Murder in Rosslare

by Kin Platt

Widower Bill Stanwood, a former Los Angeles homicide detective, journeys to Ireland to visit his late wife's sister, Noreen, and becomes involved in the search of her killer

190 pages, Hardcover

First published February 15, 2012

About the author

Pseudonyms: Kirby Carr, Guy West, Alan West, Guy York & Wesley Simon York

Kin Platt (1911–2003) was the author of the perennially popular I Can Read Book Big Max, as well as several outstanding young-adult novels and the Max Roper mystery series for adults. Mr. Platt was also a noted cartoonist.

For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin_Platt

Reviews

[Dave · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite the cover which tells the reader that this is one of the Max Roper mysteries, it is not part of that series. Someone at the publisher's house forgot to read the book before putting the cover on it. In fact, if you are a regular reader of Kin Platt mysteries as I am, you will find that this novel is unlike any of the Max Roper books so much so you might think it was written by a different author.

Rather than being a Max Roper mystery, Murder in Rosslare is more of a classic who-done-it mystery tale. It is about Stanwood, a Los Angeles Police Officer who retired after his wife's death and decides to visit her family who he never met in Ireland. He retired because nothing seemed worth doing anymore and giving her sister things of sentimental value and meeting her family might mean something to him. Its a journey for Stanwood from the busy metropolis of Los Angeles to a small fog-shrouded Ireland countryside town where there are few taxis and everyone knows each other, but he's still a police officer, and when murder rears its ugly head in Rosslare, Stanwood starts investigating.

It is a well-written story and quite compelling. It has a completely different taste and feel than any other of Kin Platt's books that I have read. Well worth reading.