Exception to Murder

Mark Shigata #4

by Anne Wingate

When councilwoman Margaret Ruskin is found dead and half-eaten in the alligator pit of Ark Park, Japanese-American police chief Mark Shigata investigates shady doings at the park, run by a possibly corrupt evangelist

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1992

About the author

Aka Lee Martin, Martha G. Webb

Anne Wingate, born in 1943 as Martha Anne Guice, is a mystery writer currently living in Salt Lake City, Utah. Most of her mysteries are set somewhere within Texas. She is an adult convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and this sometimes shows in her works. She grew up in the Disciples of Christ Church.

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the story, I liked the characters. Not too complicated this time. But what was found in the hidden room made me want to cry, & made me wish they shot the guy in charge instead of arresting him. He's no doubt rich, with good lawyers; those kind of scumbags always get off--& go live somewhere warm with no extradition. When they ought to have done to them what they do to animals.