A Ghost of a Chance A Dan Rhodes Mystery Dan Rhodes Mysteries Book 10 edition by Bill Crider Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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In this tenth installment of the Sheriff Dan Rhodes series, the Blacklin County Texas law enforcer is back to solve even more mysteries. Some of the most amusing sequences in Crider's Blacklin county mysteries are set in the jailhouse, and star the ongoing word battles between its two septuagenarian denizens, Hack the dispatcher and Lawton, the jailer. This time no one at the jailhouse is laughing and Rhodes has a new problem. Not only is the jailhouse itself rumored to be haunted, but a mysterious corpse is found in an open grave in the neighboring town. Rhodes uses his laid back sleuthing skills to find the answers to these puzzling events, which Crider depicts with his usual humor, suspense and small town ambiance.
A Ghost of a Chance A Dan Rhodes Mystery Dan Rhodes Mysteries Book 10 edition by Bill Crider Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
A Ghost of a Chance in another book in Bill Crider's long-running Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery series, and it's a pleasant return to fictional Blacklin County, even though there's all that death and shooting with intent to kill that follows. The author always tosses out a few mysteries that end up getting solved with homespun logic with a touch of brilliance.I love Crider's male heroes because they are men that I can easily understand. They're complicated, and deep, but they're complicated in ways that I value. Sheriff Rhodes, for example, really tries to live an easygoing life. Murder isn't the only thing that gets in the way, though. There is a lot of friction with the other characters of the small sheriff's office, including the dispatcher Hack Jensen and Lawton, the jailer. The two old men constantly bicker and drive Rhodes nuts.
This book opens with them arguing over whether or not the jail is haunted. Evidently, there have been stories for years. This seemingly innocuous beginning is one of the main mysteries throughout the book that ties everything else together. As an author, Crider is sly like that, and through Rhodes he has one of his greatest foils. The sheriff sees things other characters in the books don't, but that's only because Crider himself sees those things.
On the surface, A Ghost of a Chance seems like a simple, straightforward mystery. While the two old men are discussing whether not ghosts are in the jail, a call comes into the sheriff's office concerning a dead man found in a newly opened grave. The grave wasn't scheduled to be used till the following day, and it was intended for someone else.
Once Ty Berry turns up dead, Rhodes starts tracking the murderer. The trail winds through a series of crimes involving the theft of gravestones (something that is very real these days and I didn't know about), antiques, chicken fried steaks, an outlaw family, and surly bikers.
Fans of the series will look forward to Rhodes's latest encounter with Rapper and Nellie, the two lone motorcycle outlaws that the sheriff has had problems with in the past. Things always get sideways with Rapper and Nellie in the picture, and this time is no different.
There's not another writer I can think of who can mix in the lowbrow criminals, a flock of emus, local color, orphan kitties, and Dr Pepper quite the way Bill Crider can. Opening a Dan Rhodes mystery is like sitting down across from the sheriff and letting him tell you about his day. The laconic way the narrative drives the story makes the tale endearing. Even though he's in the backwoods, Rhodes doesn't find the living easy, and murder is as complicated in Blacklin County as it is in any of the big cities. It's also as dangerous. Rhodes and his deputy Ruth have quite the shootout at one point, and the sheriff handles himself quite well.
The mystery is nice, the pacing is a curious blend between cozy and procedural that sets the series apart in the mystery market, and Rhodes is a character you'll be rooting for from the first page. If you read the Rhodes series before, you know what I'm talking about. If not, this book would be a great place to jump on. Crider writes his series so that anyone can jump in at any time. Of course, the character grows and changes over the course of the novels, but the way the narrative is set up you can easily read the older stories and feel like you're just getting a story from an earlier time, without feeling that you have missed anything.
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A Ghost of a Chance A Dan Rhodes Mystery Dan Rhodes Mysteries Book 10 edition by Bill Crider Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
#10 in the Dan Rhodes series is pretty god, managing the continuity of the series, while not smothering the redaer with it. The usual small town hi-jinx, and a couple of pretty good mysteries.
How can you go wrong with a Bill Crider mystery? Always something going on, his great understated type of humor, lots of crazy action, and the animals are always well-taken care of, showing Crider's true nature as a kind person.
