Book Details:
Book Title: It’s Murder My Son by Lauren Carr
Series: A Mac Faraday Mystery (Book 1)
Category: Adult fiction, 288 pages
Genre: Murder Mystery
Publisher: Lauren Carr
Release date: June 23, 2010
Tour dates: May 1 – June 28, 2019
Content Rating: PG (It’s a murder mystery and there is mild violence. Very mild swearing no F-bombs. No on-stage sex scenes.)
Book Description:
What started out as the worst day of Mac Faraday’s life would end up being a new beginning. After a messy divorce hearing, the last person that Mac wanted to see was another lawyer. Yet, this lawyer wore the expression of a child bursting to tell his secret. This confidence would reveal Mac as heir to undreamed of fortunes, and lead him to the birthplace of America’s Queen of Mystery and an investigation that will unfold like one of her famous mystery novels.
Soon after she moves to Deep Creek Lake, Maryland, Katrina Singleton learns that life in an exclusive community is not all good. For some unknown reason, a strange man calling himself “Pay Back” begins stalking her. When Katrina is found strangled all evidence points to her terrorist, who is nowhere to be found.
Three months later, the file on her murder is still open when Mac Faraday, sole heir to his unknown birth mother’s home and fortune, moves into the estate next door. Little does he know as he drives up to Spencer Manor that he is driving into a closed gate community that is hiding more suspicious deaths than his DC workload as a homicide detective. With the help of his late mother’s journal, this retired cop puts all his detective skills to work to pick up where the local investigators have left off to follow the clues to Katrina’s executer.
Book Review:
This is my third audiobook by Lauren Carr and it won’t be my last, and not just because I am reviewing another book by her next week. In fact, since I am reviewing The Mac Faraday series book #1 and book #13, I’m going to have to read books 2-12. I just have so many questions, but for now, I will focus on the first book in this series, It’s Murder My Son.
Here, we have a mystery series that begins in an extremely unlikely place. A police detective who retires because he learns he has inherited a massive fortune from his late mother, whom he never knew. As Mac begins to adjust to his new life, with a new dog, he finds he also has a new roommate and a mystery to solve.
This kind of mystery is different from the pulse pounding, gripping suspense novels that I am used to. Here we have a very funny, character driven mystery with a true whodunit plot twist. Mac Faraday was likable from the jump and easily became a hero we could root for. The other characters add so much nuance to the story that I reminded of Lauren Carr’s other books and her ability to write a complete cast so well.
It must be mentioned, as I have in my other reviews, how much I like the dogs in these books. They are so extraordinary, with different facets to their personalities. They propel the story forward in a humorous way. At times, I even found myself yelling, “Just listen to the dog!” Which is really dumb, because if my dog was digging a hole, I probably wouldn’t think he was being more than just a nuisance. I definitely wouldn’t think he was finding solving unsolvable mysteries.
In conclusion, I just love Lauren Carr and her books, but I particularly loved this series. With a hint of romance, and a tough puzzle to solve, this is perfect rainy day couch reading.
Lauren Carr is the international best-selling author of the Mac Faraday, Lovers in Crime, and Thorny Rose Mysteries—over twenty titles across three fast-paced mystery series filled with twists and turns!
Now, Lauren has added one more hit series to her list with the Chris Matheson Cold Case Mysteries. Set in the quaint West Virginia town of Harpers Ferry, Ice introduces Chris Matheson, a retired FBI agent, who joins forces with other law enforcement retirees to heat up those cold cases that keep them up at night.
Book reviewers and readers alike rave about how Lauren Carr’s seamlessly crosses genres to include mystery, suspense, crime fiction, police procedurals, romance, and humor.
Lauren is a popular speaker who has made appearances at schools, youth groups, and on author panels at conventions. She lives with her husband, and three dogs on a mountain in Harpers Ferry, WV.
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Thank you for the fab review of IT'S MURDER, MY SON! I am thrilled that you enjoy the Mac Faraday Mysteries. I'm certain your followers will enjoy Mac as well. Here's wishing each one luck in the giveaway!