Duncan Whitehead

Jenny Pickett is a retired Miami homicide detective, now living in Forest Pines, Montana. She's got a quiet life, her dog Thor is with her, she has friends. It's all good, and even if it is a teensy bit boring, well, she needed to get away from Miami and the events leading to her PTSD and medical retirement.

The police force in Forest Pines consists of Steve Calder, Sheriff, who is handsome, charming, interested, and more than ten years younger. Her closest friends are Evelyn, the bartender at Dave's Bar, and Claire, the town librarian.

Into all this quiet falls a murder. Donald Sands, a local businessman and real estate magnate, is found shot dead on the golf course, at the fourth hole.

The problem is not a lack of suspects; It's a surfeit of them. Donald Sands was an unfaithful husband, a ruthless businessman, and willing to wreck his friends and business associates over money.

Since Forest Pines hasn't seen a murder since forever, Steve asks Jenny to help investigate it.

This part of the story, the main mystery, is decently done, moves along, has interesting characters, and resolves well.

We also get flashbacks to the events leading up to Jenny's retirement. In the end, this turns into a major cliffhanger. Be warned.

Also, content note: The dog dies.

Well done, and I'll be interested in reading more from Whitehead, but...the dog dies.

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.… (meer)

The Gordonston Ladies Dog Waling Club was definitely full of mystery and suspense. I love how the book introduces each character and what their lives are like day to day. It gives you a glimpse into their lives, which I enjoyed knowing who was who and how they lived.

The book will take you to Gordonston Park where all of the neighbors in this upscale neighborhood in Savannah Georgia gathered to walk their dogs, jog and of course, the women of the dog-walking club are having their cocktail hour at the picnic table as they did every day at the same time in this historic wrought iron surrounded park.

I love how this book took me to this park and how I pictured every detail of the very exclusive park, and how the old-fashioned Georgia homes looked. This book does start out a bit slow but it definitely picks up, and then you are hooked. I recommend this debut novel by Whitehead to everyone who likes a book where you can take yourself there, and the suspense of which done it, and then you are shocked when you learn who was actually involved.

I would like to thank Rebecca at The Cadence Group for giving me the opportunity to read and review Duncan's debut novel.… (meer)