DEADLY GAMBLE
By Connie Shelton Intrigue Press ~ 1995 ISBN: 1890768006 Mystery / PI - Detective Reviewed by: Pam Stone, MyShelf.Com Buy It Here For the first title in a series this one grabs your attention and holds it till book is read. Charlie Parker
is an accountant in a Private Investigations business with her brother.
In this mystery an old friend shows up in need of help. Charlie agrees
to help Stacy North find her missing Rolex watch, but ends up wishing
she hadn’t because of her past history with this woman. Stacy and
Charlie were best friends until Stacy ran off with Charlie's finance.
In a few hours Charlie finds the watch and boy is she relieved thinking
she is done with Stacy, but guess again the man who stole the watch is
found dead three days later. Now Stacy needs Charlie's help even more.
Charlie’s brother handles the investigation part of their business
and she handles the paper work. But with her brother out of town for two
weeks Charlie felt that she could at least get things started for her
brother. Gary Detwiller was the dead mans name -- a con man with a lot
of enemies. Finding the murder will not be easy. Stacy is arrested for
the murder and Charlie has to prove her innocence’s, but finding
the real murder will hard work because of all the enemies that Gary had.
This mystery was a very good read I can hardly wait to read the others in the series |