Death at the Wheel (The Thea Kozak Mystery Series, Book 3)
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Publisher Description
Smart and funny, Thea Kozak is carving out a career for herself while trying to win her critical mother's approval.
Home for Easter, Thea's mother introduces her to Julie Bass, a young widow whose husband died in a horrific accident at the local auto racetrack. Julie is the woman Thea's mother wants her to be--married to a suitable man and producing adorable children.
While resisting her mother's insistence that she use her own experience of losing a husband to help Julie, Thea brings her amateur detective skills to bear when the racetrack "accident" proves to be murder and Julie is arrested.
Bypassing the authorities, Thea searches for the real killer, confronting crooked rednecks, corrupt bankers, and barreling through a web of lies. But this time, she may not be able to save herself... or Julie.
REVIEWS:
"Thea Kozak is a terrific, in-your-face, stand-up gal…Stephanie Plum and Thea Kozak would have a lot to say to each other." ~Janet Evanovich, NYT Bestselling Author
THE THEA KOZAK MYSTERY SERIES, in order
Chosen for Death
Death in a Funhouse Mirror
Death at the Wheel
An Educated Death
Death in Paradise
Liberty or Death
Stalking Death
Death Warmed Over
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Thea Kozak, an educational consultant and amateur sleuth near Boston, returns in this humdrum third outing (after Chosen for Death and Death in a Funhouse Mirror) to investigate a suspicious death. Thea's overbearing mother introduces her to Julie Bass, whose controlling, philandering husband, Calvin, has just died in a race-car crash. Thea, whose own husband died in an automobile accident, is sympathetic and agrees to help when the police, having determined that Calvin's car was tampered with, arrest Julie on suspicion of murder. Thea quickly finds that the widow is not as innocent or helpless as she seems, and has had an affair with local doctor, Tom Durren. Thea switches her attentions from her hunky boyfriend, state trooper Andre Lemieux, to her job, and to dealing with the unpleasant characters connected to the case, especially Julie's violent redneck brother Duncan. Since the unsavory Calvin had lots of enemies, the list of suspects is long, and following it leads Thea into a life-threatening roadside confrontation with the killer. While Thea is likable, supporting cast members such as Andre and Duncan, are flat stereotypes. Despite Flora's tight pacing, the finale is disappointingly convenient.
