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    Killing Cassidy
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    Killing Cassidy

    Written by Jeanne M. Dams

    Narrated by Kate Reading

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    About this audiobook

    Dorothy Martin is fitting in comfortably in her new English home, and now that her policeman husband, Alan, has retired, she's looking forward to some quiet time with him. But then the letter arrives: an old acquaintance in Indiana has died and left her a small inheritance. It seems an excuse to travel back to the States and take a well-deserved vacation.
    Dorothy should have known better. As well as the money, Kevin Cassidy has left a note predicting his own murder. It seems absurd; the beloved professor was ninety-six when he died, apparently from pneumonia. But Alan and Dorothy know about innocent facades. As Dorothy begins to investigate, Alan discovers that his wife's sleuthing is hard work . . . and that here, Dorothy is very much in charge.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMar 12, 2001
    ISBN9781415911136
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    Killing Cassidy
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    Jeanne M. Dams

    JEANNE M. DAMS is an Indiana native. Her first Dorothy Martin mystery, The Body in the Transept, won the Agatha Award as Best First Mystery. A retired teacher, she has degrees from Perdue and Notre Dame, and lives in South Bend, Indiana.

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    • 3/5
      Slow pacing makes for a leisurely read.
    • 4/5
      Dorothy along with her now retired husband Alan travel back to her former home town in Indiana when a friend and colleague of her former husband passes away, leaving her a small legacy. When she arrives at the lawyer's office, she is also given a sealed letter which makes it clear that this friend expected to be murdered. Although the local authorities ruled it death by natural causes, Dorothy and her husband Alan decide to investigate as her friend obviously wished. They find plenty of suspects and eventually unravel the mystery.I enjoyed this light read. Dams is one of my favorite cozy authors, and this installment in the series did not disappoint. In the light of the current debate on health care reform, I felt that I was reading a Democratic party agenda as Dorothy was explaining the differences in the health care systems of the U.S. and U.K. to her British husband. It was obvious that the author was crusading for health care reform in this novel which would include universal coverage. This might not have been such a hot topic when the book first appeared in print in 2000, but I really wish that this had not been included, even though it is a relatively small section of the book. I really don't want the government running our health care system.
    • 4/5
      Woman returns from England to investigate the murder of an old friend at the request of the deceased. The problem is, he died of pneumonia at the age of 96, and it seems that everyone loved him. Clever mystery, reminiscent of Christie. My only problem was that I didn't buy the motive.
    • 4/5
      This was a book I stumbled on and thouroghly enjoyed. The age group of the story reminds me of the Murder She Wrote series. A typical cozy mystery. And only until the last couple pages do we figure out who dunnit.
    • 3/5
      Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired chief constable Alan Nesbitt, travel to Dorothy's former hometown in Southern Indiana to collect a bequest left to Dorothy by an old friend, microbiologist Kevin Cassidy. There they discover that the unusual terms of the bequest are the result of Dr. Cassidy's suspicion that someone was trying to murder him. Dr. Cassidy died of pneumonia, but Dorothy and Alan are soon convinced that his fear of murder wasn't unfounded. Will they find enough evidence to solve the murder?I enjoyed seeing Dorothy on her home turf among people who had known her for years. I'm familiar with the general area that provided the setting for the book, particularly the historic town of Madison. We used to drive through Madison when we took the scenic route to visit my Indiana relatives. There wasn't as much made of the academic angle as I expected, given that the murder victim was a retired university professor. There was a glaring error in one of the few scenes set at the university, when Dorothy looked for her old friend, the Registrar, and found he'd been replaced by the Director of Student Services. The registrar's office deals with academic records, while student services deals with the non-academic aspects of student life. I thought the motive for the murder was weak, and it's not one that most readers would guess. Readers without an interest in the setting may find the mystery rather bland.