Review: Fast-paced murder story starring Sophie Lee
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 8, 2011
Rick Murcer is back in fine form, as always, with his short story mystery, CAPITAL MURDER, featuring Sophie Lee.  Readers have gotten to know Sophie Lee as the partner of Manny Williams from the "Caribbean Moon" novels, but now Sophie is without her dearest friend and partner since Manny has joined the FBI.  Sophie misses Manny, but she'll never admit it.Monday mornings are usually slow for the Lansing, Michigan Police Department, but this particular Monday morning turns nightmarish when the murdered and mutilated body of Michigan State Senator Simon Young is found in his office. When the body is turned over, a mark where a needle was inserted is found right below the back of his neck. Sophie is lead detective on this case, and it's her first case working without Manny Williams.  She will work with Lansing's head CSI, Alex Downs and there is the possibility of the state police getting involved, too.No sooner have Sophie and Alex gotten to work when a young woman in a wheelchair shows up, wearing a blouse that is covered in blood.  She introduces herself as Allison Young, the wife of the murdered senator.  How she got the blood on her clothes is only one part of a multitude of strange behaviors and motives that are part of this fast-paced and exciting story in which Sophie will have to weed out the killer from among several people with motives.Sophie Lee hasn't lost her sense of humor, even with a gruesome case like this one.  She's divorced and free, and loves her new implants.  This is a short story that will keep you reading all the way through, turning the Kindle pages as fast as you can.  If you've read the CARIBBEAN MOON mysteries, you'll love getting to know Sophie Lee and her jokes, as well as her detective skills, even better in this story.  And you just might find a few twists at the end.