Author: Kaye C. Hill
Publisher: Creme de la Crime
Binding: Paperback
Publication Date: Oct 2008
Dead Woman’s Shoes by Kaye C. Hill is a very fun read. Lexy has enough going on to fill more than one book (which is good because this is probably the start of a great series.) She’s running away from her husband for very good reasons, she’s broke, she has no job and she gave herself a bad haircut and a tattoo as a disguise in the hopes that her husband won’t find her. When a local mistakes her for a private investigator, she takes the job hoping to earn enough cash for another meal for her and her dog.
The cast of characters alone—each with a unique story that comes out in dribbles and drabs—is enough to make you keep reading. Just to name a few, there’s Kinky the chihuahua, a missing cat, a vet, a policeman, an entire drama club, and of course, the nefarious husband. This story has twists and turns, capers aplenty, and many threads woven into a completely captivating tale. I thought I had guessed the murderer about halfway through and congratulated myself for picking up on a loosely dropped clue. Only…wait! There were other possibilities…and the plot was indeed thickening. Like the best of mysteries, there is more than one crime. Like the best of mysteries, they all come together in the end.
This book would have easily made my top 2008 list had I not already turned it in.
