I was kept happily enthralled
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I've already read the second book in Lauren Carr's 'Mac Faraday' mystery series, Old Loves Die Hard, so I appreciated this opportunity to right go back to the series' beginning and discover how Mac found himself living in luxury at Deep Creek Lake. He's just inherited an almost unimaginable fortune, but before he can start to accustom himself to his changed circumstances, Mac embroils himself in a complicated murder investigation.
I was impressed by just how many threads Carr manages to entwine in order to keep her readers guessing the murderer's identity. At one point I think I had practically everyone in town on my suspects list and, as the body count rises, it seemed the solution might boil down to the last person standing! The case centres around Mac's investigation, but for me it was the varied characters surrounding him that made It's Murder My Son such an interesting …
I've already read the second book in Lauren Carr's 'Mac Faraday' mystery series, Old Loves Die Hard, so I appreciated this opportunity to right go back to the series' beginning and discover how Mac found himself living in luxury at Deep Creek Lake. He's just inherited an almost unimaginable fortune, but before he can start to accustom himself to his changed circumstances, Mac embroils himself in a complicated murder investigation.
I was impressed by just how many threads Carr manages to entwine in order to keep her readers guessing the murderer's identity. At one point I think I had practically everyone in town on my suspects list and, as the body count rises, it seemed the solution might boil down to the last person standing! The case centres around Mac's investigation, but for me it was the varied characters surrounding him that made It's Murder My Son such an interesting story. The ghastly Hardwicks make for great reading although I'm glad not to actually know them in real life. I could empathise strongly with Betsy's notebook obsession (although I was disappointed at the continual fat shaming of this character), and sympathised with David's struggle against repeatedly being shunned by his superior officers. Of course it's German Shepherd dog Gnarly who steals every scene - along with pretty much everything else that isn't tied down, especially food! I love Gnarly!
Deep Creek Lake makes a gorgeous setting for It's Murder My Son and I enjoyed peeping into the glamorous lifestyles of the super-rich characters. I didn't manage to work out the whole mystery before the big reveal, but was kept happily enthralled and am now looking forward to rejoing Mac and Gnarly to solve another mystery very soon.