Dead Man Talking: An Alisa Sharpe Mystery
By Jim Overturf
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Alisa Sharpe is working her first major investigative assignment. Did James Monroe Taeggardt commit suicide or was it a homicide during a robbery. The ME ruled it a suicide. Taeggardt's sister insists her brother would not commit suicide; couldn't commit suicide the way the ME ruled. She's hired Grossman Investigations to find the answer. Alisa meets Tuxedo, the cat, who helps her find a stash of cassette tapes JM left. The tapes appear to be mundane reporting of news, weather and sports; with frequent quotations from famous authors and very frequent reference to the Bible. And then, there's the gang who doesn't want Alisa to dig too deep. What was James Monroe Taeggardt involved in that has stirred such strong passions?
Jim Overturf
Jim is a retired engineering/project manager who, after traveling around the world a couple of times, took up writing fiction to keep busy. He is an avid auto racing fan and mystery reader. Jim is a member of the Nebraska Writers Guild and Sisters in Crime. He lives with his wife Karen, and dog Molly, in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5After recording a series of cassette tapes confessing that he knows about something illegal and wants to expose it, James Monroe Taeggardt tells his late wife that he will soon be joining her. Meanwhile, PI Alisa Sharp has been assigned to locate Charles Allen Samuelson who, under state law, may be the main beneficiary of his late mothers’ estate despite her wishes because of the state laws regarding inheritance..Taeggardt dies and the police rule it a homicide. His daughter doesn’t believe that and hires Terry Grossman. Alisa’s boss, to work on the case. This is the main story: Discovering all the details of Taeggardt’s death. One subplot is about stock car racing. Afficionados and others who would like to learn about the sport will find some interest in this but it is extraneous to the main plot. “Moonshine was a key ingredient in the founding of the SRVSCRA (Swift River Valley Stock Car Racing Association) because the moonshiners needed fast cars to outrun the local police and the federal revenuers.”Since much Alisa’s work is based on the Taeggardt tapes, the title of the book, DEAD MAN TALKING, is excellent. There is a good story here, but, unfortunately, it is buried under a lot of side subplots, unresolved issues, unnecessary detail, repetition, and lack of logic. Interesting quote: “The best things in life may be free, but I think the next best things in life are worth every penny.”