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    See Also Murder: A Marjorie Trumaine Mystery
    See Also Murder: A Marjorie Trumaine Mystery
    See Also Murder: A Marjorie Trumaine Mystery
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    See Also Murder: A Marjorie Trumaine Mystery

    By Larry D. Sweazy

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    1964—Life on the North Dakota farm hasn’t always been easy for Marjorie Trumaine. She has begun working as a professional indexer to help with the bills—which have only gotten worse since the accident that left her husband, Hank, blind and paralyzed. When her nearest neighbors are murdered in their beds, though, Marjorie suddenly has to deal with new and terrifying problems. Sheriff Hilo Jenkins brings her a strange amulet, found clutched in the hand of her murdered neighbor, and asks her to quietly find out what it is. Marjorie uses all the skills she has developed as an indexer to research the amulet and look into the murders, but as she closes in on the killer, and people around her continue to die, she realizes that the murderer is also closing in on her. From the Trade Paperback edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSeventh Street Books
    Release dateMay 5, 2015
    ISBN9781633880078
    See Also Murder: A Marjorie Trumaine Mystery

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    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed the character of Marjorie. She is a woman who's life has been dealt a hard hand but she continues to carry on and persevere. She is given a clue by the local sheriff that was left at a crime scene. In researching this clue that deals with Nordic legends she, little by little, pieces together the crime, at times using her indexing skills to figure things out. I must say I was surprised by the ending and I love that fact. I don't like investing in a mystery that I know the answer to after a few chapters. The characters are very well written as is the small town sense of living. I would definitely be interested in reading more adventures with this character at the helm.
    • 5/5
      From the very beginning of See Also Murder, author Larry Sweazy plopped me down right in the middle of Hank and Marjorie Trumaine's North Dakota farm. You get a true feel for life on the Great Plains in the 1960s. Not just the weather. Not just what needs to be done on a farm. But the loneliness, and also-- with things like party lines on the telephone-- the interconnectedness of people in rural areas.As I watched Marjorie care for her husband and cook, clean, and index with her constant companion Shep the border collie, I was completely immersed in her world of no microwave ovens, no mobile phones, and no computers. Part of her world is creating indexes for books, and I appreciated the insights into that as well, especially since I've used them for years but never really gave their creation any thought.Marjorie's mind is an orderly one, as you'd expect from a professional indexer, and somehow Sweazy uses that orderliness to lull readers into a false sense of security. Trouble, when it comes, is violent and frightening. As closely as I was paying attention, you'd think that I would have the mystery all figured out. Think again. When the killer was revealed, it came straight out of left field. And when I began to say, "But wait a second!" I went looking through the pages of See Also Murder and found all the carefully planted clues that I didn't see the first time around.My little grey cells are still percolating with this first Marjorie Trumaine mystery, so you have to know that I have the next book (See Also Deception) on my radar!
    • 3/5
      This was a quick, easy read and very well written. While there were a few parts of the book that were a little slow, for the most part the story moved along quickly. Interesting cast of characters with numerous suspects for multiple murders in this small, quiet community. It is a little on the soft side for my taste and I would recommend it for fans of cozy mystery.
    • 4/5
      See Also Murder: A Marjorie Trumaine Mystery by Larry D. Sweazy is a wonderful read! It is apparently the first of a series that I will be following, and recommending as a purchase for the library where I work. I was a child during the sixties and I often long for the times when life was slower, and people were living day by day, not looking for the newest device. The days when you take soup or pie to a neighbor, or help them during a difficult time seem to be long gone, even in my small town seem to be long gone. This is mostly true even in my small town.Sweazy took me back there, in this atmospheric and engrossing read. Marjorie Trumaine is a good woman in a very difficult situation. First we find that her husband Hank was involved in a terrible accident that left him paralyzed and unable to work their farm. Farming was his income and his passion, and now he can barely move his head. But Marjorie found a way to turn her own passion for reading into a small income to get them by. Neighbors helped with the farm, and they were getting by.One day, the Sheriff came to the door, not to visit Hank as usual, but to bring the terrible news that there had been a murder on the neighboring farm. Both Mr. and Mrs Knudson had been murdered in their bed. The only clue was an old medallion found in Erik's hand. Sheriff Hilo Jenkins came to Marjorie for help, because he knew of her skill as a researcher, and he hoped that skill would help him to solve the murder. Marjorie was happy to help, the Knudsons were friends, after all. So she took the medallion and set off for the library, and the nearby university to see what she could find out. Hilo's wife stepped up to care for Hank while she was gone.Unfortunately,the Knudsons weren't the only victims. What did the items left in the hands of the victims mean? Would Marjorie be able to help solve the mystery before the unprecedented streak of murders continued? The journey to find the answers was pure pleasure. The dialog is comfortable, the characters realistic and likable. I heartily recommend this book!
    • 5/5
      A new series by a "new to me" author. Marjorie Trumaine is a North Dakota farm wife who is struggling with several things. Farming in the Dakota's is a gamblers game, worrying about weather, chance, insects, and other tragedies. One of the other tragedies took the eyesight and mobility of her beloved husband, Hank. Hank, is quadriplegic after a hunting accident. Marjorie is keeping the farm running with the aid of some neighbors and their sons. She is bringing money coming in by working as an indexer. An indexer is the person who works with a publisher to create the "back of the book" index for mostly non-fiction works. Marjorie claims to have always been making lists and organizing things, so this job is the perfect one for her. She can do it during the times the farm doesn't demand her attention and it keeps the worst of the bills under control.When the parents at the neighbors farm are killed, local sheriff Hilo asks Marjorie to help him determine the source of an amulet that was found in the hand of the dead farmer.What follows is a wild ride of deception, suspicion and twists and turns of a master story teller. I'm really looking forward to the next in this series!
    • 4/5
      This novel is a bit like a cozy set in North Dakota, although some truly horrifying murders take place and it really looks like there is a serial killer on the loose.It probably is important to note the time setting of the book: 1964, and at times I lost sight of that. It does help explain some aspects of the story: the fact that Marjorie's house telephone is a party line, the relative isolation of their farm, the cars they drive, the lack of medical treatment for Hank, and the sort of work Marjorie is doing as an indexer (although I guess there is still work doing that. The author himself is credited with having written indexes for over 800 books).The thread that binds the plot together and explains the the murders is an interesting one, and I think the author does a good job with local customs and the North Dakota lifestyle.It kept me reading until the end. One by one the suspects were eliminated, and then at the end there was a good twist which I should have seen coming.
    • 4/5
      Set in the mid-1960s in North Dakota, a farm wife is forced to embrace tragedy, when her husband is blinded and paralyzed in a freak accident.. Following the murder of her neighbors the sheriff asks her to research an amulet that was left at the scene of the crime. Before she can give the sheriff details of her research there is another murder. Thank goodness for challenges without them I would never have sought out this book and I would have missed an excellent read.

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