A Leprechaun's Lament by Wayne Zurl Review for Pump Up Your Book

Join Wayne Zurl, author of the police mystery novel, A Leprechaun’s Lament, as he tours the blogosphere August 6 – August 31 2012 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

                             

About the Book
A stipulation of the Patriot Act gave Chief Sam Jenkins an easy job; investigate all the civilians working for the Prospect Police Department. But what looked like a routine chore to the gritty ex-New York detective, turned into a nightmare. Preliminary inquiries reveal a middle-aged employee didn’t exist prior to 1975.

Murray McGuire spent the second half of his life repairing office equipment for the small city of Prospect, Tennessee, but the police can’t find a trace of the first half.

After uncovering nothing but dead ends during the background investigation and frustrations running at flood level, Jenkins finds his subject lying face down in a Smoky Mountain creek bed—murdered assassination-style.

By calling in favors from old friends and new acquaintances, the chief enlists help from a local FBI agent, a deputy director of the CIA, British intelligence services, and the Irish Garda to learn the man’s real identity and uncover the trail of an international killer seeking revenge in the Great Smoky Mountains.

About the Author

Wayne Zurl grew up on Long Island and retired after twenty years with the Suffolk County Police Department, one of the largest municipal law enforcement agencies in New York and the nation. For thirteen of those years he served as a section commander supervising investigators. He is a graduate of SUNY, Empire State College and served on active duty in the US Army during the Vietnam War and later in the reserves. Zurl left New York to live in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee with his wife, Barbara.

Twelve (12) of his Sam Jenkins mysteries have been produced as audio books and simultaneously published as eBooks. His first full-length novel, A NEW PROSPECT, was named best mystery at the 2011 Indie Book Awards. A new novel, A LEPRECHAUN’S LAMENT, is on the coming soon list at Iconic Publishing and will be available in print and eBook in April 2012.

For more information on Wayne’s Sam Jenkins mystery series seewww.waynezurlbooks.net. You can read excerpts, reviews and endorsements, interviews, coming events, and even see photos of the area where the stories take place.

My Thoughts

A Leprechaun's Lament is another fine example of the books by Wayne Zurl. I read the first book in the Sam Jenkin's mystery series last year and loved it. I figured the second book would be just as good, I was not disappointed. Sam is a former New York detective who retired from police work only to be lured back into it to be Chief of the police force in small town, New Prospect in Tennessee. So Sam and his wife and dog relocate and instead of living a life of adventure and travel, Sam is back in the cop business.

This novel continues with further mystery in the death of Murray Maguire,  an employee with the New Prospect police department as a general handyman, who is also very elusive about his past.  Sam is having a hard time finding out who this man actually is, he seems to have no past previous to 1975. Sam is required to do a background check on all his employees and what he finds out about Murray thrusts him into a series of circumstances with the conclusion a surprise to all involved. The story has ties to the CIA, FBI, British Intelligence and the Irish Garda and Sam has to ask help from all these other entities to find out why Murray Maguire, an unassuming man, would have such a secretive life and who would want him dead.

A wonderful cast of characters, lots of humor, suspense and a little romance make for an awesome read. This series is not to be missed. I loved it!!

I received a print copy of this book for review and was not monetarily compensated for my review.

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