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Suspicious Minds Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Christy Barritt / Kregel Reviewed by Laura HiltonThere were a few laugh out loud moments in the book that I had to share with anybody within hearing.Gabby St. Claire is desperate for work. Crime is down, and so Gabby has started accepting work in mold removal. She starts to rethink her decision when she's hired to remove the mold from the crawl space of an older home that the owner wants to put on the market. The crawl space is filled with mold, snakes-and Elvis, dead as a doornail and still wearing his blue suede shoes. When Elvis' widow begs Gabby to find the killer, Gabby has an excuse to get involved. But she's no longer the only crime scene cleaner in town, and her rival, Chad Davis, is infringing on Gabby's territory. As she gets closer to the killer, someone starts trailing Gabby. Will she survive long enough to identify the murderer? Suspicious Minds is the second book in the Squeaky Clean Mystery Series, but it easily stands alone. I enjoyed reconnecting with Gabby, but I had a little trouble remembering and reconnecting with some of the secondary characters. Still, Gabby's quirky set of friends added to the story instead of detracting from it. Suspicious Minds is a fun read. The faith message is expertly woven in and isn't preachy. I felt Suspicious Minds didn't start out as well as Hazardous Duty did, but by the time I read a couple chapters I was hooked and had to keep reading to see what happened next. There were a few laugh out loud moments in the book that I had to share with anybody within hearing. I hope there will be another book in this series coming but I was unable to find anything mentioned on the author's website. Don't miss Suspicious Minds. |
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Suspicious Minds Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Christy Barritt / Kregel Reviewed by Susan SleemanNever had crime and grime been so fun.In Suspicious Minds crime scene cleaner Gabby St. Clair is back, larger than life and up to her cleaning eyeballs in another murder. Not only do we get to see the quirky yet lovable Gabby again, but the cast of oddball neighbors hold starring roles in the book as well. Add a new love interest in the form of surfer dude, Chad Davis and you've got a zany mystery that no one could resist. I certainly couldn't. I zipped through the fun murder mystery in a night and sat forlornly waiting for another. What? Murder fun? If you think murder can't be a hoot, Barritt proves you wrong when Gabby branches out from crime scene cleaning to crawl space mold remediation. But the moldiest thing she discovers in the disgusting spider infested space is the body of Elvis. Yes, Elvis. A tribute artist, that is. Gabby, the wannabe forensic investigator and soon to be one if she finishes college, can't help but investigate the murder. And if that isn't enough to keep her busy, one Chad Davis surfer and retired morgue attendant turned crime scene cleaner gives Gabby a run for her cleaning business. Suspicious Minds is the second book in The Squeaky Clean Mystery series from Christy Barritt. Barritt has penned a terrific second novel that combines a strong mystery, boat loads of humor, and romance. Gabby is a loveable, witty, and caring character. But Barritt doesn't leave us merely with a fun read, she brings non-Christian (Gabby is gonna get me for this) closer to faith and along the way shows believers how they might be misconstrued by seekers. And there's a more serious thread about loneliness running through the book as well. Please run, don't walk to your nearest book store and pick up Suspicious Minds and if you haven't read Hazardous Duty, the first in the series, snatch up one of those as well. You'll race right through them and like me, sit in longing for the third book. |
Christy Barritt is a freelance writer, author and speaker. Her newest book is Hazardous Duty, a chick-lit mystery about a sassy crime scene cleaner who solves crimes. When she's not writing or speaking about writing, Christy also enjoys leading worship, taking crazy road trips and making her son giggle.Read more about Christy Barritt
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Duty Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Christy Barritt / Kregel Publications 
She always wanted to be a forensic pathologist. But when circumstances force her to drop out of school, Gabby St. Claire starts a crime scene-cleaning business. Suddenly a routine job turns up a murder weapon, and Gabby and her neighbor Riley realize that the wrong man is behind bars! Will they catch the real killer? 240 pages, softcover from Kregel. |
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Minds: A Novel Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Christy Barritt / Kregel Publications
Elvis has definitely not left the building! That's what crime-scene cleaner Gabby St. Clair discovers when she does mold remediation at a dilapidated old house. To her surprise, she finds the dead "King" in a crawlspace---still wearing his blue suede shoes. There's no way she can keep her nose out of a case like this! 240 pages, softcover from Kregel. |
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Susan Sleeman
Susan Sleeman
is the author of Nipped in the Bud, available May of 2009 from Heartsong Presents: Mysteries, an imprint of Barbour Publishing.
