About the Book:
A beautiful woman is murdered in a small town in Virginia and Homicide Lieutenant Hank Donaghue is the prime suspect!
Donaghue is on vacation when he stops overnight in Harmony, a quiet little town where very little happens. Until, that is, the police kick down the door of his motel room in the middle of the night and drag him off to jail on suspicion of having strangled a woman behind a bar. Although he insists he’s a cop himself and had nothing to do with it, the local chief of police won’t listen. An eyewitness claims he saw Donaghue go behind the bar where the murder took place – and the victim was Chief Askew's wife!
Stuck in a cell in a small town, surrounded by cops who are convinced he’s a murderer, Donaghue must find a way to free himself and find Marcie Askew’s killer before it’s too late. When he’s finally allowed to make a phone call he dials the number of the one person he knows can help him out of this mess – Detective Karen Stainer.
About the Author:
Michael J. McCann lives and writes in Oxford Station, Ontario on seven acres in the Limerick Forest south of Ottawa.A former editor with Carswell, Mike spent fifteen years with Canada Customs. He's married and has one son.
My Thoughts:
Marcie's Murder by Michael J. McCann takes place a short time after the previous book, Blood Passage. Homicide Detective Lieutenant Hank Donaghue is on a much needed vacation after the previous case that he and his partner Detective Karen Stainer solved. Wherever the road takes him is where he goes and when he decides to stop in a small town in Virginia, he finds himself in trouble. He checks into his motel room but he can't sleep so goes to a bar for a beer or two. He sees a woman on his way into the bar but other than a glance at her he does not pay her a lot of attention. He has his drink and heads back to the motel, goes to sleep but is awakened by the local police. They proceed to take him to the jail after they have roughed him up. The police chief is one of the ones who had a hand in beating him and even though he tells them he has had nothing to do with the murder of a woman they do not believe him and keep him locked up. It turns out that the murdered woman is the police chief's wife and the woman that Hank saw at the bar. She was found behind the bar strangled. Hank finally gets his phone call and calls his no nonsense partner Karen Stainer. There the story really gets going. Getting the police to believe that Hank had nothing to do with the murder with Karen's help is not an easy task but they finally do let him go. Both Hank and Karen are asked to help with the investigation, they are reluctant at first in the light of how Hank was treated but they eventually agree. That is all I am going to say about the story other than the fact is that you absolutely have to read this authors work. This can be read as a stand alone novel but I would recommend that you read Blood Passage first so you do not miss out on getting to know Hank and Karen. A thoroughly enjoyable novel and I eagerly await the next installment in the Donaghue and Stainer Crime Novel Series. I give it 5 stars!!
Marcie's Murder by Michael J. McCann takes place a short time after the previous book, Blood Passage. Homicide Detective Lieutenant Hank Donaghue is on a much needed vacation after the previous case that he and his partner Detective Karen Stainer solved. Wherever the road takes him is where he goes and when he decides to stop in a small town in Virginia, he finds himself in trouble. He checks into his motel room but he can't sleep so goes to a bar for a beer or two. He sees a woman on his way into the bar but other than a glance at her he does not pay her a lot of attention. He has his drink and heads back to the motel, goes to sleep but is awakened by the local police. They proceed to take him to the jail after they have roughed him up. The police chief is one of the ones who had a hand in beating him and even though he tells them he has had nothing to do with the murder of a woman they do not believe him and keep him locked up. It turns out that the murdered woman is the police chief's wife and the woman that Hank saw at the bar. She was found behind the bar strangled. Hank finally gets his phone call and calls his no nonsense partner Karen Stainer. There the story really gets going. Getting the police to believe that Hank had nothing to do with the murder with Karen's help is not an easy task but they finally do let him go. Both Hank and Karen are asked to help with the investigation, they are reluctant at first in the light of how Hank was treated but they eventually agree. That is all I am going to say about the story other than the fact is that you absolutely have to read this authors work. This can be read as a stand alone novel but I would recommend that you read Blood Passage first so you do not miss out on getting to know Hank and Karen. A thoroughly enjoyable novel and I eagerly await the next installment in the Donaghue and Stainer Crime Novel Series. I give it 5 stars!!
You can read more about Blood Passage and Marcie's Murder at the authors website here.
I received an ebook from Mr.McCann and I was not monetarily compensated for my review.
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