Game, Set, Murder

Handwriting Analysis Mystery #2

by Judith Mehl

This version with the gold cover is outdated and no longer available. The improved version with new cover was released January 2017. Just a brief sample of your handwriting might get you off the hook for a murder. Or make you a prime suspect. That’s what Kat Everitt believes, and she should know: she’s a well-respected amateur sleuth who just can’t resist the chance to solve a troubling murder that endangers everyone on campus. Using handwriting analysis to pinpoint suspects is a new twist in fictional crime solving.In this second book of the series, "Game, Set, Murder," Kat Everitt pinpoints the killer of a tennis tournament manager through handwriting analysis. The killer fears discovery and attacks Kat to deter her from pursuit in this mystery on a university campus in the Pocono Mountains. The journey takes the readers through the foibles of university life and tennis mania, and introduces them to some unforgettable characters, like Rita Mae Dobbs, septuagenarian frog collector, and Artie, the alligator.

Genres: Mystery, Cozy Mystery

242 pages, Paperback

First published November 24, 2012

About the author

About the Author

Judith Mehl parlayed her writing experience and handwriting analysis expertise into a series of mysteries. As former editor of the journal for the American Association of Handwriting Analysts, she learned an appreciation of mind-to-pen revelation that became an important tool in her books.
Protagonist Kat Everitt relies on that science with deceptive charm in the handwriting mystery series, while Mehl’s long-time interest in nature and medicinal plants came to the forefront in the third mystery, Murder Most Floral. A new character, Lizzie Ort, assists Kat in her detection work. Lizzie charged forward off the pages of the book and found murder in her own series, beginning with Fountain of Death.
Mehl has published numerous newspaper and magazine articles prior to her move to fiction writing. Her novels are peppered with gardening and medicinal herb information. A former university publication manager, her fictitious characters are colored with the quirks of her real life world. She lives in the mountains where she explores the relationship of woodland plants to their environment and their medicinal value for humans. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Pocono Writers, Bethlehem Writers Group, and the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group. She is also active with the county Children and Youth agency, the Pocono Herb Club, and the Pocono Mountain Quilters Guild.
In addition to the handwriting mystery series, Formula for Murder, followed by Game, Set, Murder, and Murder Most Floral, and her new herbal detection series beginning with Fountain of Death, Mehl’s work is included in two anthologies, A Readable Feast and Once Upon a Time.

Reviews

[Dennis Rose · Rating 3 out of 5]

Game, Set, Murder by Judith Mehl may be a great story for many readers but the focus of the book, to me, is too narrow to keep me reading. While I enjoy a well written who-dun-it, I could not get into this book even after reading more than 70 pages. Tennis is not a sport I would watch and handwriting analysis does not thrill me. I read most books from cover to cover but Game, Set, Murder won't be one of them. This book, I think, may appeal to a very narrow reader niche. Judith's writing style and word choices are also clunky, but then maybe that's just what I see. Perhaps I am mistaken. From a formatting POV, I do like the choice of cover colors; the book's size makes it easy to carry and the font size makes it easy to read. I was reading the first edition so perhaps the second editon is greatly improved, I hope.

[Susan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Kat Everitt is an amateur sleuth who uses hand writing analysis to solve murders. She believes that just a brief sample of your handwriting will convince her of your guilt or innocence, that interspersed with clothes and shoe descriptions - doesn't give much of a plot and one that was obvious at that. Even as a tennis fan it didn't hold my interest.

[Skeeter Jorgensen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I trad it, bit did not hold my interest.