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The Blind Switch
When Danny dies in intensive care, it looks like murder to Detective Wayne Nichols but the pathologist won't list a cause of death, Nashville PD stalls, and the killer remains elusive.
230 pages, Paperback
Published January 12, 2021
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April 19, 2021
Wayne Nichols and Dory Clarkson are retired police officers looking to start a new career. They sign up with Rosedale Investigations and start new jobs as private investigators. Rosedale is an up and coming company with only the owner, Pascoe, and his assistant,Billie Jo, working there. The foursome quickly become friends and form a formidable team.
Their first case is a missing person’s case. Cara Summerfield, currently married to a political candidate, had a child in high school who she gave up for adoption and never told her husband. She fears if this news came out, it would destroy her marriage and his political career.
When Cara learns her son is in debt and in danger from loan sharks, she hires Rosedale Investigations to find him. She’s desperate to help her son, but when the private investigators find him, he’s been beaten and dies. Heartbroken that she is too late, she wants answers and asks the investigators to stay on and help her find them. The official cause of death is natural causes, so the police are no help at all. Rosedale Investigations is on the case and determined to get to the truth.
This mystery is filled with intriguing characters. I’m hoping to get to know them better in future books, if there are any. As with any book, some characters you love, some you hate. There were many I loved, especially Wayne, Dory and Billie Jo. I didn’t really get a good feel for Pascoe yet, even though he’s the owner of the company. I’m sure that will come in time, though.
The storyline moved at a nice pace as readers can sift through the clues along with the investigators. It is like a big jigsaw puzzle to figure out. I was totally taken by surprise at whodunnit. I was on the wrong track, which made it even more fun. There are a couple of sub-plots, as well, which added to the mystery. All mixed together, this is a riveting story.
The Blind Switch is the first book of a series and it gets off to an exciting start. It’s, also, a great way to meet the cast and get acquainted with them. This is a “new-to-me” author and I very much liked her writing style. Perfect for the mystery genre. I look forward to another trip to Tennessee.
FTC Disclosure: I voluntarily reviewed a free Advance Reader Copy of this book from the publisher and author. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are my own.
Their first case is a missing person’s case. Cara Summerfield, currently married to a political candidate, had a child in high school who she gave up for adoption and never told her husband. She fears if this news came out, it would destroy her marriage and his political career.
When Cara learns her son is in debt and in danger from loan sharks, she hires Rosedale Investigations to find him. She’s desperate to help her son, but when the private investigators find him, he’s been beaten and dies. Heartbroken that she is too late, she wants answers and asks the investigators to stay on and help her find them. The official cause of death is natural causes, so the police are no help at all. Rosedale Investigations is on the case and determined to get to the truth.
This mystery is filled with intriguing characters. I’m hoping to get to know them better in future books, if there are any. As with any book, some characters you love, some you hate. There were many I loved, especially Wayne, Dory and Billie Jo. I didn’t really get a good feel for Pascoe yet, even though he’s the owner of the company. I’m sure that will come in time, though.
The storyline moved at a nice pace as readers can sift through the clues along with the investigators. It is like a big jigsaw puzzle to figure out. I was totally taken by surprise at whodunnit. I was on the wrong track, which made it even more fun. There are a couple of sub-plots, as well, which added to the mystery. All mixed together, this is a riveting story.
The Blind Switch is the first book of a series and it gets off to an exciting start. It’s, also, a great way to meet the cast and get acquainted with them. This is a “new-to-me” author and I very much liked her writing style. Perfect for the mystery genre. I look forward to another trip to Tennessee.
FTC Disclosure: I voluntarily reviewed a free Advance Reader Copy of this book from the publisher and author. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are my own.
April 17, 2021
Blind Switch definition: A horse being caught in a pocket behind or between horses which prevents a free course from being pursued.
Not sure about other readers, but this gave me "the feels" just from the synopsis alone.
