A Murder In Concord: A Lucas Caine Mystery

Lucas Caine #2

by Caleb Wygal

Meet the Mahoney's, one of the richest families in the state of North Carolina. Owners of the wildly successful Mahoney's line of restaurants, they are a picture-perfect family and pillars of the community of Concord—until the morning the owner, Trent, is found dead in the middle of the highly secure Mahoney's, Inc. parking lot. There are no witnesses and no suspects. Trent seemingly had no enemies, leaving the police baffled. The only person who appears on the police’s radar is Trent’s assistant, Lucas Caine—the person who found Trent and the last person to see Trent alive.
When Lucas finds himself in the crosshairs as a potential suspect, he launches his own investigation using his intimate knowledge of the Fitzgerald family to try to clear his name. He finds a dark side to this family no one knew about, and what he finds could lead to his death.

* Named a Notable Book Set in North Carolina by the University of North Carolina (2013)

322 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 16, 2009

About the author

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Caleb is a member of the International Thriller Writers and Southeastern Writers Association, the author of five novels, social media marketer, woodworker, occasional golfer, reacher of things on tall shelves, beach walker, shark tooth finder, and munchkin wrangler.

His two Lucas Caine Adventure novels, Blackbeard's Lost Treasure and The Search for the Fountain of Youth, were both Semi-Finalists for the Clive Cussler Adventure Awards Competition.

He is currently at work on the next book in the Myrtle Beach Mystery Series.

He lives in Myrtle Beach with his wife and son (the munchkin).

Reviews

[Susan W · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Myrtle Beach Mysteries are much better. The editor owes the author a refund-so many errors.

[Danielle Sandlof · Rating 1 out of 5]

While it was cool to read a book set in the town I live in, I just couldn’t get past the lack of editing. Almost every page had a spelling error, misused apostrophe, missing or extra word, incorrect grammar / punctuation, etc. Even simple details like a character’s name or age were not consistent in the book. In the age of spell check and Grammarly, I honestly would love to know how this book got published without editing.

[Cortney O’Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Being from the town this book in centered in I loved going along for the journey! This is a crime novel meets romance! I could not put it down until I was finished!

[Barbara Sain · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was surprised to find editing errors I hadn’t seen any in his books before. The name Trent who was murdered was used when they should have used his Fathers name Quinn

[Erika Moulton · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a Concord resident, it was fun to see so many places I frequent in a book. I didn't expect the ending. I was severely disappointed in all of the editing and grammatical errors. Using Trent when referring to Quinn, "piece of mind" instead of peace, discrete instead of discreet, Tuesday's instead of Tuesdays, and the biggest and most frequent one of them all: the Mahoney's instead of the Mahoneys.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved following the characters around my stomping ground and knowing exactly where they were. It was nice reading about a place and knowing that the author had actual knowledge of that place. 👌 The story itself was enjoyable. It's not the usual type of book I reach for, but I did enjoy it. The twists towards the end made it fun to read. The explanations in the epilogue AFTER you think you figured it all out though. 😂 That made it even more fun.

[Beth Helms · Rating 5 out of 5]

amazing

I didn’t like the first book but this one was amazing. It took a chapter or two to get interesting and then I just got sucked into it. I will not spoil the book in my review but just gonna say that the ending was immaculate! Absolutely amazing. If you read this then you HAVE to read the epilogue at the end and right after that!

[Delma Wright · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Murder In Concord

Excellent book! Kept my attention so that I could not put it down! Great story and characters. Very calculating! I knew who committed the murder right away!!

[Ryan Hoffman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Murder in Concord takes Lucas Caine from hight school students to an educatied young man with his first big job as the assistant for the owner of a chain of restaurants in Concord. His boss Trent is murdered and Luces finds himself solving the case tp clear his name. The book was brilliant. Loved it

[LaKisha Harrelson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good read... eventually. First 50 pgs seemed to either repeat a lot or just be unnecessary.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading a book from my hometown. It was cool picturing the places in the book, I would have given it a 4 star, but the spelling and grammar errors bugged me.

[Heather Talbert · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked that this was based where I live, but this was just not a good book. The only reason I gave it two stars is because the twist at the end was the best part.

[Lori · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had appeal not only because of the locale but also because the author is slated to participate in a local book festival. The plot, in and of itself, was entertaining. The editing, however, was terrible...numerous spelling/grammar errors and inconsistencies.

[Kathy Hassig · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good Read

Although I am not a big fan of mysteries I enjoyed this book. Even more after reading it the second time.

[Nour (FREE PALESTINE) Books]

I don’t even know what this is about, but yk what? I’m from a place right next to concord, so on the tbr it goes 🤭