Five Star First Edition Mystery - The Fourth of July Wake (Five Star First Edition Mystery)
by Harold Adams

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Book Review: interesting amateur sleuth
Summary: 4 Stars

Matt drives the three hours from Minneapolis to the remote "Kreugerland" cabins near Bent Line Lake. There he meets the family he met several years ago when he stayed at the cabins. He also finds Sorah to be quite charming and not at all like a murderous Jezebel. As he unenthusiastically discusses the death with everyone remotely involved, Kyle begins to uncover disturbing discrepancies that makes him wonder if perhaps P.J. was murdered.

THE FOURTH OF JULY WAKE is an interesting amateur sleuth mystery that readers will enjoy because of the depth of the ensemble's secondary characters. In spite of his TV exposure, Kyle remains a charming idealist though he loses some of rosy optimism due to the results of his inquiries. Though why the dominating Marcia would stay as a second fiddle seems stretched, this cozy will delight fans that will wonder along with Kyle whether a homicide occurred and if so did Sorah really murder her elderly spouse?

Harriet Klausner

Summary of Five Star First Edition Mystery - The Fourth of July Wake (Five Star First Edition Mystery)

When an old friend invites Kyle Champion to attend a wake, he quickly realizes that it's not going to be a typical affair. P. J. Krueger, the family patriarch, died three months ago, and now his young widow, Sarah, wants to throw a "discreet wingding" in his honor over the long 4th of July weekend. P.J. also left behind a number of resentful children and their spouses, one of whom is convinced that P.J. did not die of natural causes. Add to this gathering an odd, reclusive neighbor with a violent past, and you've got the makings of some very volatile fireworks.

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