Chasing Away the Devil

Sheriff Milt Kovak #4

by Susan Rogers Cooper

When Sheriff Milt Kovak's sweetheart, Glenda Sue, is murdered, he must contend with her daughter, confront Glenda Sue's secret dark side, and find her murderer

Genres: Mystery

183 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1991

About the author

Susan Rogers Cooper is an American mystery novelist. A self-proclaimed "half fifth generation Texan; half Yankee", she sets her novels in Texas (the E.J. Pugh and Kimmey Kruse novels) and in Oklahoma (the Sheriff Milt Kovak novels). She is currently living in Central Texas, coming up with fresh new ways to get her characters into trouble.

Reviews

[Jeff Dickison · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like these Milt Kovak books. They are fairly short, excellently written with much tongue-in-cheek humor, and evoke a feeling of small town life. Sheriff Kovak's long time girlfriend is murdered and he attempts to find whodunit. Recommended.

[Judy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Originally read this several years ago. Got hooked again on the Milt Kovak series because Susan was attending our reader's group. This is the 4th of the series. Falling in love with Milt all over again.

[Leather · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can't say you're bored in Oklahoma: the adventures of Milt Kovak are there to prove it.
Poor Milt is once again confronted with dramatic events, which he will overcome with his usual brio, awkwardness and humor.
The plot is a bit more in-depth than in the first installments of the series, but it's still the standout characters that make the book so attractive.
The author's depth and psychological accuracy are astounding. The books in the series being published in e-book in droplets, their waiting becomes a delicious torture.

[George · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part of the sherif Milt Kovak mystery series set in rural Oklahoma. Milt is involved in investigating the murder of his girlfriend and the kidnapping of her grand daughter which are connected to something the girlfriend was suspected of taking from an Ayran group. It was an interesting read.

[Regine · Rating 2 out of 5]

An odd mix of folksy tone, appealing characters, speedily-changing relationships, unexplained prescient dreams, and brutal evildoers.

[LJ · Rating 3 out of 5]

[From Fiction DB:] On Friday night, Sheriff Milt Kovak of Prophesy County, Olkahoma, proposed to his longtime lady love, Glenda Sue. She turned him down. On Saturday morning, Glenda Sue is found brutally murdered.
Kovak begins a desperate search to find the killer, well aware he's a suspect himself. When he discovers a first-class, one-way ticket to Paris in Glenda Sue's belongings, it's pretty clear she had been keeping secrets - deadly secrets. The arrival of Glenda Sue's daughter and granddaughter brings some light into Milt's life - and the case. The little girl becomes the target of vicious hate mongers, and puts Milt on the trail of killers whose attack becomes very personal indeed.

Much better than I expected.

[Jan · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a deputy sheriff in an Oklahoma town, Milt Kovak, is having a very bad day when he wakes up to the news that his girlfriend has been brutally murdered. They had parted with a fight the night before which does not help matters. Her estranged daughter and grandchild come home for the funeral and the story interweaves between the present and Milt's memories of the past.

This all worked better than the ending which I found to be rather an abrupt ending. It felt more contrived than it should have. I enjoyed the turn of phrase and will look for others to read.

[Anne-Marie Chandler · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a great novel in the series. milt is a wonderful man who makes mistakes, owns it and then solves the mystery.