A Ghost of a Chance (by Bill Crider)

I’ve never heard of Bill Crider, who was apparently quite a prolific writer of American crime fiction. I doubt if I would ever have picked up one of his books, but a friend said she had read ‘A Ghost of a Chance’ and thought it quite a good light read. She said she wasn’t going to read it again, so I put it on my to-read shelf, and decided to try it a few days ago.

Sheriff Dan Rhodes is the main character in this book; I gather there is a whole series of books featuring him, so perhaps it’s ...