A Mysterious Review of …
Taxed to the Max by Cheryl B. Dale.
Review summary: This stand-alone — and possibly first in a series — isn't a very demanding mystery, taking a kind of by-the-numbers approach to plot setup, development, and resolution. It's rather routine and more than a little predictable. But where it shines is in its small town setting and its cast of slightly quirky characters. (Click here for text of full review.)
Our rating:
Taxed to the Max
Cheryl B. Dale
Five Star (January 2013)
Publisher synopsis: Auto tag clerk Corrie Caters hates the tax office. The customers are irate and her co-worker Delores is grouchy. If Corrie ever gets through college, she's waving bye-bye.
When rumored arsonist and delinquent taxpayer Billy Lee Woodhallen attacks the tax commissioner, Corrie decides to leave right away. Too late. The next morning she and Delores find their boss murdered. Billy Lee must have done it to keep his property from being sold.
County officials want to appoint Corrie tax commissioner, but she's not that stupid. Then the man who jilted her at the altar in front of two hundred people — most of them local — shows up. A Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent, Bodie Fairhust thinks Billy Lee will strike again and tells her to refuse the job.
Like any self-respecting north Georgia woman, Corrie won't listen to a sneaky snake-in-the-grass. She takes the job to spite Bodie, only to find out the snake was right. Billy Lee comes up with an alibi and is free to go after the new tax commissioner. Her.
Now obtuse deputies guard her 24/7, a state auditor breathes down her neck, and a pothead IT guy is doing heaven knows what to the tax digest she's responsible for. Not to mention Delores snubbing her and the weird tax office customers trying to do all kinds of illegal things. With this much stress, what's a gal to do?
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