Review and Giveaway ~ It’s Murder My Son by Lauren Carr

Posted: June 13, 2019 in giveaways, Mystery, reviews
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It’s Murder My Son

by Lauren Carr
A Mac Faraday Mystery #1

Category: Adult fiction, 288 pages
Genre: Murder Mystery
Publisher: Lauren Carr
Release date: June 23, 2010
Tour dates: May 1 – June 28, 2019
Content Rating: PG (It’s a murder mystery and there is mild violence. Very mild swearing no F-bombs. No on-stage sex scenes.)

My Review

I’ve been reading and loving Lauren’s books for many years. I’m known for jumping into a series anywhere and I first dipped my toes into this series with Cancelled Vows, Book #11. I’ve become very familiar with these characters and grown to love them. I always said I’d go back and meet them from the beginning. And now I have.

You might think the book wouldn’t be as fun as I already know these characters and have read so many of their adventures. Not so. While they did feel familiar, I also felt like I really had met them for the first time. It was fun to see where they began compared to how far they had come in the later books.

I was also curious to see if the writing would be as strong as the later books. I needn’t have worried. This was one entertaining story with plenty of misdirection and a boat load of fun.

You are introduced to the four-legged rascal, Gnarly. Lauren’s non human characters play big roles in her books and provide us with plenty of comic relief.  Learned a few new things about this endearing shepherd that I didn’t already know. I still wonder if he’s an alien? LOL

Only nine more books before I catch up to when I first jumped into this series and you can bet I’ll be reading every one.

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Synopsis


What started out as the worst day of Mac Faraday’s life would end up being a new beginning. After a messy divorce hearing, the last person that Mac wanted to see was another lawyer. Yet, this lawyer wore the expression of a child bursting to tell his secret. This confidence would reveal Mac as heir to undreamed of fortunes, and lead him to the birthplace of America’s Queen of Mystery and an investigation that will unfold like one of her famous mystery novels.

Soon after she moves to Deep Creek Lake, Maryland, Katrina Singleton learns that life in an exclusive community is not all good. For some unknown reason, a strange man calling himself “Pay Back” begins stalking her. When Katrina is found strangled all evidence points to her terrorist, who is nowhere to be found.

Three months later, the file on her murder is still open when Mac Faraday, sole heir to his unknown birth mother’s home and fortune, moves into the estate next door. Little does he know as he drives up to Spencer Manor that he is driving into a closed gate community that is hiding more suspicious deaths than his DC workload as a homicide detective. With the help of his late mother’s journal, this retired cop puts all his detective skills to work to pick up where the local investigators have left off to follow the clues to Katrina’s executer.

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Meet Author Lauren Carr:


 


​Lauren Carr is the international best-selling author of the Mac Faraday, Lovers in Crime, and Thorny Rose Mysteries—over twenty titles across three fast-paced mystery series filled with twists and turns!Now, Lauren has added one more hit series to her list with the Chris Matheson Cold Case Mysteries. Set in the quaint West Virginia town of Harpers Ferry, Ice introduces Chris Matheson, a retired FBI agent, who joins forces with other law enforcement retirees to heat up those cold cases that keep them up at night.Book reviewers and readers alike rave about how Lauren Carr’s seamlessly crosses genres to include mystery, suspense, crime fiction, police procedurals, romance, and humor.

​Lauren is a popular speaker who has made appearances at schools, youth groups, and on author panels at conventions. She lives with her husband, and three dogs on a mountain in Harpers Ferry, WV.

Connect with the author: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram

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Comments
  1. Fab review, I’m intrigued. And I think I’d like to read Gnarly in real life.:-)

  2. This sounds like a great start to a mystery series! I love that their is a creature in the book. That would make for an interesting read. 🙂

  3. Lauren Carr says:

    Thank you so much for the stunning review of IT’S MURDER, MY SON! I’m thrilled that you have been enjoying the Mac Faraday Mysteries and am certain your readers will enjoy meeting Gnarly as well. Here’s wishing each one luck in the giveaway for the $50 Amazon Gift Card.

    • fuonlyknew says:

      I was so happy to finally get started on the books that I missed . Plan to do that in all of your series!

  4. Beware Of The Reader says:

    So you jump into a series wherever you feel like it he? LOL I am really happy that you loved this one as much as the others Laura!

    • Lauren Carr says:

      thank you for your comment, Beware of the Reader. I write each of my books as a stand alone–no continuing drama that leaves those who jump in confused. But there are many readers who insist on starting at book one. I have a list of my books in order on my website for those who insist on reading the books as they are written.

  5. Tammy says:

    I actually understand how you would want to go back to the beginning! It’s great that you were still able to have a good reading experience😁

  6. I want to read her back series too, so I am delighted to see how much you enjoyed this. So often the earlier works are ok, and it’s interesting to see growth..but you have me excited!

  7. this sounds like a great book to curl up with on these rainy days

  8. Northwoman says:

    Wow this looks like a real hit with you. Great review! I have seen one of her other series I think and plan to read her books when I get a minute. Right now is all moving.

  9. alisbooks says:

    Glad you enjoyed this one!

  10. rolandclarke says:

    This is a series I need to discover. Is it too late?

  11. happy weekend! thanks for the chance

  12. Lelia T says:

    LOVE this book!

  13. Sandra Watts says:

    Looks really good. 🙂

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