Bootlegger's Daughter
Author: Margaret Maron
Publisher: Warner Books (1992)
ISBN: 0446403237
pages: 261
genre: mystery
subgenre: lawyer detectives
3 (out of 5) STARS
Annotation: Attorney Deborah Knott decides to run for district judge while also solving an eighteen-year-old murder.
Summary: This first novel in Maron's Imperfect series, which won the Edgar Award for best mystery novel in 1993, introduces heroine Deborah Knott, an attorney and the daughter of an infamous North Carolina bootlegger. Known for her knowledge of the region's past and popular with the locals, Deb is asked by 18-year-old Gayle Whitehead to investigate the unsolved murder of her mother Janie, who died when Gayle was an infant. While visiting the owner of the property where Janie's body was found, Deb learns of Janie's more-than-promiscuous past. Piecing together lost clues and buried secrets Deb is introduced to Janie's darker side, but it's not until another murder occurs that she uncovers the truth. (www.goodreads.com)
Evaluation: This book had many interesting and varied characters. All the different types of people was my favorite part of this book. I did not love Deborah, the main character, but enjoyed all the secondary characters. It was fast paced and interesting. So altogether a nice, quick mystery read.
Read-a-likes:
Smallbone Deceased by Michael Francis Gilbert
Cause and Effect by Ralph McInerny
When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
The Sourdough Wars by Julie Smith
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