Maverick, Movies & Murder

The Katie and Maverick Cozy Mysteries, Book 1

De: Mary Seifert

Narrado por: Erica Sullivan

Semi-finalist in the 2019 Chanticleer International Book Awards

The bullets changed everything for me. Sometimes I wished I’d taken a bullet too because I lost the most important men in my life. My dad still fought every day to reclaim his confidence, mobility, and wit from the bullet that creased his brain. But my husband of seventeen days took our dreams with him when he died. They never caught the shooter.

After losing everything, Katie Wilk is starting life over in Columbia, Minnesota, with a new career—giving up cryptanalysis in favor of teaching school—and a canine companion, Maverick, a black Labrador retriever. But on one of their first outings, Katie and Maverick discover a dead body in a nearby marshland. Doctor Pete Erickson enters her life. As the county coroner, he’s one of the first on the scene; as the doctor that day in the ER, he’s the one who stitches up Katie’s head; as the son of the police chief, Pete is also in on the investigation.

Meanwhile, the locals are gearing up for the premiere of a new docudrama film called Titanic: One Story, which would be the cornerstone piece of a new Titanic exhibit, to open Labor Day weekend at the Midwest Minnesota History Center. The director selected their town as the location for some of the scenes, and many local residents are featured as extras in the movie. There will be a huge gala dinner and celebration for the grand opening. Tragedy strikes when the director dies suddenly, and there are a number of suspects.

Katie finds herself in the midst of it all and doesn’t know anyone in town well enough to know who she can trust.

©2022 Mary Seifert (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Pretty Good

Maverick, Movies & Murder is pretty good. There are a lot of twists and turns and sometimes, Katie was annoying. But, overall the mystery was okay and I finished the book. I'll probably get the next book.

The storyline is very unique.

I like the storyline because it was unique and had several different twists. I must say though there were parts that were confusing and really didn't seem too tie from one place in the storyline to another. But eventually caught up. And I think that was part of the difference because it did not flow completely but kept you guessing what was going on. I really enjoyed the reader I really enjoyed this book.