“Big-city crime hits a small town in the Adirondacks, and an eclectic and well-developed cast of characters leads us through this hilarious, engaging mystery.” –Sublime Book ReviewPolice Chief Norris Tanager is one happy guy. He came to the Adirondacks because he heard small-town cops spend their days helping kittens cross the road and rescuing little old ladies out of trees. Or something like … ladies out of trees. Or something like that. And so far, things have been quiet as promised.
Paul Briar is not so happy. He came to these mountains to spark some romance in his marriage. Now his wife is missing and presumed drowned.
And poor Dr. Simon Reesor is downright devastated. He came here to practice medicine in a small hospital. Last night his wife was brutally murdered, blown up in her car.
Police Chief Norris Tanager came to these beautiful mountains to escape the ugliness of the big city. Too bad. Seems like ugly just follows some cops around.
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Overall Rating = 4.83
Storyline & Concept = 5
Writing & Delivery = 4.5
Editorial = 4.5
The setting of the Adirondack mountains in upstate New York is the perfect foil for Police Chief Norris Tanager in Blues of Autumn. The main character of the novel left a big city police department to become the one and only law enforcement officer for a supposedly crime-free small town. Unfortunately for him, serious crime found its way into his jurisdiction and left a trail of dead bodies and a whodunit that only Tanager could solve.
Within the first few pages of this novel, I was reminded of Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone character. However, it wasn’t long before the protagonist became a beloved character in his own right. This is an engaging mystery that is heavily laced with laugh-out-loud humor and well-developed, interesting characters, even down to Stanley, the lovable, sometimes-bumbling pooch, not unlike his master. I sincerely hope this becomes a series. I’d be the first to grab a copy of the next-in-line.
Sublime Line: “Big-city crime hits a small town in the Adirondacks, and an eclectic and well-developed cast of characters leads us through this hilarious, engaging mystery.”