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Meet the Penningtons: Lyssa, Ph.D. Economics, and her husband “the handsome Brit” Kyle, Ph.D. Computer Science. When their clever minds ask questions, clever killers can’t hide.
It’s Monday of spring break when Professor Lyssa Pennington’s backyard garden project unearths a loaded revolver. With no record of violence at their address and no related cold case, the Tompkins Falls police have no interest. But the Penningtons and a friend with the State Police believe there’s a body somewhere. Whose? Where? And who pulled the trigger?
The Penningtons’ canvass of their quiet neighborhood turns up disturbing secrets about the family that lived in their house for decades and another ill-fated family a few doors away. Lyssa follows the money story and finds twenty million dollars, a neighbor who’s not what he seems, and a long-buried rivalry. Kyle goes after homicide data in six states and finds a body. Their next surprise is a murderer who will go to any length to conceal the crime.
It’s Monday of spring break when Professor Lyssa Pennington’s backyard garden project unearths a loaded revolver. With no record of violence at their address and no related cold case, the Tompkins Falls police have no interest. But the Penningtons and a friend with the State Police believe there’s a body somewhere. Whose? Where? And who pulled the trigger?
The Penningtons’ canvass of their quiet neighborhood turns up disturbing secrets about the family that lived in their house for decades and another ill-fated family a few doors away. Lyssa follows the money story and finds twenty million dollars, a neighbor who’s not what he seems, and a long-buried rivalry. Kyle goes after homicide data in six states and finds a body. Their next surprise is a murderer who will go to any length to conceal the crime.
373 pages, Paperback
Published May 9, 2016
About the author
C.T. Collier
4 books41 followersC T Collier grew up in Seneca Falls, NY, left the area for college and jobs, and always wanted to return to the Finger Lakes. After careers in high tech (networking software) and education (teaching and learning with technology), she lives today in a beautiful small city on one of the prettiest of the Finger Lakes, not unlike fictional Tompkins Falls on lovely Chestnut Lake. Most days you’ll find her writing in her tiny office looking out on a woods populated with fox, deer, wild turkeys, and songbirds. In her career as a tech-savvy college professor she has been endlessly fascinated with campus intrigue. Her mystery series The Penningtons Investigate revolves around Tompkins College, which is entirely fictional.
Author also writes the Lakeside Porches romances as Katie O’Boyle:
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Author also writes the Lakeside Porches romances as Katie O’Boyle:
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Website: http://katieoboyle.com
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March 25, 2017
You will definitely want to have plenty of allotted reading time before starting this one. It was hard to put down. I was so engrossed in the story that I put off many of my important things to do. C.T. Collier does a great job of creating a Mystery that keeps the reader invested and guessing.
Lyssa is a wonderful lead, she is fun to read about and easy to get behind as a lead character.
Lots of twists and turns and a wonderfully woven mystery.
Lyssa is a wonderful lead, she is fun to read about and easy to get behind as a lead character.
Lots of twists and turns and a wonderfully woven mystery.
September 14, 2018
I bought this book from the author at an arts and crafts festival in Keuka Lake and I really wanted to like it, but it was just OK.
February 22, 2017
This was a great read--the plot is well-developed, as are the characters. The pacing is such that it keeps you reading to find out what is going to find out next. It was also impressive that the characters are allowed to be human, with real flaws: alcoholism and recovery, panic attacks, irritation, intimidation, presumption, and arguing. There is also a fascinating group of supporting characters from the small college town where they live. Some of the action in the book seemed a little far-fetched, but it was overall an energetic, exciting read.
**I received a copy of this book with no expectation of a positive review. All thoughts and opinions are entirely my own.**
**I received a copy of this book with no expectation of a positive review. All thoughts and opinions are entirely my own.**
March 25, 2017
I love C.T. Collier's novels. They are always so fun and so fresh. I have read so many of her novels and am still blown away with her ability to bring us characters who we care about time and again.
I loved that the author was able to balance a humorous moments and mystery all in this novel. Everything offsets each other perfectly.
I personally enjoyed the relationships forged with secondary characters as well.
I loved that the author was able to balance a humorous moments and mystery all in this novel. Everything offsets each other perfectly.
I personally enjoyed the relationships forged with secondary characters as well.
April 27, 2017
Didn't Finish
I had to stop reading after a few chapters because I couldn't stand the husband constantly calling his wife "my love." Who does that?
I had to stop reading after a few chapters because I couldn't stand the husband constantly calling his wife "my love." Who does that?
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