Review: It doesn't Pay to Lie to Detective Laura Cardinal
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 18, 2013
After hearing about the Laura Cardinal series and how she is the detectives detective, I was not disappointed. From the beginning I enjoyed how J Carson Black helped her readers see how detective Cardinal uncovered  clues. I enjoyed her conversations with her old partner's ghost. She and her partner Anthony decide all of the suspects are lying about something. It was great to see how Laura gradually caught each person in their lie. Each discovery lead to the truth and solving the case. Black has the reader convinced Perrin was murdered because of his contacts in Vegas. It is only because of Laura's patience and refusal to give up.  She looked at each of her key suspects and the role they played in each others lives. She decided she knew who but not why or how Sean Perrin was murdered.  Cardinal was going to solve the case. Learning why Sean Perrin was murdered and by whom is the surprise ending. Black did a great job detailing the sights of Arizona. Maybe we can get Black to co-author a book with J. A. Jance bringing the Joanna Brady Sheriff of Cochise County together with Laura Cardinal of the Arizona Department of Public Safety. The only problem I had with Cry Wolf was the length of the story. I wanted more.