If you're into blood and gore, move along. But if you like well-plotted mysteries with a laid-back sort of 50s or 60s type sheriff, his stuff's great. Lots of action but no gratuitous violence to catch you unawares. A very trustworthy author who always comes through, highly recommend for a great read.
I liked the story line
Fun series to read
Bill Crider's character Sheriff Dan Rhodes is back in book 10 of series.
And Crider does not disappoint. Clearview,Texas is filled with the most interesting characters .
This time we 2 murders,three loose goats,four roaming emus and tombstone robberies for Dan n Rhodes to figure out and catch.
Fun read. Worth the your time.
Ghosts, cemeteries ransacked, the wrong body in an open grave, Sheriff Dan Rhodes has more than enough things to investigate. The plot is ingenious and the sheriff follows false trails and suffers injuries before he solves all of the problems. Through it all he keeps his good humor and enforces the law with a minimum of violence. Probably the only sheriff in Texas without a Stetson, if he wore a hat it would be white. If only he could give up Dr. Pepper and Vienna sausages. His two jailers, Hack and Lawton, are another problem less of them and their mindless prattle would be better. Still, it is always a pleasure to visit Sheriff Rhodes in Blacklin County
I guess this is a cozy mystery, because it never got overly exciting, no bad words or sex or serious blood. The sheriff is a nice guy with a nice wife in a nice little town. Unfortunately someone killed one of the townsfolk and dumped them in an empty grave that didn’t belong them.
George Guidal was the Audible narrator and he was an excellent old hometown sheriff.
A Ghost of a Chance in another book in Bill Crider's long-running Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery series, and it's a pleasant return to fictional Blacklin County, even though there's all that death and shooting with intent to kill that follows. The author always tosses out a few mysteries that end up getting solved with homespun logic with a touch of brilliance.
I love Crider's male heroes because they are men that I can easily understand. They're complicated, and deep, but they're complicated in ways that I value. Sheriff Rhodes, for example, really tries to live an easygoing life. Murder isn't the only thing that gets in the way, though. There is a lot of friction with the other characters of the small sheriff's office, including the dispatcher Hack Jensen and Lawton, the jailer. The two old men constantly bicker and drive Rhodes nuts.
This book opens with them arguing over whether or not the jail is haunted. Evidently, there have been stories for years. This seemingly innocuous beginning is one of the main mysteries throughout the book that ties everything else together. As an author, Crider is sly like that, and through Rhodes he has one of his greatest foils. The sheriff sees things other characters in the books don't, but that's only because Crider himself sees those things.
On the surface, A Ghost of a Chance seems like a simple, straightforward mystery. While the two old men are discussing whether not ghosts are in the jail, a call comes into the sheriff's office concerning a dead man found in a newly opened grave. The grave wasn't scheduled to be used till the following day, and it was intended for someone else.
Once Ty Berry turns up dead, Rhodes starts tracking the murderer. The trail winds through a series of crimes involving the theft of gravestones (something that is very real these days and I didn't know about), antiques, chicken fried steaks, an outlaw family, and surly bikers.
Fans of the series will look forward to Rhodes's latest encounter with Rapper and Nellie, the two lone motorcycle outlaws that the sheriff has had problems with in the past. Things always get sideways with Rapper and Nellie in the picture, and this time is no different.
There's not another writer I can think of who can mix in the lowbrow criminals, a flock of emus, local color, orphan kitties, and Dr Pepper quite the way Bill Crider can. Opening a Dan Rhodes mystery is like sitting down across from the sheriff and letting him tell you about his day. The laconic way the narrative drives the story makes the tale endearing. Even though he's in the backwoods, Rhodes doesn't find the living easy, and murder is as complicated in Blacklin County as it is in any of the big cities. It's also as dangerous. Rhodes and his deputy Ruth have quite the shootout at one point, and the sheriff handles himself quite well.
The mystery is nice, the pacing is a curious blend between cozy and procedural that sets the series apart in the mystery market, and Rhodes is a character you'll be rooting for from the first page. If you read the Rhodes series before, you know what I'm talking about. If not, this book would be a great place to jump on. Crider writes his series so that anyone can jump in at any time. Of course, the character grows and changes over the course of the novels, but the way the narrative is set up you can easily read the older stories and feel like you're just getting a story from an earlier time, without feeling that you have missed anything.
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