Mystery set in South Texas: From a great height, a human form hurtles down, glancing off a limestone shelf and crashing through the mesquite to land in a broken heap on the rocky earthen floor below....
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"Frances McMaster is a master of charactercation and clarity. -- Roy L. Fish author of "Iceman"
"Frances McMaster's first novel is a clever take on the social scene of a small South Texas town..." -- Patsy Ward Burk, author of The Knife Struck Four
A clever take on a small Texas town near the Mexican border. The suspense will keep you turning the pages. -- Patsy Ward Burk, author of The Knife Struck Four, from the back cover
A smooth but exciting blend of mystery and romance in brilliant relief against a colorful background. -- Roy L. Fish, author of Iceman, from the back cover
"Frances McMaster's first novel is a clever take on the social scene of a small South Texas town..." -- Patsy Ward Burk, author of The Knife Struck Four
A clever take on a small Texas town near the Mexican border. The suspense will keep you turning the pages. -- Patsy Ward Burk, author of The Knife Struck Four, from the back cover
A smooth but exciting blend of mystery and romance in brilliant relief against a colorful background. -- Roy L. Fish, author of Iceman, from the back cover
About the Author
Frances McMaster is a writer, artist and psychotherapist who lives in Fort Clark Springs, Texas. This is her first novel.
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A single body and multiply graves.,
By Evola Lampkin (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Death Plays the Lead (Paperback)
Death Plays the Lead is a wonderful journey to a real West Texas town. The sense of location is precise and eerie. An old rock quarry turned into an amphi-theater becomes the center of attention when a body interrupts the final rehearsal of a local group. The conflict between a single-focus director and the local sheriff's office trying to investigate the murder borders on comedy while the local citizenry rises to the occasion in a way only a small town can. Everyone knows everyone else's business and feels sure they know exactly who did it.The sheriff's office keep stumbling over every amatuer detective who is out to prove their own personal theory. Old skeletons keep falling out of the closets of the "local families" as the tentacles of the murder reach way back into the past. Long-ago cover-ups disintegrate and so do some families. I've lived in the area where the story takes place. It COULD have happened just that way. McMaster knows her location and knows the quirks of human nature and handled them both with realism and clarity. I'm looking forward to her next offering.
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