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Float a Lie: A David and Trait Mystery
If everybody was what they said they were, we wouldn’t have mysteries. Our Chicago Detectives are a thousand miles from home, aboard the S.S. Washington, recently refitted and restored to its pre-war luxury. This time the boys have dates along as well, but David DeGrabber is not himself, which is saying something. When murder strikes, John Trait fears he’ll have to fend for himself. Only one thing could make it worse, and a family of traveling mobster types aren’t even the half of it. Murder, intrigue, and a deadly game of cat and mouse on the high seas. See who sinks or swims in ‘Float A Lie’, A David and Trait Mystery.
About the series:
The David and Trait Series are completely episodic, so you can start on whichever one you like. No cheesy big bads from one to the next, or heavy secondary arcs to worry about. John Trait, who tells the stories, and his partner David DeGrabber, are just a couple of able bodied men trying to make it on their own terms after the Allied victory. These are good clean mysteries, in the classic style. No profanity, no graphic descriptions of violence, and no hard drinking depressed detectives here. John helped to liberate France, and we don't know where Dave spent his time, but we may one day find out, in the David and Trait Mysteries.
About the series:
The David and Trait Series are completely episodic, so you can start on whichever one you like. No cheesy big bads from one to the next, or heavy secondary arcs to worry about. John Trait, who tells the stories, and his partner David DeGrabber, are just a couple of able bodied men trying to make it on their own terms after the Allied victory. These are good clean mysteries, in the classic style. No profanity, no graphic descriptions of violence, and no hard drinking depressed detectives here. John helped to liberate France, and we don't know where Dave spent his time, but we may one day find out, in the David and Trait Mysteries.
176 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 10, 2019
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About the author
Shane Chastain
16 books5 followersMy name is Shane Chastain, and I write the David and Trait Mysteries. I've always been fascinated by the genre, the clues, the cleverness. My books aim to recreate the energies of the classics that we all grew up reading. Before DNA would tell the killer by a stray hair, when the lean of a letter from a typewriter was as good a clue as any. When they wouldn't lock a guy away, if he walked up to a stranger's front door and knocked on it. My books aren't meant to reinvent the wheel, just ride on it.
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February 21, 2021
Pretty routine whodunit set on a cruise ship. The characters were pretty boring and not unique in any way. Although set in the forties, there was nothing to distinguish the time period. I expected more. Perhaps when David and Trait are back in Chicago they will step up. Not sure there was enough here to go on to the next one.
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