Marilyn Meredith Reviews

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Added May 3, 2004

Wingbeat

A Tempe Crabtree Mystery

Author: Marilyn Meredith
Publisher: Golden Eagle Press
Available At: www.fictionforyou.com
Publishing Date: Available Now
Genre: Mystery
Format: Paperback
Price: $7.50
ISBN: 1-891940-08-2
Author Email/Website: www.fictionforyou.com
Reviewer: Sharyn McGinty

Tempe Crabtree, resident deputy of the small community of Bear Creek, has her hands full. Normally, she writes a few tickets for speeding and makes sure things don't get too out of hand on Friday nights. Now she's been asked by the sheriff of a neighboring town to be on the lookout for marijuana farms. As if that weren't enough, a newcomer to the area has been murdered and a man matching her husband's description has been exposing himself to schoolchildren.

Tempe knows her husband is innocent but how to prove it? And her gut tells her the murder victim has something to do with the influx of marijuana in the county. Can she find the killer, find the marijuana farmers and prove her husband's innocence before it's too late?

My first Tempe Crabtree novel Wingbeat will certainly not be my last. I fell in love with Tempe from page one and hated when I read the last page. Tempe has great inner strength, an intense devotion to her family, even wondering if her job keeps her away from them too much and the way she is torn between respecting her Native American heritage without it seeming as if she doesn't support her minister husband makes for a very depth-filled character. Throw in a well-written mystery that keeps the reader guessing, but with all loose ends and hunches tied up and explained leave no doubt in this reviewer's mind that Marilyn Meredith is a very talented author. Very highly recommended.

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