Donn Taylor’s Rhapsody
in Red was a very intriguing character driven murder mystery story. Preston Barclay is one of the most
interesting characters I have been inside the head of in fiction recently. He is a widowed 50 years old father of one
college age daughter and is just trying to get through life teaching history
which is a passion of his. He also has
an interesting syndrome in which he has musical hallucinations, having
different music play in his head all the time.
He works at a college that seems to have turned its back on the whole
reason it was founded, especially when enrollment dropped.
Mara Thorn is a fellow professor and a Wiccan that was hired
by this Christian university for the religious studies to attract more
students. She comes to Press seeking
help concerning another female professor.
However, this other professor ends up dead on campus and Preston and
Mara are two of the main suspects. As
all fingers began to point at the two of them, they decide to do some
investigating of their own. All kinds of
secrets are uncovered and the other suspects have some really good motive for seeing
their fellow professor dead and both are given multiple warnings to quit asking
questions. I was kept guessing who the
true murderer was until the very end.
This was a smart who –done- it with some really great
questions asked and answered concerning faith that were seamlessly woven into
the story. Along the way, not only did I
experience reading pleasure, but I learned some things as well. I look forward to the next adventure with
Professors’ Preston Barclay and Mara Thorn and see just where they may be
headed.
I received a copy for an honest review from The Book Club
Network, Inc. and the opinions are my own.
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