L.C. Hayden, Why Casey Had to Die
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Why Casey Had to Die
L.C. Hayden
Five Star, December 2006, $25.95
ISBN: 1594144931
Dallas Police Detective Harry Bronson was on the force for over three decades before being forced to retire. When he looks back at his illustrious career, he knows his first case; the Casey Secrist murder was the most influential on how he conducted an investigation. He followed procedure and soon arrested her boyfriend, who was convicted of the crime. However, Harry had some doubts and vowed to never allow bureaucratic rules to interfere again with an inquiry.
When the Slayers mystery group consultant for several years dies in a hit and run, Lee Chalmers hires Harry. He and his wife drive from Texas to Safford, Arizona where they are available to help participants solve a week long murder mystery. However, not only are they followed by an intrusive person who slashes the tyres of the Bronson vehicle, the script is the Secrist homicide. Harry sees this as a second chance to atone for his biggest blunder, but he had not anticipated his beloved Carol would be a pawn of an avenger.
This is a superb police procedural tale that uses an annual event honoring Dorothy L. Sayers as the milieu to a murder mystery. Harry, though retired, uses his police force connections and his experience to investigate what is going on today and how it ties to the past. Readers will enjoy his efforts, although the original motive to WHY CASEY HAD TO DIE seems a stretch.
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