Still, no one is terribly worried-after all the man was a stranger-until one of their own is murdered right on Main Street.Īs Michael works to solve the case it seems that every nosy resident in town has a theory. Nothing, that is, until a dead body is discovered on the courthouse steps. After all, nothing ever happens in Hidden Springs, Kentucky. I’ll probably pass on the rest of the series, but don’t let me steer you in the wrong direction.After a few years as a police officer in Columbus, Michael Keane has no trouble relaxing into the far less stressful job of deputy sheriff in his small hometown. It’s not an awful book, but it will take a non-traditional cozy reader who wants to just hear the same things over and over again to stick with it. And the connections between all the stories was a nice culmination. On the positive side, the story had some merit and new plot lines. Too much talk about prayer saving the town (not that I don’t believe, but it was just hammered into the text way too often), too repetitive (retold the same facts to at least one new town person each chapter), too many theories and characters to keep track of (at least 10 townspeople who “may” have had a motive)… overall, it fell a bit disorganized and should have been at least 60 pages shorter. If you like very slow-paced cozy mysteries set in a religious and judgmental town, then this book’s for you! It wasn’t for me. In the end, Mike finds the culprit with the young kid’s help but his little town will never be the same again. But as he recalls the death of his parents, and helps another young kid find his own parents, the whole story comes together. As he investigates all the key players in the town to see which gossip may have seen it happen, he quickly finds no one knew the stranger. Unfortunately, as he’s drinking his morning coffee at the town’s police office and courthouse, he discovers a dead body sitting at the entrance. Orphaned at 15, he’s seen enough death and returns home to his peaceful and quiet town of Hidden Springs, Kentucky, where nothing ever happens. Michael Keane leaves his position on the Columbus police force when he realizes he doesn’t want to watch people suffer in the city.
While the story was clever and interesting, it wasn’t as appealing as I’d hoped. I downloaded this free e-book for Kindle and read it on my iPad. Gabhart‘s Murder at the Courthouse, the first in the “Hidden Springs” cozy mystery series.
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