Reunions Can Be Murder: A Charlie Parker Mystery

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Summary: Charlie searches for an old prospecteor
Review: Charlie Parker has the misfortune to be in her office when Dorothy Schwartzman comes in search of an investigator. Charlie explains that she handles financial matters for the firm and her brother, who is the investigator,is out of town, but Dorothy is not to be daunted. She insists that Charlie look for her lost father,Willie McBride, and find him in time to come to a family reunion. Charlie follows some leads which Dorothy has given her and ends up in the small community of White Oak, N. M. She finds a dead body which might be Willie's but which she is not able to identify without dental records. As her investigation proceeds, Charlie is confronted with old treasure maps, fights over mineral rights, and more dead bodies. Since Charlie's husband, Drake, is off fighting a fire, she is pretty much on her own and ends up going on a literal treasure hunt. Connie Shelton delivers another good mystery in this latest in the Charlie Parker Series.

Rating:
Summary: Charlie searches for an old prospecteor
Review: Charlie Parker has the misfortune to be in her office when Dorothy Schwartzman comes in search of an investigator. Charlie explains that she handles financial matters for the firm and her brother, who is the investigator,is out of town, but Dorothy is not to be daunted. She insists that Charlie look for her lost father,Willie McBride, and find him in time to come to a family reunion. Charlie follows some leads which Dorothy has given her and ends up in the small community of White Oak, N. M. She finds a dead body which might be Willie's but which she is not able to identify without dental records. As her investigation proceeds, Charlie is confronted with old treasure maps, fights over mineral rights, and more dead bodies. Since Charlie's husband, Drake, is off fighting a fire, she is pretty much on her own and ends up going on a literal treasure hunt. Connie Shelton delivers another good mystery in this latest in the Charlie Parker Series.