A Mysterious Review of Between Good and Evil by R. Michael Phillips. An Auburn Notch Mystery.
Review summary: This mystery has an interesting premise, but often seems to get caught up in its own complexity. Though there are too many characters overall in the cast and the storyline is unnecessarily complicated, the recurring characters are likeable and well-developed. A promising start to this new series. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Between Good and Evil
R. Michael Phillips
An Auburn Notch Mystery
Sunbury Press (January 2016)
Publisher synopsis: Promise Flynn is an overly impulsive Metro Detective whose disregard for procedure finally resulted in her being shot and left for dead during an investigation. To repair her bruised ego and splintered confidence she abandons the callous dark alleys of Chicago to patrol the quiet, birch-lined streets of Auburn Notch — a favorite vacation spot of her youth. For two years everything was idyllic, until the body of a young girl found in the abandoned asylum outside of town awakens the insecurities she thought her new life would insulate her from.
As the new Sheriff she begins her investigation refusing to accept the similarities between the young woman's death and her own case, oblivious to being unexpectedly recognized and penciled in at the top of a clever murderer's To-Do list. Her internal struggle intensifies when a discredited crime reporter from the past suspiciously arrives in town to resurrect his threadbare reputation, along with an FBI agent chasing down a lead in a cold case. Both men quickly become entangled in Flynn's investigation and her attempts to finally put her past to rest.
Flynn reluctantly accepts the murder of the young girl might be the work of the two men responsible for her hasty departure from Chicago, but Agent MacGregor insists the evidence points to a man he's been chasing. As the rising current of her past threatens to pull her under, Flynn finds herself unprepared for option three.
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