In this Death on Demand Bookstore Mystery, DEATH AT
THE DOOR by Carolyn Hart kept me guessing up to the end.
Full of believable characters and a puzzling mystery, DEATH
AT THE DOOR gives enough clues to cast doubt on each
possible suspect without giving away who has done it.
Annie and Max Darling have a knack for getting involved with
the mysteries in Broward's Rock. Annie is the mystery
bookstore owner of Death on Demand, while her husband is a
lawyer. Using what they know, along with aid from friends,
helps them find who murdered Jane, the wife of a local
artist. There is, also, Paul, the town's doctor, found dead
with a self-inflicted gunshot. To Annie something is not
right. His sister, Lucy claims he did not even own a gun!
Are Paul and Jane's deaths connected?
Lucy finds a sketch her brother drew before his death, a
warning that Jane was in danger. There are many clues,
but not every thing adds up. Annie and Max have to find out
who would want to murder Jane. There are many that would
benefit from her death. This will not be easy to solve.
First, Annie and Max have to convince the local police that
Paul's death was not a suicide. Can they crack this case
before Annie is the next victim?
Carolyn Hart does a great job with DEATH AT THE DOOR. She
maps out the motivations for each possible suspect. As I
read, I found myself trying to put the puzzle together to
figure out who the murderer was, and with each turn of the
page, I would change my mind as to who I thought did it.
DEATH AT THE DOOR is defiantly a novel I would recommend for
any mystery lover.
Annie Darling—owner of the mystery bookstore, Death on
Demand—prefers fictional crimes as opposed to the real
things. But in one tragic week, two acts of violence shake
the island community of Broward’s Rock. First, a beloved
doctor is found shot dead, seemingly by his own hand. Only
days later, a local artist is arrested after his wife is
found murdered, bludgeoned by her husband’s sculpting
mallet.
Convinced her brother did not commit suicide, the doctor’s
sister turns to Annie and her husband, Max, for help. She
has found a cryptic sketch her brother drew, linking him
with the murdered woman. Did someone want them both out of
the picture?
With the police considering both cases as good as closed,
it’s up to Annie and Max to sort through a rogues’ gallery
of suspects to see if someone is trying to frame the artist.
But if Annie isn’t careful, she may find herself having her
own brush with death…
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