Kill Her Twice
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Chicago PI Dek Elstrom is called into action when a man acquitted of his wife’s murder asks Dek to investigate the strange circumstances around her death.
A shocking chain of events occur after midnight one night on a quiet suburban street in West Chicago. The first neighbor hears a woman scream. The second sees the lights in the Tripps’ house being switched on, one by one, room after room. The third receives a call from a voice he doesn’t recognize, screaming at him to come over right away. But to where?
When the police arrive on the street, Sara Tripp is discovered brutally murdered. Her husband, Martin Tripp, is put on trial for her murder and acquitted. Martin is convinced Sara was scared of something before she died, and he wants private investigator Dek Elstrom to find out what it was. As Dek investigates, he makes a series of disturbing discoveries. Can he get to the truth of what really happened that terrifying night?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Fredrickson's enjoyable eighth Dek Elstrom mystery (after 2018's Tagged for Murder) finds the PI at a low point: hunting for a lost cat with a $100 reward on its furry head. Matters, however, are not so bad that Elstrom wants Martin Tripp as a client. Tripp confessed to killing Sara Jansen, his shrewish girlfriend, in their home in a quiet Chicago suburb, but in a courtroom sleight of hand, he escaped a murder conviction. Now, Tripp wants Elstrom to prove that he didn't kill Sara. Reluctantly, Elstrom agrees to try to identify the real culprit. The $200 Tripp shoves at him is, after all, worth two lost cats. As Elstrom investigates, he discovers schemes awash with shakedowns, money laundering, nepotism, and plain old Chicago-style politics with lots of double-dealing and no honor among thieves. Fredrickson offers readers a rough and tumble tale of colorful gangsters and lawmen who would have been right at home in Prohibition-era Chicago. Hard-boiled fans will want to see a lot more of Elstrom, a throwback to the likes of Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe.
