Joanne Clarey

A murder mystery in a small town. Alice, a generational resident has been murdered and her body thrown down the waterfalls that provide the town its name of Hummingbird Falls. The Police Chief, Dave Shaffer, has only investigated one previous murder, 13 years ago, and it is still an open case.

Dave asks Ellie Hastings (narrator) and 10-year summer resident to keep her ear to the ground and inform him of any potential information to help him with this case as she is not biased by too much knowledge of the residents. Agreeing Ellie begins to investigate to find the killer of her friend Alice.

This is a cozy mystery and the characters, who I see as predictable and superficial, meet the stereotypes I find in many cozies. To heighten the drama of the story the author has included a rain storm that almost turns into a natural disaster .. An okay read though not very coherent at times.… (mais)

This mystery starts with a bang as Ellie Hastings enters a bank in the middle of a robbery. She is still suffering Post Traumatic Stress as fall starts turning to winter and the hunting season gears up. Ellie has been obsessing over a detail during the robbery that she knows is important but just can’t remember. All the while the bank robbers are still on the loose.

Then a very fateful day dawns when everything will be brought to light. Ellie is walking in the woods surrounding her cabin when she is struck from behind, falls and hits her head on a rock. Awakening she discovers a dead body and fights a concussion to get help as a quick moving blizzard descends on the area. A policeman patrolling the mountainous areas for illegal hunters goes missing and a search party is organized, a group of three greenhorn hunters lost in the sudden storm struggle to survive and a near starving bear known as Old Scar Face all play into the drama that unfolds.

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http://mysterysuspence.blogspot.com/2009/11/review-fall-hunt-by-joanne-clarey.ht...… (mais)