Cold Comfort

Peggy O'Neill Mystery #2

by M.D. Lake

Campus security officer Peggy O'Neill investigates the death of computer whiz Mike Parrish and the disappearance of another man, both ex-lovers of a Swedish bombshell involved with a network of computer bandits

Genres: Mystery, Cozy

214 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 1, 1990

About the author

MD Lake is the pseudonym for Allen Simpson, a professor of Scandanavian literature at the University of Minnesota and a former humor columnist for The Minnesota Daily. An Agatha-Award winning author, he has published ten Peggy O'Neill mysteries.

Reviews

[Eugene · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reasonably interesting, though how any of various authorities (the police, the university, et al) allow a “campus cop” to continually stick her nose where it doesn’t belong requires a good amount of “willing suspension of disbelief.” If you can do that, it’s not a bad book at all - def long on plot and the twists thereof, a varied collection of dramatis personae, and if you like that sort of thing a flash-bang finish.

[Elizabeth Ruth · Rating 2 out of 5]

About 50 pages too long, but an interesting and well-crafted plot.

[Kathryn · Rating 1 out of 5]

not my kind of mystery ..Too much computer and technology

[Corri Flaker-Fraser · Rating 1 out of 5]

found this book in the house we just moved in to.
its a mindless read, what I needed at the time.
wouldn't recommend, unless its the only book in the house.

[Janice · Rating 3 out of 5]

2nd book in Campus cop Peggy O'Neill series. Decent character and plot development, a good "cozy" read. This plot was a little more unique than your usual cozy-type mystery read.

[Pat · Rating 2 out of 5]

Campus cop solves murder of her friend's brother.
Peggy O'Neill.
OK series.