A Lethal Walk in Lakeland
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Fans of Carlene O’Connor’s Irish Village mysteries will love the latest novel in this cozy series set in the beautiful English countryside and featuring San Diego sleuth Rick “Chase” Chasen.
Chase has two compelling reasons for returning to England—a group walk along the famed Coast to Coast trail in the picturesque Lake District, and a chance to further his relationship with Mike, the handsome Devonshire doctor he met on his last trip. The walkers, including Chase’s dear friend and fellow Anglophile Billie Mondreau, assemble at a Whitehaven hotel and begin their adventure with the traditional “baptism of the boots” in St. Bee’s Bay. But they’ve barely begun traveling eastward with their genial guide than the group dynamics turns unexpectedly rocky.
The problem is the Uptons—a wealthy family who have arrived from Texas, and whose squabbling antics continually overshadow the bucolic surroundings. Brock Upton, tall and commanding, is traveling with his pint-sized wife and his three siblings, along with a family friend. Every member of the party cites a different reason for joining the tour, and Chase’s instincts tell him they’re all lying.
Brock’s heart condition hinders their progress through the Lake District’s hills and dales. But that proves the least of their problems when one of the Uptons is fatally poisoned. Years of secrets and grudges emerge, along with a decades-old family mystery. And only Chase’s investigative expertise can find the answers—and uncover a killer in their midst before tragedy befalls the tour again . . .
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George's entertaining second whodunit featuring Rick Chasen (after A Deadly Walk in Devon) sees the retired San Diego police detective once again probing a murder while on a British walking tour. When a work emergency keeps Rick's new boyfriend from joining him on a group excursion to England's Lake District, Rick opts to go alone. His fellow travelers include members of the Texas-based Upton family, two of whom lost their parents in a car crash 20 years earlier. The details of the incident remain fuzzy; some of the Uptons believe it was a double suicide, while others dismiss that theory to protect their insurance payout. The clan suffers another loss when one of them is poisoned during the trip—the first of two murders that reactivate Rick's investigative instincts. Convinced that the killer is a member of the tour, he interrogates each traveler before gathering all the suspects in one place and walking through their motives in a fizzy finale that nods to golden age mysteries. While it's difficult to imagine how much further George can stretch the conceit before it breaks, he delivers the goods here, with top-notch detective work and a delightfully cozy atmosphere. Armchair sleuths will be thrilled.
