Beneath a Buried House
A
Kenny Elliot Mystery
Bob
Avey
Deadly Niche Press (Trade Paperback)
ISBN-10: 0-937660-81-7 (0937660817)
ISBN-13: 978-0-937660-81-2 (9780937660812)
Publication Date: June 2008
List Price: $17.95
Synopsis (from
the publisher): Things aren't always what they seem. Tulsa Police
Detective, Kenny Elliot's quest to uncover the truth behind the death
of a transient makes him a target - from whom or what he isn't sure.
When he brushes the dirt from the surface of an apparent John Doe
overdose case, he finds a labyrinth of misdirection and deception
beneath, and a trail, which leads him to an encounter with an
aberration in human nature, the likes of which he's not prepared to
deal with.
Drawing on his strength of character, and sense of right and wrong, he
wrestles with deep personal feelings to solve the case.
Review:
Tulsa police detective Kenny Elliot finds himself inexorably drawn into
strange circumstances surrounding the death of a man from an apparent
drug overdose, alone in a nearly vacant apartment, in Beneath a Buried House,
the second mystery in this series by Bob Avey.
Thought by his peers to be an accidental death or potentially a
suicide, Kenny believes the unidentified man was murdered. When a
prostitute seen with the man on the night of his death is later killed,
Kenny is sure the cases are related though there is no physical
evidence to connect them. It isn't until he ties the disappearance of
the prime suspect in the murder to the dead man that Kenny realizes the
solution to his case may ultimately involve a family that went missing
years ago.
Beneath a Buried
House is one of those mysteries that capture the reader's
imagination from the very first chapter. Relationships between many of
the characters are established early but are incomplete leading to a
sense of foreboding: something is bound to happen but it isn't clear
what that may be or when or to whom it may happen. The
third person narrative is largely written in a direct, somewhat detached manner that
is completely in character with Kenny himself. Even his relationship,
really infatuation, with a mysterious woman has a circumspect aspect to
it. Towards the end the plot becomes rather
predictable, there are a few plot points aren't cleanly wrapped up, and
what is undoubtedly intended to be a surprise ending isn't, but overall
these are minor criticisms for what is otherwise an enjoyable crime
novel.
Special thanks to Bob Avey for providing a copy of Beneath a Buried House for this review.
Review Copyright © 2008 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved.
Mysteries in this series ...
Twisted
Perception
Deadly Niche Press (Trade Paperback), March 2006
ISBN-10: 0-937660-31-0 (0937660310)
ISBN-13: 978-0-937660-31-7 (9780937660317)
Beneath a Buried
House
Deadly Niche Press (Trade Paperback), June 2008
ISBN-10: 0-937660-81-7 (0937660817)
ISBN-13: 978-0-937660-81-2 (9780937660812)
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Location(s) referenced: Tulsa, Oklahoma.