Murder: Double or Nothing:
A Southern California Mystery
by Lida Sideris
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GENRE: Mystery
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BLURB:
Corrie
Locke, newbie lawyer and daughter of a late, great PI, is learning the ropes at
the Hollywood movie studio where she works--and where things are never what
they seem. Life imitates art when a fictional murder attempt turns real--right
before her eyes.
With more than a little
help from friends and a crazy movie legend, Corrie trips down a trail littered
with wisecracks, mysterious messages, and marginally legal maneuvers to track
down the killer. Meanwhile, clues keep disappearing and Corrie makes an enemy
whose deadly tactics keep escalating. Will her impromptu sleuthing skills be
enough to catch the mysterious assailant before he takes her down?
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EXCERPT
He pedaled the bicycle hard and fast down the narrow,
deserted alley, stealing glances behind him. It was a late, warm Friday
afternoon somewhere on the eastside of Los Angeles where police protection was
scarce and hoodlums plentiful. Two and three story buildings huddled together
on both sides of the rider. Graffiti stained the walls.
Hunched over the handlebars, the cyclist whizzed past a dented
metal dumpster, unsettling newspapers and milk cartons pressed against a
doorway. The collar of a gingham dress shirt stuck up beneath his red pullover
and a backpack flopped behind him. Chuck Taylors clinched his nerdiness, as did
the argyle socks. He looked fresh out of a computer lab, on his way to the
library. There was nothing unusual about him, if you didn’t count the bulging
eyes, gritted teeth and heavy panting. His expression belonged on a trapped
animal.
A black sedan barreled around the corner, tires grinding and
coughing up pieces of asphalt. Leaning his torso out of the passenger window, a
muscular guy in a white T-shirt clutched a revolver. He aimed at the cyclist,
fired three times and missed.
The rider angled around a corner and skidded to a stop.
Dropping the bicycle on its side, he stumbled over the upturned wheel moments
before the car crushed the bike beneath its fat tires, spitting out a tangle of
metal and chrome. The car parked, and two thugs spilled out. They raced after
the cyclist, guns drawn. The nerd careened toward the side of a brick building
and jumped up, arms outstretched above his head. The silver cuff around his
wrist glinted as he grabbed the bottom rung of a fire escape ladder, legs
flailing wildly. The ladder creaked and swayed. He’d barely started the climb
when the hoodlums fired. And missed again.
“Oh, brother,” I whispered.
The nerd scrambled onto a landing and dove through an open
window.
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My Review
Murder: Double or Nothing is the third installment from the Southern California Mysteries by Lida Sideris. Even though it is a part of a series, I believe it can be read as a stand alone. I thought is was a good little mystery. I did find it a little predictable but still a fun story to read. I entertained by some of the laugh out loud moments in few of the scenes. Corrie and Michael made a delightful team and enjoyed them together.
I give Murder: Double or Nothing three and a half stars. I would like to read the other books from Lida Sideris.
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