Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: A Mystery

Garth Ryland Mystery #2

by John R. Riggs

Garth Ryland, the editor of a small weekly paper, finds an abandoned 1936 Cadillac in good condition, but when he decides to have it repaired the mechanic mysteriously disappears

Genres: Mystery

239 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Since 1971, John has lived in Putnam County, Indiana, currently on a small farm southeast of Greencastle. Throughout those years he has worked as a teacher, football coach , quality control foreman, carpenter, and wood-splitter. From 1979-1997 he assisted James R. Gammon of DePauw University with Gammon's landmark research on the Wabash River. Presently, as he has done for the past twenty years John works as a researcher for the DePauw University Archives.

John is author of 13 books in the Garth Ryland mystery series, several published articles, and the Bicentennial History bulletins for the Indiana United Methodist Church. His works in progress include a Garth Ryland mystery and Me ,Darst, and Alley Oop Walking the Dog, both memoirs. River Rats, a coming of age novel, set along the Wabash River in the 1950's.

Reviews

[L Y N N · Rating 5 out of 5]

So glad I read this second book in the Garth Ryland series! This book resonated much more for me than the first one. It seems to me there was quite a bit more of Riggs's wry rather subtle humor, and this one didn't read as much like noir for me. Ruth and Garth's rather antagonistic relationship cracks me up. Garth is a real person, not some super-hero, and I appreciate that. I have the third and fourth installments checked out of our local library and am anxious to continue...

[Tyler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Seemed to be a pretty average mystery. Decent character development and use of regional vinacular, but not much else. It was decent mainly because it was a quite read.