A Long Time Dead

Jason Lynx #5

by A.J. Orde

WHO WOULD MURDER A MAN WITH AIDS?
Denver antiques dealer Jason Lynx has a deep interest in answering that question. For the victim was Ron Willis, brother of policewoman Grace Willis, the woman Jason hopes to marry.
There's not much to go on: only Ron's address book and his desperate search for cash the night before his death. Of course there is also the mysterious skeleton that rescue workers find near Ron's body--surprisingly on property belonging to the Credable family, a Denver dynasty built on violence and greed. These days the Credables are the soul of upper-class respectability. Or so it seems.
Goaded by Grace's irrational response to the tragedy, Jason inches toward the truth--about a killer, himself, and the woman he loves....

Genres: Mystery

390 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

A.J. Orde is a pseudonym of Sheri S. Tepper.

Reviews

[Eugene · Rating 3 out of 5]

Orde wrote six of these Jason Lynx “mysteries,” although they’re partly that and partly straight fiction. But either way (or, both ways) they work. The stories are interesting, the plots are interesting (if we may separate the two), and the solutions satisfying. First discovered an early series entry at a used bookstore (wondrous places that they are!) in Alexandria Virginia in 2019. I read the 3 I’d procured but somehow never followed up; this year I saw them sitting on a bookshelf and decided to find the other 3 and read those as well. So glad I did…

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I grabbed this paperback and an Agatha Christie mystery off a shelf in my mother-law's home in February to have something to read on the flight back. The Agatha Christie book covered the trip so I didn't open this one from an unknown-to-me author for over a month. This is the first mystery series I've encountered where the amateur detective is an antiques dealer with a cop for a girlfriend. The discussions of antique had me googling to see pictures. Entertaining story.

[Miriam Roush · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent mystery, likable main characters, satisfying ending. I will definitely look for more A.J. Orde/aka Sherri S. Tepper mysteries!

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the cases was interesting, the other tedious

[Helen Fleischer · Rating 4 out of 5]

good page-turning stuff

[Pat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jason's girlfriend, Grace's brother has AIDS.
Someone kills him on property Jason is looking at developing into an environmental conference center.
Good.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

mystery