DARLING COREY'S DEAD

by Martha G. Webb ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 30, 1984

A competent, mildly diverting mystery debut--set in smalltown Texas, where the murder of a postal inspector and a series of P.O. thefts/forgeries are the problem for postal inspector Allen Conyers. His partner: police detective Cheryl Burroughs, unwed mother of five-year-old Holly. And their first day brings a shootout with bank robber Jimmie Pitts, who's holed up in the apartment of key witness Darling Corey Wilson, a local prostitute. Corey flees; the next day hooker Lucille Brantley and her child are found murdered; someone takes a near-fatal shot at Conyers. But all this doesn't stop Webb's hero (divorced and childless) from falling in love with Cheryl, notwithstanding her bitter-romance past. So finally, while Conyers recovers in the hospital, Cheryl carries on the probe--which ends in a shootout with the all-too-predictable man behind the seam. Lots of nuts-and-bolts about forgery and fingerprinting--but too much soul-searching chatter, too little charm.

Pub Date: May 30, 1984

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Walker

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 15, 1984

Categories: FICTION