KING OF HEARTS: A Cassandra Swann Bridge Mystery

Cassie Swann #3

by Susan Moody

While investigating a series of threatening letters being sent to an Indian couple she knows through her bridge class, Cassie Swann tracks down a woman horse trainer who may know something about the murder of Cassie's father twenty years ago

Genres: Mystery, Crime

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

She grew up in Oxford then moved to Tennessee for 10 years. She published two historical novels and the novelisation of the Nescafe Gold Blend advertisements under the pen name Susannah James. More recently she has also used the nom de plume, Susan Madison. She is a former Chairman of the Crime Writer's Association, served as World President of the International Association of Crime Writers, and was elected to the prestigious Detection Club. Susan Moody has given numerous courses on writing crime fiction and continues to teach creative writing in England, France, Australia, the USA and Denmark

Reviews

[Jeanne · Rating 1 out of 5]

While waiting for my to-read books to become available at the library, this one caught my eye with the cover and title...a bridge mystery. Talk about false promotion! Not one hand of bridge was played (the King of Hearts was actually the name of a character) and the mystery was unbelievably lame. What a waste of time.

[Jill H. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of a short series of books about professional bridge player, Cassandra Swann, who somehow gets involved in murder and mayhem. In this entry, one of her bridge students, an Indian doctor, is brutally murdered in front of his mistress's flat....but the mistress is not the only suspect. There is also a back story of the 20 year old death of Cassandra's father, Handsome Harry, a pub owner and raconteur, who Cassie believes was murdered. Mix in some colorful characters and you have a fast moving and humorous look at Cassie's life and how she deals with the question of "who dunnit".....it is a fun book.

[JenniferB]

Annoying writing style in places, but good overall