Prologue, Saturday, October 5th, opens with our Danny, Daniel Kidd Parrish, initially lying to his girlfriend Tracey about his gambling problems after coming home from working as a horse trainer at the racehorse tracks. Owing $15k to a bookie who wanted what he was owed in a week.
One option would be to ask his birth mother, Cara Summerfield, was married to a very successful lawyer. Grant, who had aspirations of a lengthy political career.
Wayne Nichols, is our recently retired Homicide Detective and newly hired into Rosedale Investigations, working for another retired Homicide Detective, Patrick Devlin Pascoe.
Cara contacts the investigative office to find her son, Danny, when a letter shows up in her mail from Tracey outlining the debt and requesting her help. Immediately wanting to help only to find out, too late. When Danny dies in intensive care, it looks like murder to Detective Wayne Nichols but the pathologist won't list a cause of death, Nashville PD stalls, and the killer remains elusive.
Billie Jo Bradley, part secretary, part college student gives a breath of fresh, or youthful in this case, air into some effects of their mystery solving case. Giving Wayne an idea to ask his best friend, Miss Dory Clarkson to shed some light and help as well in the investigation. Dory was an investigator as well who also had just recently retired from the sheriff's office.
The author brings a variety of characters and depth into her writing. Chapters vary POVs throughout and offer layers that you sift through as you delve deeper into the rabbit whole filtering out the “who dun it”. One thing I thoroughly enjoyed about the writing style is that the book tracks each chapter with the timelines with when things are occurring. So, after the prologue, which was a Saturday, our actual book and chapters opens on a Monday. Looking forward to the continuance of this series.
Not sure about other readers, but this gave me "the feels" just from the synopsis alone.
Prologue, Saturday, October 5th, opens with our Danny, Daniel Kidd Parrish, initially lying to his girlfriend Tracey about his gambling problems after coming home from working as a horse trainer at the racehorse tracks. Owing $15k to a bookie who wanted what he was owed in a week.
One option would be to ask his birth mother, Cara Summerfield, was married to a very successful lawyer. Grant, who had aspirations of a lengthy political career.
Wayne Nichols, is our recently retired Homicide Detective and newly hired into Rosedale Investigations, working for another retired Homicide Detective, Patrick Devlin Pascoe.
Cara contacts the investigative office to find her son, Danny, when a letter shows up in her mail from Tracey outlining the debt and requesting her help. Immediately wanting to help only to find out, too late. When Danny dies in intensive care, it looks like murder to Detective Wayne Nichols but the pathologist won't list a cause of death, Nashville PD stalls, and the killer remains elusive.
Billie Jo Bradley, part secretary, part college student gives a breath of fresh, or youthful in this case, air into some effects of their mystery solving case. Giving Wayne an idea to ask his best friend, Miss Dory Clarkson to shed some light and help as well in the investigation. Dory was an investigator as well who also had just recently retired from the sheriff's office.
The author brings a variety of characters and depth into her writing. Chapters vary POVs throughout and offer layers that you sift through as you delve deeper into the rabbit whole filtering out the “who dun it”. One thing I thoroughly enjoyed about the writing style is that the book tracks each chapter with the timelines with when things are occurring. So, after the prologue, which was a Saturday, our actual book and chapters opens on a Monday. Looking forward to the continuance of this series.
April 9, 2022
First of the Rosedale Investigation series in which the reader is introduced to the key characters, including Wayne Nichols and Dory Clarkson, both recently retired police officers, who join a PI firm that involves them in a case that looks at first to be a simple missing person case and turns out to be a murder and the involvement of horse doping.
How everything becomes clearer requires certain machinations as the four principals in the PI group work together to understand the "web" of mystery surrounding the original request as well as related issues.
How everything becomes clearer requires certain machinations as the four principals in the PI group work together to understand the "web" of mystery surrounding the original request as well as related issues.
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Mystery & Detective
Miniseries
A Rosedale Investigation
Mystery & Detective
Miniseries
A Rosedale Investigation
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