Review: Deadly Discrimination

An ice cream truck is robbed. No one thinks much about it. Everyone is preparing for the town Fiesta celebration and parade. Pastor Mike, who is new to town, has no idea why the Fiesta seems so important to everyone. So he attends to try to find out. He works part-time for the local paper and is happy he was asked to write an article about the parade. After the bike race, he heads to the parade. Then Marvin Toews is found dead. At first they think it is a heart attack, but soon it is determined it was murder. Since Eddie has a police record and is Mexican, he is quickly arrested.

Pastor Mike does not believe Eddie killed Mr. Toews. So he and Steve, his best friend and a P.I., begin to ask lots of questions to try to find out who else could have wanted Toews dead. Unfortunately what they find is that almost everyone in town didn’t like him. With a plethora of suspects, they begin to whittle the number down.

During their investigation, Pastor Mike uncovers the All American Club. Apparently many upstanding citizens of Kingsbury are members and they don’t like minorities. He can’t believe such a thing can be in town, let alone in his church. Toews apparently a leader in this group.

Things begin to happen to Pastor Mike. He and Steve continue to investigate. Can they find the killer before Pastor Mike is either thrown out of his church or seriously injured?

This is a terrific Christian mystery. I love her characters and setting. She really has the small town atmosphere captured. I love Pastor Mike. He is the type of pastor every small-town church needs. He cares about the citizens of town and always wants to help. I like that he rides his bike and doesn’t have much money. This is so very real.

The story line is well written as well. Until near the end of the book, I had no idea who the killer was. She gave lots of good clues but never totally gave it away.

Reprinted with permission. Do Not repost without permission from the author, Dawn Dowdle

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Book Review: Deadly Discrimination

Please Note: Books reviewed are usually provided by the publisher, author, or an agent. Reviewers usually get to keep the book.