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DEAD END
When Beryl Swallows, ex-cop and now private investigator, receives a phone call at three a.m. from her friend, Sam Gallaway, telling her he needs her help, she responds immediately. There is no way Sam is guilty of murdering his ex-wife, but she has to prove it and all the evidence points to Sam. Not only that, because every suspect has a alibi, the investigation hits a dead end. Will Sam be spending the rest of his life in prison for a crime he did not commit?
246 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 9, 2020
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Sharon Mierke
23 books27 followers"I'm not sure when someone decides to become a writer. I was once asked why I started and I said, 'I was tired of reading so decided to start writing!' Some dream about it but never do it and others are foolish enough to try. I have always loved Daphne DuMaurier's quote: 'Writers should be read and not seen or heard.' I loved the thought of writing but having anonymity at the same time. I doubt that can be achieved in today's world. I write for the pleasure of writing and I share it because I hope others will find joy in reading it."
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December 30, 2024
Engaging Crime Fiction
Author Sharon Mierke keeps up the momentum for writing engaging and effective crime fiction in ‘Dead End,’ Book 3 of the Beryl Swallows Cozy Mystery series.
This time Beryl, a retired private detective, must leave Arizona to help vindicate Sam Gallaway, a close friend who lived next door in her former Midwest neighborhood. Charged with the fatal stabbing of his ex-wife inside his own kitchen, things look dire for Sam. Beryl is his only hope for finding the real killer.
A riveting enough premise, the author ups her game like a crime-fiction writing pro:
There are enough disgruntled men whom Sam’s gold digger of an ex-wife has fleeced over the years. Many who’d want her dead and let someone else take the heat for the deed.
I certainly couldn’t separate the wheat from the chaff. Most prime suspects had an injury requiring a bandage.
There’s plenty of painstaking sleuthing leading to dead ends.
I appreciate Beryl’s clever comebacks and how she artfully evades romantic overtures from the men she comes across in her line of work.
I highly recommend adding ‘Dead End’ to your crime fiction repertoire.
Author Sharon Mierke keeps up the momentum for writing engaging and effective crime fiction in ‘Dead End,’ Book 3 of the Beryl Swallows Cozy Mystery series.
This time Beryl, a retired private detective, must leave Arizona to help vindicate Sam Gallaway, a close friend who lived next door in her former Midwest neighborhood. Charged with the fatal stabbing of his ex-wife inside his own kitchen, things look dire for Sam. Beryl is his only hope for finding the real killer.
A riveting enough premise, the author ups her game like a crime-fiction writing pro:
There are enough disgruntled men whom Sam’s gold digger of an ex-wife has fleeced over the years. Many who’d want her dead and let someone else take the heat for the deed.
I certainly couldn’t separate the wheat from the chaff. Most prime suspects had an injury requiring a bandage.
There’s plenty of painstaking sleuthing leading to dead ends.
I appreciate Beryl’s clever comebacks and how she artfully evades romantic overtures from the men she comes across in her line of work.
I highly recommend adding ‘Dead End’ to your crime fiction repertoire.
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