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Review: A Dame Worth Killing
I love Maggie Sullivan mysteries and here’s why.
Do you like curling up with a good mystery? Do you like to follow detectives just starting out in their career? In the mid-20th century? With all the cards stacked against them?
M. Ruth Myers has invented just such a character and her name is Maggie Sullivan.
At the beginning of the series, it’s pre-WWII in Dayton, Ohio and Maggie is starting up her new private-eye investigator business. She has a one-room rented office with a desk and a dead plant, a Desoto and a .38 revolver. And a private investigator’s license.
And, of course, she’s beguilingly attractive!
She gets a lot of the run-of-the-mill investigations like providing information on cheating spouses, credit checks for businesses and other routine stuff to help pay the bills.
But every now and then, a real case comes along and you get to go along for the ride. And what roller coaster rides they are.
What I also really like about this series of books is all the other characters and community haunts that are in Maggie’s life. Myers keeps developing them as well, so you’re not just following Maggie and her crazy dangerous exploits.
