What
is a guy to do when he gets kicked out of the Denver Police Department for a
variety of reasons; reasons which had been connected to the murder of his own
wife, and the man who had been accused of it.
In
the case of the former Detective MacFarland, he eventually winds up on the
streets of Denver, as a homeless alcoholic. It’s only through pure grit and
determination he’s able to get a hotdog cart and begins getting back on his
feet, trying to finally have his days as a detective to become a mere memory of
his past.
Fortunately
or unfortunately the location he has is right near the city’s courthouse. It’s
there he learns about a woman who’s been accused of murdering her husband.
Clues and evidence connected to the crime are beginning to be destroyed or are
disappearing.
As
his investigation ensues he finds the man involved in his wife’s murder and the
destruction of his former career might have a hand in this murder as well. Can
MacFarland solve this mystery, he just might; but you’ll have to read the book
to find out for sure.
If
you’ve watched detective shows on television then you might find, as I did,
that Ms. Adams has used a hodge-podge of these detectives in created the
detective in this book. In creating MacFarland I can see the element of
Sherlock Holmes and his gang of street-wise kids collecting information, just
like MacFarland uses his homeless friends. I also can see elements of other
television detectives as well.
Ms.
Adams has written a very cozy detective novel reminiscent of Jessica Fletcher
in Murder, She Wrote; which is why I’ve decided to give this book 5 STARS.
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