©2015
Minotaur Books, New York
[Note
to the reader: I received and read this book several months ago, and now that I
have finished the next in the series, I thought I should go ahead and post a
quick note about this good Dan Rhodes story.]
Seepy
Benton, professor at Clearview College, trained member of Blacklin County’s “Citizen’s
Patrol”, and part-time live music for a local restaurant has a new job interest—he’s
a ghost hunter. And so is born another headache for county sheriff Dan Rhodes.
As
is his fashion, award-winning author Bill Crider, weaves a story filled with
ghosts, guns, and intrigue. Throw in some trademark comic relief and mystery
lovers have another good evening’s read. Crider is known for his wit and
attachment to clichéd phrases, and constantly files them away to surface in one
of his mystery novels. As I read the description of Dan Rhodes subduing a
run-away bull in the Walmart parking lot, I fairly laughed out loud to see that
the good sheriff “took the bull by the horns.” And I wondered how long Crider
had been waiting to fit that one into a story.
Again
filled with our favorite characters, Sheriff Dan Rhodes fans will not want to
miss this edition of crime and punishment in Blacklin County Texas. This one
will be fun at Halloween time with its haunted house, reference to ghosts and
hat tips to the Ghostbuster movie franchise. Dan Rhodes gets another 5 reading
glasses, if for no other reason than he “ain’t afraid of no ghosts.”
—Benjamin
Potter, October 3, 2016
1 comment:
Thanks, Benjie!
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