Follow the Murder

Catherine Dain. Five Star (ME), $26.95 (222pp) ISBN 978-0-7862-4316-7

Shamus nominee Catherine Dain (Dead Man's Hand) examines the dark side of sunny Southern California in Follow the Murder: A Faith Cassidy Mystery, another breezy entry in her series featuring the cat-loving therapist and former actress. Faith doesn't take her client Natalie Thorson's urge to kill her ex-husband seriously, but when Natalie becomes the chief suspect in the stabbing death of Craig Thorson, Faith could be sued for not having warned the victim of the threat which is all the more reason for the part-time sleuth to find the real killer.

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