The
Old Buzzard Had It Coming
An Alafair Tucker Mystery
by Donis Casey
Donis
Casey created a very somber, yet intriguing murder mystery with true
undertones of how many people lived in the early 1900's. The story
takes place on an old western farm in the still horse and buggy days
of Oklahoma country where those very farms stretched for miles and
many people only knew their neighbors slightly. She had to have listened
attentively to her grandmother or other older family members relating
tales of a time that she could not know anything about and a murder
that took place in a community so remote from today's hustle and bustle,
to that of the simple life of nearly a 100 years ago, to put this
tale together and make it real.
The Old Buzzard
Had It Coming is a story of how retribution takes a hand in
making sure that the woes of life are handled correctly for those
involved. Go back on a journey and sit in the front room with Alafair
while she talks to the only local telephone operator to gain information
in this small one-horse town where the operator is the person who
knows everything that goes on, good and bad. Visit the blacksmith
and the foundry as she talks to the others who might just possibly
know something worthwhile and walk down to the river where she finds
the missing article that can either prove or disprove the involvement
of her child's sweetheart. Harley Lee is the man who was murdered,
but by whom? Her daughter's young man, or some other nefarious person
on the fringes of the community? Did her daughter have a part in
this seemingly innocent situation, or was she an accomplice? Alafair
means to find out and make sure that the young man in question is
found to be innocent of the crime, for she has her daughter's happiness
at stake. How she goes about it, and her unobtrusive ways as a detective,
provide good reading and a heartfelt tug at the memories some of
us are still able to share and are quickly disappearing from our
daily ways of life and thoughts.
Ms. Casey
was able to weave a story out of the old family trunk and make it
something that everyone will enjoy. She has a very fine way with
words and getting the thoughts on paper skillfully. I thoroughly
enjoyed this great little mystery that does not have the main characters
all caught up in the thrill or the challenge of over-active heroism.
It is a very real, down to earth, wrenching to the core, story about
a way of life that is no more. |
The
Book |
Poisoned Pen Press |
July 2005 |
Authors Review Copy |
1-59058-149-0 |
Murder
Mystery / 1900 Americana folklore history |
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The
Reviewer |
Claudia VanLydegeraf |
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