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Catch a Falling Knife

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This is a wonderful mystery with engaging characters that are neither stereotypes nor caricatures. Lillian Morgan is a retired professor living in the Silver Acres retirement community, but she is definitely not your typical retiree. When she receives a phone call from Mark, her granddaughter's boyfriend, telling her that he is being accused of the sexual harassment and rape of one of his students, Lillian refuses to stand idly by. With the help of her would-be suitor Wesley, Lillian begins to investigate the charges despite her own granddaughter's doubts about Mark's innocence.

When the student is found dead, Mark becomes the police's number one suspect for her murder. Soon, things become even more complicated when Lillian discovers that the woman may have a murky past of her own. Lillian's investigation leads her into the politically cut-throat world of academic politics as well as into strip bars and the lives of strippers (which Lillian finds quite fascinating).

Lillian is an entertaining and witty character who doesn't come off as either a cutesy grandmother type or a spoof of a hip and with-it senior citizen. She is likeable and admirable and doesn't put up with the condescension the elderly often receive. Alan Cook as well explores the backlash of sexual harassment investigations that seem to unfairly prosecute the suspects and leaves them with little chance of proving their innocence.

I thoroughly enjoyed this mystery, which follows the first of the Lillian Morgan series, THIRTEEN DIAMONDS. I look forward to the next by Alan Cook and the continuation of this entertaining series.

This was a fun, fast read.

I truly enjoy the main character's "sleuthing". She is believable and manages to solve the mystery without jumping to any far fetched conclusions.

This compelling murder mystery will be solved by a woman residing in an assisted living facility who is not afraid to tackle sensitive issues or to trace pathways otherwise unknown to her, in an effort to clear the name of a young man she values and respects. Gives senior citizens a good name.

This author never disappoints. I've read several of his books, and they are fun, well-written and enjoyable to have a senior citizen as a clever contributing member of society. This book is fun from page one, and keeps on giving. I am looking forward to more books by Alan Cook.

I loved this Lillian Morgan mystery as much as I loved the first one (Thirteen Diamonds). Wish there were more in this series.

I loved the earlier book! I had no clue until I had finished that it was a male writer, given that it was such an adorable female protagonist. This novel was full of mysogynistic diatribe...potential female rape victims being the agressor... Women in this day and age taking control of men's lives... Seriously. It was such a lovely cozy series, I don't know what got up the author's nose, but much as I like his characters, I can no longer believe them. Seriously, Alan Cook, come out and say what you have to say,on your own terms, and then write another Lillian Morgan cozy. Leave your awful politics out of it. I'm a woman of a certain age and your/ her diatribes do not ring true.