COLD WATER CORPSE
A Luanne Fogarty Mystery

Review by Mark Baker

Tracking a Cold Blooded Killer

Luanne and Pasquin are on their way to pick up alligator meat for the sheriff department’s booth at the local fair when they discover a woman’s body floating in the shallows.  The coroner makes the connection with several other murders in various locations, including a skeleton that Luanne found while working another case two years earlier.  Then a traveling carnival worker in the area for the fair is found murdered in the same manner.  What was his connection with the women killed?  Why did the killer change his or her pattern?  Will Luanne figure out the answer before the fair leaves town?

This is the third Luanne Fogarty mystery, and it’s just as great as the others.  The characters have grown and continue to develop in this story.  I’m very interested to see where the author goes with a couple characters.  And I loved watching Tony fight his pride whenever Luanne provided a good direction to go.

The story moved along well with a couple sub-plots weaved expertly throughout.  And the writing is still top notch. This book is set during the beginnings of winter, and Ms. Alam expertly brings the changing warm and cold weather and the changes to the swamps to life.

This series is wonderful.  The mysteries are intriguing and the writing is outstanding.  I just finished this book and already I can’t wait for the next.  Don’t miss out.