Hearse of a Different Color [Import] [Unbound]

Tim Cockey (Author)

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• Unbound
• Publisher: Hyperion Books (April 2002)
• ISBN-10: 0786869550
• ISBN-13: 978-0786869558
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tim, you've done it again!, February 8, 2001

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johnglor94 "johnglor94" (Hamden, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hearse of a Different Color (Hardcover)

The second novel in Tim Cockey's series featuring amateur sleuth/undertaker Hitchcock Sewell is another delightful romp. Hitch finds himself at the center of another case of murder (well, the corpse sort of turns up on his doorstep) and must wade through the not-so-usual assortment of suspects, shady characters and femme fatales.

Cockey's wry wit, excellent dialogue and engaging characters are one again in evidence in this higly recommended novel!

Here's hoping that Hitch has a very long life.

Once again, Tim, kudos!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great amateur sleuth tale with lots of off the wall humor, February 1, 2001

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hearse of a Different Color (Hardcover)

The blizzard that hit Baltimore without warning made the wake at Sewell & Sons Family Funeral Home difficult enough for managers Hitchcock Sewell and his Aunt Billie. The corpse unceremoniously dumped on the outside steps of the funeral home becomes even more arduous to deal with because Hitch allows his girlfriend Bonnie Nash to persuade him to help her investigate. Bonnie insists that she is an investigative reporter hiding inside the guise of a TV weathergirl, which her peers loosely interpret as an amateur meteorologist who would have been better suited at rock singing.

Hitch and Bonnie begin to conduct inquiries, which as with their first case (see THE HEARSE YOU CAME IN) proves that in their minds the shortest distance between two clues is an arc. The duo draws wrong conclusions, fumbles clues, and makes error after error that should star them on a version of Bloopers. Other murders follow that expand an already widening circular investigation making it seem most unlikely that this amateur duet will ever solve the case.

The second Hitch-Nash amateur sleuth tale, HEARSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR, is an amusing novel due to the eccentric lead couple and his even more outlandish family members. The investigators seem to always land in weird, humorous situations that bring to life Baltimore's neighborhoods. Surprisingly, Tim Cockey provides an underlying theme involving dysfunctional relationships that keeps the novel from spinning into Pythonesque territory yet never overwhelms the drollery of a top notch tale.

Harriet Klausner

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars JUST AS GOOD AS THE FIRST HEARSE!, September 18, 2002

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Robert Edler "Master Of Mystery" (Saint Louis, Missouri USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hearse of a Different Color (Hitchcock Sewell Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

Hitchcock (Hitch) Sewell, Baltimore's most eligible undertaker and murder mystery mortician, is back for another totally enjoyable adventure. This time around, someone has left a potential client (body) on the front steps of Sewell and Sons Family Funeral Home in the middle of a wake for a prestigious heart surgeon and a pre-Christmas snowstorm.

In case you missed the first book in this series (The Hearse You Came In On), there are no sons at Sewell and Sons, just Hitch and his Aunt Billie. And the body on the doorstep is that of an ordinary (though formerly beautiful) waitress from a low-end airport pickup bar and grill. Since the police are involved with a series of "shot in the foot" murders, Hitch (being Hitch) decides he will find out who killed the women, especially after he meets her sister.

As you'll discover, there is this mutual attraction between Hitch and women. In this book alone, there's his ex-wife Julia; Bonnie, his weather-girl girlfriend; Vickie, the victim's sister; clients' widows plus a few B-girls and strippers thrown in for good measure. In all, it's a totally enjoyable mix.

Anyway, the plot really starts getting complicated and it becomes more than a case of who killed the waitress and why. And just when you think you've got the whole thing figured out Cockey throws you another twist. In other words, you'll love this one. Now I've just got one more book in the series to read before the new one (fourth) is published in February.