Summary
Perhaps only a Texan could come up with a book about murder in a small Lone Star State town and manage to make it look as though the sheriff was as worried about the possibility that he would have to adopt the victim's cat as he was about the demise of its owner.
Nevertheless, in Murder Among the Owls (St. Martin's Minotaur, 256 pages) Bill Crider writes in a drawl, laid-back and laconic. He takes his readers on a leisurely stroll into Clearview, which would appear to be the unlikely scene of the crime, and introduces them to his bickering deputies and the neighbors. As he investigates the murder of a local lady, he makes it clear her cat has a role in the mystery.See the full content of this document
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Sleuthing Abroad and in Washington
It's not that he likes the cat. It makes him sneeze, and as he interviews witnesses, he invariably asks them whether they would like to adopt it. It's the kind of plot where Sheriff Dan Rhodes can get half buried i...
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