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Edgar Cayce and the Sheriff

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Nelson Lynch's story entitled "Edgar Cayce and the Sheriff" is an enjoyable one. It contains mirth and murder as the protagonists, Lt. Jones and Madame Z, race against time and an impending fake séance to catch a killer. There is also jockeying for local political position as the current sheriff and company race to catch the killer and save face. For the price paid it is a great entertainment value.

Well, I just read Edgar Cayce and the Sheriff, by Nelson Lynch, and I can say that my money was quite well spent. It's a humorous murder mystery set in a small town on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the early 1990's. In the main plot, a Worcester County woman has been missing for six months, and both the Sheriff (who is up for re-election), and his rival, the local police chief, believe that she has been murdered. The police chief tries to upstage the Sheriff, calling in a policewoman from Baltimore to masquerade as a world-famous psychic. When the killer reads that this (fake) famous seer is going to consult with Edgar Cayce from the Great Beyond in order to solve the disappearance, he plots her murder with the aid of horoscopes. The Sheriff also has plans about the seer, since if she solves the case before he does, he could lose his upcoming election. What follows is a comedy of errors full of murder and mayhem, as all of the rival factions race madly to achieve their own goals. Overall, I liked the plot, and it's clear that author has gone to a lot of effort to write a solid mystery story that still gives lots of laughs.