Murder
in Sun City
ISBN-13:
978-0-9903181-2-5
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CHRISTIAN
BOOKMOBILE NOVEL No. 5
Sun City is typically calm…until Liz shows up in her red double-decker
bookmobile and starts cruising. When she finds one of her patrons dead, the
police call it an accident and a day…but Liz has her suspicions and isn't about
to give up. Lieutenant Bratton has met his match.
James Jones is a Vietnam War veteran who continued to fight the battles long
after the war ended and everyone went home. His encounters are mostly in his
head today, but if the military took senior citizens, he'd sign up without
batting an eye. Combat was what he did best and he is lost without it. Now, as
a soldier of fortune, James ends up in Sun City also.
This is the story of what happens when Liz and James cross paths.
My
review:
Sid
Frost is not only one of my favorite people, he's become one of my favorite
authors. In this mystery, the fifth in his bookmobile series, Sid draws his
readers into the life of librarian Liz Seido Helmsley who has found her true
love in a British ex-pat farmer named Samuel, married and moved to Sun City.
She takes the beloved red double-decker mobile library introduced in The
Vengeance Squad Goes to England, and it’s not long before Liz and the library
give her the opportunity for a mobile library route in this squeaky clean
retirement community.
But
wherever Liz goes, trouble seems to proceed her. This time it’s with a library
patron found dead. Neighbor’s stories about the deceased don’t add up, and when
Lt. Joe Bratton of the local police wants to wrap up the case as a simple
accident, Liz decides to dig a bit deeper. Sharon Coleman turns out to be a
lady of many oddities and mysteries, and Mr. Coleman even more so. With the
help of her newly graduated grandson Michael and the blessing, mostly, of
Samuel, Liz embarks on her own investigation to help Lt. Bratton whether he
needs it or not, and make sure the Coleman’s daughter receives her proper
inheritance.
One
of Sharon’s secrets, an apparently homeless veteran with PTSD, James Jones,
complicates everything. As the story progresses and the twists and turns lead
the reader deeper into the corkscrewed life of the Colemans, about the only sympathetic
figure left, so it seems, is Princess, Sharon’s pet pooch.
Murder
in Sun City is a fun mystery, highly recommended for those who enjoy cozy
mysteries featuring characters with a lifetime of experience, and plenty of
exciting turns. I especially appreciated the treatment of those who suffer from
PTSD and may not be in full control of their faculties.
About the Author:
Sidney
W. Frost was born and raised in Austin, Texas, served in the U.S. Marines in
California, worked in the space industry in Los Angeles and Houston, and is now
living in Georgetown, Texas.
He is active in his church and is a former Stephen Minister and Stephen
Leader.
He has loved choral music from an early age, and was in 42 Austin Lyric Opera
productions. He and his wife, Celeste, sing in their church choir as well as
the San Gabriel Chorale. They have also participated in several Berkshire
Festivals in and out of the United States. He loves to travel and has visited
33 countries.
He has a Master of Science degree from the University of Houston and a Bachelor
of Arts from the University of California at Long Beach. He has worked in the
Information Technology business for many years, and in May, 2011, retired after
thirty years as an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Austin Community
College. He received the adjunct teaching excellence award in 2005. He now
teaches writing courses, most recently a class on memoir writing for the Senior
University of Georgetown.
He is the author of four Christian novels, set in and around Austin, Texas, and
three non-fiction books. Awards for his first novel, Where Love Once Lived,
include First Place in the 2007 SouthWest Writers Contest and First Place in
the 2007 Writers' League of Texas Novel Manuscript Contest. Visit Sid’s
website http://sidneywfrost.com, and
Amazon author pages. http://amazon.com/author/sidneyfrost
