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Homefront Murders
by Doris R. Meredith
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Fawcett (1994-11-30)
ISBN: 0345380509
EAN: 9780345380500
Dewey Decimal #: 813.54
Mass Market Paperback: 278 pages
Release Date: 1994-11-30
SKU: 11346
Condition: Good
Comments: Binding: Softcover. Condition: Good. Slightly creased spine.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
WHO STASHED THE BODY IN THE COURTHOUSE BASEMENT?
The folks in Crawford County, Texas, are silent as death about the dramatic discovery of the remains of a G.I. who was murdered in World War II. Sheriff Charles Matthews, feeling more an outsider than ever, is buffaloed, but among the victim's now elderly contemporaries, strange things start to happen. Mad Dog Treadwell locks himself inside his house. The town librarian is caught cutting the pictures out of county history books. Old Judge Dodd's widow takes to wearing mourning clothes, even though the judge has been dead for more than twenty years. Even Miss Poole, the Sheriff's tart-tongued dispatcher, is definitely not her usual feisty self.
It's like pulling teeth to get these apparently blameless senior citizens to talk--and to help Sheriff Matthews lure a killer out of the woodwork....
"Meredith has developed into a fresh, snappy voice of crime fiction."
--New York Newsday
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Customer Reviews
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Mystery in a small town
Rating  (5)
Date: 2002-01-03
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is a wonderful read. It really paints a great picture of small town life in a Texas town. As I was reading it, I would find myself laughing at things I found all too familiar as part of small town living. The murder mystery focuses on happenings in WWII and its effect on the present. It has a great grabber at the beginning and you stay hooked. Everytime you think you have it figured out, it has a twist to throw you for another loop. My one regret is that it is so difficult to find the rest of the Sherriff Charles Matthews Mysteries since they seem to be out of print.
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