The Worried Widow is the 11th in the Keith Calder series by Gerald Hammond. It is free right now at Kindle US and UK. I have been staying with friends out in the boonies, with no internet, so this has been free for almost a day already, so grab it really fast if you want it.
Kindle US:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HCK9CY9
Kindle UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Worried-Wid...dp/B07HCK9CY9/
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Keith Calder—ex-poacher, gunsmith, and sometime sleuth—returns to solve a sinister crime.
The worried widow is Jenny Hendrickson, whose husband has just been found fatally shot, apparently by his own hand. Jenny doesn’t believe that Sam Hendrickson would have committed suicide, and pleads with Keith to look into the case.
Against his better judgement—he was no great admirer of the deceased, a hard-nosed union boss—Keith allows his wife Molly to persuade him to heed the widow’s request. Soon he begins to think that Jenny may be right and the coroner’s verdict wrong. When his old enemy, Inspector Munro, hints the police aren’t entirely satisfied with the verdict, Keith is far too intrigued to let the matter drop.
But he runs up against a seeming dead end: While several people were nearby when the fatal shot was heard, no one apparently had the opportunity to kill Hendrickson. Calder’s natural stubbornness prevails, however, and the outcome is a puzzle skilfully solved.
Gerald Hammond’s many readers have come to expect from him a wealth of ballistic expertise, witty entertainment, and a satisfying mystery. The Worried Widow will not disappoint them.
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