Death on the River Walk
By Carolyn Hart
3.5/5
()
About this ebook
Pulitzer Prize-winning ex-reporter Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins no longer chases hot stories all over the world, but murderous mysteries seem to find her. This time, a frantic phone call from an old and dear friend on the other side of the world sends Henrie O rushing to the fabled city of San Antonio to check out the baffling disappearance of her friend's devoted granddaughter, Iris Chavez. Iris, employed at the Tesoros Gallery on San Antonio's famous River Walk, has suddenly dropped from sight without a word.
Soon Henrie O discovers that amidst the exquisite objects in the prestigious gallery and among the family members is hidden a dark secret--one Henrie O must uncover if she is to find Iris. Late one dark night on the River Walk, Henrie O sees a sprawled body...and realizes that treachery and disgrace lurk in the shadows of an old and respected business...and death awaits anyone daring to uncover the truth.
Pulitzer Prize-winning ex-reporter Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins no longer chases hot stories all over the world, but murderous mysteries seem to find her.This time, a frantic phone call from an old and dear friend on the other side of the world sends Henrie O rushing to the fabled city of San Antonio to check out the baffling disappearance of her friend's devoted granddaughter, Iris Chavez.Iris, employed at the Tesoros Gallery on San Antonio's famous River Walk, has suddenly dropped from sight without a word.Soon Henrie O discovers that amidst the exquisite objects in the prestigious gallery and among the family members is hidden a dark secret--one Henrie O must uncover if she is to find Iris. Late one dark night on the River Walk, Henrie O sees a sprawled body...and realizes that treachery and disgrace lurk in the shadows of an old and respected business...and death awaits anyone daring to uncover the truth.
Carolyn Hart
An accomplished master of mystery, Carolyn Hart is the author of twenty previous Death on Demand novels. Her books have won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards. She is also the creator of the Henrie O series, featuring a retired reporter, and the Bailey Ruth series, starring an impetuous, redheaded ghost. One of the founders of Sisters in Crime, Hart lives in Oklahoma City.
Read more from Carolyn Hart
Laughed 'Til He Died Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dead by Midnight Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death of the Party Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Engaged to Die Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Murder Walks the Plank Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ghost in Trouble: A Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death Walked In Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Yankee Doodle Dead Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Motherhood Is Murder Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ghost Ups Her Game Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Related to Death on the River Walk
Titles in the series (5)
Death in Lovers' Lane Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death in Paradise Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Death on the River Walk Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Resort to Murder: A Henrie O Mystery Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Set Sail for Murder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related ebooks
Dare to Die: A Death on Demand Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dig Deep My Grave Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Doggone Death Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHomecoming to Murder: Nathan Perry Mysteries, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeath of His Uncle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Mind's Eye Witness Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Glass Is Always Greener Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Etruscan Chimera Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Complete Mollie McGhie Cozy Mystery Collection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy True Love Lies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMoriarty Lifts the Veil: A Professor & Mrs. Moriarty Mystery, #4 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Vanished into Plein Air: A Fine Art Mystery, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMurder on Principle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death Rides Again: A Jocelyn Shore Mystery Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Body in the Ivy: A Faith Fairchild Mystery Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Cold Snap: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOld Christmas From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Framingham Fiend Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Resort to Murder: A Henrie O Mystery Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Enemy We Don't Know: A Homefront Mystery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Lifetime Again Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Body in the Birches: A Faith Fairchild Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder Checks Inn: The Lighthouse Inn Mysteries, #3 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse: Sentinel of the Shoals Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Death Comes to a Retreat: Molly Masters Mysteries, #4 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Case of the Hook-Billed Kites / The Down East Murders: An F&M Duet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death on a School Board: Molly Masters Mysteries, #5 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death in Lovers' Lane Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Death of a Joyce Scholar: A Peter McGarr Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Apples, Appaloosa and Alibis: Baker Girls Cozy Mystery, #4 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Mystery For You
None of This Is True: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone: A Murdery Mystery Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Life We Bury Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Club: A Reese's Book Club Pick Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pretty Girls: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Woman in the Library: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Flight: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Finlay Donovan Is Killing It: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Paris Apartment: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summit Lake Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pieces of Her: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5False Witness: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hidden Staircase: Nancy Drew #2 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Pharmacist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jack Reacher: A Mysterious Profile Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Big Sleep Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The River We Remember: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5"A" is for Alibi: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Good Daughter: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kept Woman: A Will Trent Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hunting Party: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Did I Kill You?: A Thriller Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Dark Side: A Collection of Mysteries & Thrillers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The People Next Door Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Big Lies in a Small Town: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Death on the River Walk
38 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Henrietta O’Dwyer Collins (a/k/a Henrie O) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning ex-reporter who no longer chases hot news around the globe, but still has the knack for ferretting out key information. This adventure is started when she received a call from an old friend whose granddaughter is missing. Henrie agrees to go to San Antonio to look for the girl. Iris is known to be impetuous and somewhat flighty, so Henrie is hoping that she’s just taken a weekend holiday at the beach and forgot to tell her grandmother. But once Henrie sees that Iris’s apartment has been searched – and not at all neatly – she fears the worst. When she inquires at the prestigious gallery specializing in exquisite (and expensive) Latin American art where Iris was employed, Henrie is met with a wall of silence and/or downright lies. How can she penetrate the defenses of the close-knit Garza family clan who runs the gallery and an attached bed & breakfast? What can she tell the police to interest them in Iris’s disappearance? How can she possibly tell her friend that her granddaughter has truly disappeared – perhaps forever? She uses all her skills as a reporter, and all her charms to finagle her way into the operation. The stakes are even higher after a murder happens in the gallery, and the police suspect the only person who cannot defend himself. There’s more to this story than a missing girl, and Henrie is determined to find out everything.
Hart does a great job of plotting this mystery, and of giving the reader a true sense of the city of San Antonio (my home town). I was caught up in the story quickly, and still able to enjoy the details of the art gallery business and of the city. I particularly liked that Henrie is her own woman. She’s smart, thinks on her feet, is a creative problem solver, and takes matters into her own hands rather than rely on a handy male to save her. Still, Hart writes her exploits consistent with her age and condition. She can’t go “mano a mano” with the bad guy, but she can verbally spar and use her intelligence to outwit or confuse or obfuscate. I think I’ve found a new mystery series heroine to follow. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A frantic phone call from an old and dear friend on the other side of the world sends Henrie O to the fabled city of San Antonio, TX, in search of her friend's devoted granddaughter, iris Chavez. Iris had been working on San Antonio's famous River Walk at the family-owned Tesoros Gallery, a shop renowned for its unquestioned integrity, excellence, and the priceless treasures it hunts for its rich and famous patrons. Iris has disappeared without a word and hasn't been heard from since. Her humble apartment has been ransacked, yet nothing is missing. And nobody at Tesoros seems to care.