|
DEATH AND THE HUBCAP |
|
|
I had picked up DEATH AND THE EASTER BUNNY because I liked the title (yes, I'm guilty of buying books just because the title attracts me) and I was very glad I did. What a delightful book! Berry's heroine, Trudy Roundtree, is not only the newest officer on the Ogeechee, Georgia police force, she's also the only female. A local murder gives her the chance to prove her worth and show everyone that, just because the police chief is her cousin, it doesn't mean she hasn't earned her paycheck. In DEATH AND THE HUBCAP, the second in the Trudy Roundtree series due out in September, the reader gets to meet one of Ogeechee's more eccentric denizens. When Tanner Whitcomb reports that "he's run over someone", everyone at the police department have a hard time holding back their laughter. You see, Tanner doesn't have a car or a even a driver's license. He simply cruises around town holding his hands at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock on a hub cap while he makes putt-putt noises. Trudy gets the dubious honor of checking out Tanner's story and, to her horror, she finds a dead body with tire tracks on it right where Tanner said it would be. Both of these books are wonderfully light nd entertaining reads. I look forward to a third outting with Trudy Roundtree. |
|
©2000 and beyond by Elizabeth Henze. Not to be used without permission by anyone except the specific author being reviewed.