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Molly Piper #1
Falling From Grace
At ninety-seven pounds and under five feet tall, P.I. Molly Piper is tougher than she looks and more than a match for a killer....
On an island shaped like a dolphin, in a tiny hamlet called Grace, Molly Piper has escaped her past: as a Chicago cop and a victim of a violent crime. With her boyfriend giving her enough space--he's a police chief on the mainland--and her P.I. work paying the rent, Molly has found a wooded, windblown piece of heaven in the middle of Puget Sound. Or so she believes, until a serial killer comes ashore.
The press has named him the Crucifixer, and the mainland has witnessed his terror. Now Molly, caught up in a complex missing person's case, has found his handiwork on Prince Island: a killing scene involving a funeral pyre, a cross, and a dead body. For Molly, the secrets of a missing woman and a haunted family are leading to a madman whose identity she must uncover--not just to protect her beloved island, but to save her life.
On an island shaped like a dolphin, in a tiny hamlet called Grace, Molly Piper has escaped her past: as a Chicago cop and a victim of a violent crime. With her boyfriend giving her enough space--he's a police chief on the mainland--and her P.I. work paying the rent, Molly has found a wooded, windblown piece of heaven in the middle of Puget Sound. Or so she believes, until a serial killer comes ashore.
The press has named him the Crucifixer, and the mainland has witnessed his terror. Now Molly, caught up in a complex missing person's case, has found his handiwork on Prince Island: a killing scene involving a funeral pyre, a cross, and a dead body. For Molly, the secrets of a missing woman and a haunted family are leading to a madman whose identity she must uncover--not just to protect her beloved island, but to save her life.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 10, 1998
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June 13, 2024
It follows two cases all connected to one family. Which relations are a reef, not a tree. And The continues comments about weight, eating habits and exercise. Kinda overkill.
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May 11, 2011
With the focus on the main female protagonist, Molly Piper, who's living in a usually quiet town called Grace, the story starts with Molly trying to find the sister of her newest client. Soon the killings of the notorious Crucifixer are getting in the way, and yes, you may have already guessed, the two cases are connected.
For one reason or another I simply couldn't get into this book, despite the fact that it was flowing smoothly, had ok characters, and last but not least a rather twisted plot (and family for that matter). All in all Patricia Brooks offeres an average mystery novel here, yet it didn't engage me like other mysteries I recently read and I had a hard time to finish it despite its shortness. While I've often found some gems among my unread mystery novels (and those TBR stacks are still high), this is certainly not one of them. An ok read at best, it just didn't work for me.
In short: Despite an admittedly intriguing premise, this book didn't captivate me at all, though others might seriously like it.
For one reason or another I simply couldn't get into this book, despite the fact that it was flowing smoothly, had ok characters, and last but not least a rather twisted plot (and family for that matter). All in all Patricia Brooks offeres an average mystery novel here, yet it didn't engage me like other mysteries I recently read and I had a hard time to finish it despite its shortness. While I've often found some gems among my unread mystery novels (and those TBR stacks are still high), this is certainly not one of them. An ok read at best, it just didn't work for me.
In short: Despite an admittedly intriguing premise, this book didn't captivate me at all, though others might seriously like it.
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