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Can't Hold a Candle
(2022)(The ninth book in the Candlestick Historical Mystery series)
A novel by R A Wallace
Candlestick Historical Mysteries cozy gilded age Book 9
1893. The death of a man gains significance when the victim’s proximity to others is learned. Garth follows the silver threads of a tangled web that reveals more than one mystery. It isn’t only the recent death of a man with a sudden interest in pedestrianism. There is also the situation with some of his police officers taking bribes to unlawfully incarcerate vulnerable citizens of Candlestick.
Mattie’s plans to wrest control of the Case businesses are put on hold when the life of a dear friend is threatened. Her investigation of others suffering a similar fate will test her courage as she storms a frightful asylum to gather evidence. Effie’s true identity is kept hidden even as word of her innocence is published. It doesn’t stop her from risking exposure as she does whatever she may to discover the location of her missing son.
Series Summary: Mrs. Henry Case finds her amateur sleuthing skills are tested while searching for clues to mysteries both past and present. Unwilling to take everything she hears at face value, Mattie determinedly works to uncover the truth. Faced with several hurdles along the way, she discovers that it will require all of her intelligence to find the answers she needs. Chief of police Garth Hawke wonders if he can trust anyone around him. One thing is obvious. No one in the city of Candlestick appears to trust him. He hopes that will change over time. His plan to win them over is simple. He just needs to do a better job than his predecessor. Given the sensational circumstances under which Henry Case lost his life, it shouldn’t be that difficult.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
1893. The death of a man gains significance when the victim’s proximity to others is learned. Garth follows the silver threads of a tangled web that reveals more than one mystery. It isn’t only the recent death of a man with a sudden interest in pedestrianism. There is also the situation with some of his police officers taking bribes to unlawfully incarcerate vulnerable citizens of Candlestick.
Mattie’s plans to wrest control of the Case businesses are put on hold when the life of a dear friend is threatened. Her investigation of others suffering a similar fate will test her courage as she storms a frightful asylum to gather evidence. Effie’s true identity is kept hidden even as word of her innocence is published. It doesn’t stop her from risking exposure as she does whatever she may to discover the location of her missing son.
Series Summary: Mrs. Henry Case finds her amateur sleuthing skills are tested while searching for clues to mysteries both past and present. Unwilling to take everything she hears at face value, Mattie determinedly works to uncover the truth. Faced with several hurdles along the way, she discovers that it will require all of her intelligence to find the answers she needs. Chief of police Garth Hawke wonders if he can trust anyone around him. One thing is obvious. No one in the city of Candlestick appears to trust him. He hopes that will change over time. His plan to win them over is simple. He just needs to do a better job than his predecessor. Given the sensational circumstances under which Henry Case lost his life, it shouldn’t be that difficult.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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