Review – Death Dangles a Participle

From the back cover:  Winter can be harsh in the North Country.

When the reckless teenaged Rousseau brothers, J.T. and Dustin, attempt to cross a frozen Lake Champlain in their ancient VW, what they find plunges them into hot water, not cold. Their guilt in a brutal murder is obvious to everyone except English teacher Amelia Prentice Dickensen, freshly returned from her honeymoon with new husband Gil, who is determined to find the clue that will prove them innocent: a single bullet.

Despite a falling out with best friend Lily, parents irate over a low grade, a missing cat, and a strange illness that strikes when least expected, Amelia is determined to find the truth. Unless she is frozen out by an equally determined murderer…

Amelia Prentice is back with another classic mystery. It all begins with a let’s blow off steam drive across frozen Lake Champlain. Someone is shooting at the brothers and then that person winds up shot and the brothers are blamed. Now we know who didn’t do it but who did? At the same time we have to deal with a problem with Lily, conflict with nephew Vern and all kinds of goings on over at the Chez Prentice. This is what makes Ms. Kennedy’s stories so much fun. There is so much more going on that just the investigation of the murder and finding out the identity of the killer. We get involved in the lives of the people of the town and we just enjoy ourselves while we are there.

Ms. Kennedy has crafted a page turner worthy of the old masters, an exciting event, some story, another exciting event, more story.  And the mystery is terrific.  You want to figure out who us behind everything but you just can’t seem to and so you flip another page hoping for an answer which doesn’t come until the satisfactory end.  E. E. Kennedy is a fun author that makes reading enjoyable even if you are sitting on the edge of your chair. Don’t bother bringing a beverage to drink while you read because you will forget it is there the story is that intense.  Ms. Kennedy batted a thousand on this one.  I highly recommend it.