Blog Tour: CLEAN WIN by Kevin R. Doyle
Clean Win
by Kevin R. Doyle
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GENRE: Mystery
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BLURB:
LauraMosby is like a lot of young women, working in a job she doesn't like, lookingfor a way out, and doing her best to enjoy her privacy. When she dies a violentdeath at the hands of an intruder, it's at first brushed off as a standardhomicide. But when Lieutenant Santiago, the supervising detective, comes acrossevidence linking her death to a local politician, he begins to see the faintthreads of a much nastier scheme. Desperate to shield his people from potentialharm, he turns to Sam Quinton, full-time gym owner and part-time privateinvestigator, to help solve Laura's murder and help the police department evadethe wrath of City Hall.
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Excerpt One:
We sat there for another minute or two before I prodded thecop. “Laura Mosby.”
“Right.” Santiago sat a little straighter, as if pullinghimself back on track. “We’ve got a possible suspect.”
“From what the local news has reported, you’ve had more thanone possible suspect.”
Santiago nodded. “A former boyfriend, another even moreformer boyfriend, and a low-rent cousin who lives out of state.”
“But?”
“But they were all dead ends. And now we’ve got someone newto look at.”
“Which I’m guessing has something to do with why you’reslumming enough to visit me this morning,” I said. “So why not get to it. Who’sthe new favorite?”
Santiago looked away as he pressed his hands flat on histhighs. Despite our not-so-hot relationship, I decided to give him the time heneeded.
He looked back my way, his expression as calm and controlledas I’d ever seen him.
“Bob Marlow,” he said, so quietly I almost missed it.
I blinked a couple of times, processing the name.
“Bob Marlow,” I repeated a few seconds later.
“Yeah,” Santiago said, giving me half a nod.
“As in Mayor Bob Marlow?”
Only a quarter of a nod this time, if that. “Yeah.”
“As in recently-announced candidate for governor BobMarlow?”
No comment this time, except for Santiago giving me adead-level stare.
“Well, shit,” I said.
“Yeah,” Santiago said.
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Review: An unsolved murder of a hairdresser. There have been several suspects with dead ends. Their latest suspectwas a city mayor. A cop friend wanted to enlist the help of Detective SamQuinton to find further proof to convict the mayor or clear him of the murder.
The investigation kicks off to apromising and captivating start. I just enjoy these murder mysteries withtrying to figure out what happened and who did it.
Sam Quinton was your typicalbeat-nick P.I. that can get the answers and can get down n’ dirty if need be.His thinking was quick, candid, and gruff.
“If you’d been ready for it, Iwould have hit you a whole lot harder and you’d still be down.”
You get such a kick from Sam’s slyinvestigative skills. But what really draws you in is the murder mystery. Couldthe mayor have killed that girl? It would be too easy if it was the mayor. Butif it wasn’t him, then who? Was this a cover-up or a set-up?
A great read from start to finish!Hooray for Clean Win!
Rating:5 stars
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
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A high-school teacher, former college instructor, and fictionwriter, Kevin R. Doyle is the author of numerous short horror stories. He’salso written three crime thrillers, The Group, When You Have to GoThere, and And the Devil Walks Away, and one horror novel, TheLitter. In the last few years, he’s begun working on the Sam Quintonprivate eye series, published by Camel Press. The first Quinton book, Squatter’sRights, was nominated for the 2021 Shamus award for Best First PINovel. The second book, Heel Turn,was released in March of 2021, while the third in the series, Double Frame,came out in March of 2022. The fourth Sam Quinton book, Clean Win, willbe released in March of 203.
Website: kevindoylefiction.com
Facebook:facebook.com/kevindoylfiction
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6473241.Kevin_R_Doyle
Amazon buy link: https://www.amazon.com/Clean-Win-Quinton-Mystery-Book-ebook/dp/B0BN6X7WNW/
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