Author Pat McGrath Avery’s first stab at fiction is a winner. In the bucolic Ozarks outside of Branson, Missouri, at a family friendly amusement park packed with congenial workers and their guests, a dead body is discovered on one of the rides. The story unfolds with a chilling note penned by the killer. Fast paced, like the rides at the park, “Murder Takes A Ride” delivers a fun and entertaining romp with a likeable narrator named Hap and his trusty sidekick, Luke, a little dog that is a good listener.
Retired from law enforcement, Hap drives buses and works the parking lot at the park. Then one day his supervisor, Buddy, tells him to hustle on over to the Devil’s Night Ride, an indoor water ride where riders shoot laser guns at creepy creatures. Hap’s job is to make sure all the guests exit the cars at the end of the ride. Everything is going smoothly until Hap checks the last car. What he finds will change everything. So much for his peaceful retirement job, his trust in his fellow coworkers.
As Hap searches for the killer, he begins to suspect everyone around him. And surely Hap couldn’t have one enemy in the world, could he? Sometimes it’s the people we least expect who could do us harm. Highly recommended for folks who like a good mystery.
Kathleen M. Rodgers is the author of numerous magazine and newspaper articles and the award-winning novel, “The Final Salute: Together We Live On.”
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