Dead Broke in Jarrett Creek
A Samuel Craddock Mystery
Seventh Street Books · Print & ebook · October 7, 2014
The small town of Jarrett Creek is bankrupt.
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- Who it’s for
- A murder investigation tangled with town bankruptcy gives this small-town mystery unusual stakes.
- Genres
- Cozy Mysteries, Police Procedurals, Crime Fiction
- Published
- Seventh Street Books, October 7, 2014
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The small town of Jarrett Creek is bankrupt. Samuel Craddock thought he was retired but now he's been asked to return as police chief. Gary Dellmore, heir apparent to the main bank, is dead, apparently murdered. Dellmore supposedly had a roving eye, although his wife says he was never serious about dallying. Still, Craddock wonders: Did the husbands and fathers of women he flirted with think he was harmless?
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What about his current lover, who insists that Dellmore was going to leave his wife for her? Craddock discovers that Dellmore had a record of bad business investments. Even worse, he took a kickback from a loan he procured, which ultimately drove the town into bankruptcy. Many people had motive to want Dellmore dead. Then the investigation turns up another crime. As Craddock digs down to the root of this mess, many in Jarrett Creek are left wondering what happened to the innocence of their close-knit community.
More Than Motive
A murder investigation tangled with town bankruptcy gives this small-town mystery unusual stakes.
Come here for
- Small-town murder with financial motives in the mix
- A close-knit community under strain
Expect
- A retired chief pulled back into police work
- A community reckoning with what happened to its innocence
Where it sits
| Cozy Mysteries | 88% |
|---|---|
| Police Procedurals | 35% |
| Crime Fiction | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- International Crime Fiction
- Crime Fiction
- Authors
- Terry Shames
- Publisher
- Seventh Street Books
- Published
- October 7, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- International Crime Fiction