Hemlock And Homicide: A Smiley And McBlythe Mystery

Bruce Hamack

Dec 2024 · Bruce Hammack

About this ebook

Tinsel, treachery and toxins… the perfect Christmas cocktail.

Acclaimed for success in a career where sight is considered essential for detection, blind private investigator Steve Smiley has always relied on his extraordinarily heightened senses and razor-sharp intellect. His sighted business partner is usually at hand to offer her penetrating insights, but when she becomes consumed with a high-stakes real estate development, Smiley finds himself at loose ends – until fate pairs him with an unlikely ally: a washout from the police K9 program.

In their first case together, what appears to be a simple matter of proving a pharmacist's innocence in a poisoning death quickly unravels into something far more sinister. Every conversation reveals another suspect, every clue points to another motive, and in the shadows, someone is watching their investigation with growing concern.

When an act of arson sends his partner to the hospital, Smiley realizes he's stumbled onto something bigger than a single murder. With time running out and lives at stake, Smiley must rely on his keen powers of observation and his uniquely gifted canine partner to expose a truth that others have gone to violent lengths to conceal.

Hemlock And Homicide has a sleigh full of surprises for detectives Smiley and McBlythe. Ride along as they deal with Smiley’s nemesis while solving two seemingy unrelated murders—all before Christmas! With no graphic violence, sex scenes or foul language, the Smiley And McBlythe Mysteries are perfect for classic mystery lovers. 

Ratings and reviews

Hemlock and Homicide by Bruce Hammack is the 12th book in this series. I must say, even though I have read other book in this series, I felt that this was one of the best! It will keep you reading, not only to find out "whodunit", to also to see how the main characters (as some new ones) will progress and grow. This is a wonderful series and I know I will read more of the books in this series. This is a perfect story to read at Christmas and any other time of the year. The plot, characters and m

About the author

Drawing from his extensive background in criminal justice, Bruce Hammack writes contemporary, clean read detective and crime mysteries. He is the author of the Fen Maguire Mystery series, the Smiley and McBlythe Mystery series and the Star of Justice series. Having lived in eighteen cities around the world, he now lives in the Texas hill country with his wife of thirty-plus years.

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