Reviewer Mary Lignor: Mary is a retired librarian, originally from Connecticut but now living in New Mexico. All her life Mary has loved books and has passed this love on to her daughters. Mary started working in a library when her children were young as an Assistant Librarian and ended up as its Director. Her favorite books are suspense, political intrigue and anything involving the World War II era.
Author: Todd Borg
Publisher: Thriller Press
ISBN: 978-193129619-9
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Author: Todd Borg
Publisher: Thriller Press
ISBN: 978-193129619-9
A great mystery set in Lake Tahoe with a great detective, Owen McKenna, which you do not see too much of anymore and a greater dog, Great Dane, Spot.
On a lovely cruise on Lake
Tahoe, one of the largest tourist boats' The Tahoe
Dreamscape, was taking a charter around the lake to Emerald
Bay. Suddenly, a hijacker grabs a passenger and dangles the
passenger over the rail while demanding to talk to Owen
McKenna, a former San Francisco Detective who now runs his own
Private Investigation Office in Tahoe. The hijacker threatens
to set off a bomb on the boat if Owen is not called and he really
means business. When Owen arrives on the boat the hijacker
demands that he arrest a local man, Thomas Watson, for the
murder of Grace Sun, which was an unsolved murder case in San
Francisco that McKenna had worked three years previously. While
McKenna talks to the hijacker, other policemen are surrounding the
boat in hopes of capturing him without anyone getting hurt.
When McKenna says that he will try his best the hostage taker doesn't
like that answer and threatens to blow the boat up with everyone
aboard. When the hijacker starts forward to kill the hostage he
trips and falls overboard himself. The part of the lake that
the boat is on is the deepest part of the lake and the hijacker
disappears into the water never to be seen again.
McKenna decides to investigate even though the hijacker is gone and he discovers that Grace's daughter, Anna, is being targeted by the person that killed her mother. She is also being sought after by a militia group who seem to think that Anna has information regarding a hidden treasure from the California Gold Rush Days. McKenna and his wonderful dog race to find and protect Anna and to also find Grace's murderer.
This is a fascinating book, full of surprises and readers will be amazed at some of the continuous action. Lake Tahoe is a great setting and, by the descriptions, extremely beautiful. The characters were very likeable and the writing is first class. Also, beautiful art work. Owen McKenna is an interesting character and, being a dog person, I fell in love with his pet Great Dane. This dog is a very important part of the book as he is a fabulous helper to his master. A wonderful mystery/history/suspense novel.
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