased local judge was cruelly hoisted up. Was it a ghost or an act of parental vengeance? Elsewhere, the couple’s honeymoon sets the scene for an attempted crime involving a sabotaged cake and stolen gemstones. Other stories feature a Civil War reenactment where retribution for a man with an alcohol addiction arrives in a mysterious fashion; a cute, spooky Halloween caper just for fun; and a short tale about morality and children whose conclusion asks readers for their opinions and inspires proactive discussions. Some situations seem ripped from the headlines: a vengeful teenage mall shooter; an angry, justice-seeking parent who watched his son fall through the cracks of a botched legal system. In several of the volume’s longer, more elaborative stories, messy family melodrama ensues and a corrupt clown attempts to take Carrie hostage. In addition to the crime-solving shenanigans, readers get an insider glimpse into Carrie and Henry’s married life, which, thankfully, Nehring doesn’t sugarcoat. Giddy passion during their honeymoon phase soon meets the memory of Carrie’s first husband coupled with nervous doubts and hesitation during the couple’s holidays together. This secondary aspect of the collection adds a touch of reality and draws readers into the clever detectives’ daily lives. Religious readers may also find comfort in the frequent references to church and spiritual beliefs nestled into Carrie and Henry’s adventures. The author certainly demonstrates a distinct affinity for her Arkansas homeland by adding attractive details and location-specific features. Overall, this is a splendid, if G-rated, collection of capers established and resolved with seamless ease by employing the intelligence, intuition, and cunning of Carrie and Henry individually and cooperatively.

Good-natured, homespun conundrums sure to appeal to mystery fans.

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