The Thursday Club

Deb Ralston #13

by Lee Martin

In the thirteenth novel of this series, Deb Ralston, a seasoned police officer, finds herself in the midst of an intriguing murder mystery that will keep her guessing until the final climactic ending.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

240 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1997

About the author

There is more than one author with this name

Pseudonym of Ann Wingate

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

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book, but when I started it I didn't realize it was #13 in a series. So there were a lot of references to things that had happened in the other books. And, although it was okay as a stand alone, I probably would have liked it better if I would have read the other books first. It was entertaining, and with three different murders taking place, kept me guessing.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked the "locked room" aspect of the mystery. Could've done without the religious chapter. On the other hand, if you're going to do that, explain what your talking about. e.g. "Sealing"??

[Cathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another excellent book in Lee Martin’s Deb Ralston series.

[Rhonda · Rating 4 out of 5]

this Deb Ralston mystery was more emotional from my point of view. I cried in a few places.
Deb is a Fort Worth police detective in special crimes unit but she also works in murders when she is first on scene.
Deb is out Jogging with 2 friends they go out every thursday running together scince her doc and her boss both have told her she needs to get back exercising.
This thurs they are running earlier than usuall because Deb has to testify in a case and she wants to be able to shower before going into work. They take turns at ending at each others house for hot chocolate. this time Its Jeanne turn to host, but first she runs upstairs to bring her husband down scince he was still sleeping when she left. He is in a wheelchair and she finds him dead in his bed with a gun laying beside him.
Deb gets the case and they even find his dog knocked out.
While deb is in court the cops are still at Jeanne house and her sister-in-law Sue turns up dead in a locked room with cops in the house. than robbery was found still while cops are thier. Jeanne son who was back east in boarding school has been asleep under a couch he took a valiom and is a suspect or he heard the murder.
More deaths and confusion as they try to find out who killed whom and why. FBI was investagating Curtis because he was gun runner even while confined to wheel chair.
Its has twists and turns and keeps my attention in the story. It seems almost everyone of Deb stories she collects stray animals or children in them. I liked the book.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not familiar with Lee Martin, so I was unsure whether I would like her book or not. But, I have to say, the suspense and circumstances making up this story kept me reading.

[Sandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A light-hearted who-done-it murder mystery. Actually multiple murders, all in a week's time. It was an easy read while on vacation, and held my interest enough to easily finish it by the time I got back home. I'd say the writing was average. OK, but not terribly impressed. It is geared towards an LDS audience, which does mean it's clean and good reading for teenagers. Similar to the Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew books.

[Deb]

"This was a disappointing end to the series. While the ""locked room"" mystery was interesting, the solution was a little over-convoluted, and there was never a really adequate explanation for the death of one victim. And the death of one of the regular series characters was completely unnecessary to the storyline and made for a bad ending to a series I have really enjoyed up to this point."

[Ruth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mysteries aren't my favorite genre. This was mildly entertaining. My main issue with it was the writing. Way too detailed. She wrote like it was stream of consciousness which was super distracting and on top of that it was like she was ADHD. Every little thing caught her attention. But it was clean.

[Cindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Deb Ralston goes of for her regular Thursday morning jog with her friends and comes back to find the friend's husband is shot dead in his bedroom. Deb is on the case.

[Kendra · Rating 1 out of 5]

I never finished this book. I guess it just wasn't on my wavelength. Had a hard time with the perdictability of the story.