Genre: Mystery
Description:
“Murder and conspiracy are exactly what the doctor ordered, if you ask
The Dying Five. Who says you can't solve crime with terminal illnesses?
When Eric Graham, the CEO of an Indianapolis start-up company is
gunned down on his porch after a dinner party, a group of hospice heroes and
their social worker go undercover to unravel the mystery. Investigating Eric's
death exposes a scheme of national proportions and tangles The Dying Five in a
web of greed, power, and peril. With the life clock ticking, they dance with
danger in between naps and nursing visits.
Not everyone in The Dying Five is who they seem to be, and the secrets
of some members could end the bond the group has worked hard to build. Their
friendship fate hangs in the balance as they travel from their suburban spy
lair to the rolling hills of southern Indiana, collecting clues along the way.
As they're closing in on Eric's killer, another employee from the start-up company
is murdered. The Dying Five are certain they can unmask one killer, but can
they catch two?”
Author:
“Jennifer Wright-Berryman is an associate professor of social work at
the University of Cincinnati where she conducts research about equitable death
care, suicide prevention, and mental health. The Dying Five, A Hospice
Heroes Mystery Book 1, is Jennifer's debut novel, and is a culmination of
her love of mysteries and her areas of expertise. Jennifer is a resident of
southern Indiana, where she hikes, bikes, and rides motorcycles with her
husband.”
Appraisal:
This is a mystery story with the qualities I look for in a good
mystery story. Those qualities are things like a search for something that is
worth finding and a story that keeps the reader guessing with a less than
obvious solution. But what raises this story above the run-of-the-mill good
read are the characters involved in solving the mystery. Known as TD5, short
for “The Dying Five,” they are a team of five people who all have a terminal
disease or condition of some kind. Participating helps the five know that they
are making a difference in the time they have left. Their conditions provide
some different perspectives on life and with a variety of life experiences they
have different areas of expertise, each of which is potentially helpful in
solving their cases.
While this is the first book in the series, we get glimmers of past
cases the TD5 have solved and how they function. The current story is being
written by the current leader and the implication is that they have put in
place methods to pass their history on when members pass away as well as adding
new members to keep their group at its full strength of five. I thoroughly enjoyed
reading this first installment and have high hopes for future books in the
series.
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Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating: *****
Five Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 80-85,000 words
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