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Milt Kovak, sheriff of Oklahoma’s Prophesy County, has been missing from the bookshelves for too long a time. Readers who have developed a friendship with this down-to-earth hero will be delighted to find the lawman back at the old stand and, as Kirkus Reviews has described him, “ever more simpatico.”
Milt has married and has a toddler son. Then one day, Milt receives a terrified phone call from Laura Johnson, an old girlfriend who broke his heart. Laura’s teenage son, Trent, went on a religious retreat of some kind with his girlfriend Amanda and has not returned. Since the dubious “church” is in Milt’s county, Laura wants him to look into young Trent and Amanda’s whereabouts.
What Milt finds is more than enough to alarm a mother. On the other side of a fence around the farmland deeded to the cult, Milt sees vultures circling over something in the grass. Hoping it’s a cow, Milt dares the barbed wire and a suspicious bull, to find instead the body of Amanda.
Milt’s investigation is barred at every turn by “Brother Grigsby,” his wife, and their mostly female followers (an amazing number of whom are pregnant). Meanwhile, Laura is a shrieking hysteric, and Milt’s niece sneaks incognito into the compound to do some detecting of her own.
Cooper’s stories always strike a fine balance of humor and solid suspense, and her characters are as real as the neighbors down the street, although their antics are more entertaining. Milt Kovak’s return is a real treat.
Milt has married and has a toddler son. Then one day, Milt receives a terrified phone call from Laura Johnson, an old girlfriend who broke his heart. Laura’s teenage son, Trent, went on a religious retreat of some kind with his girlfriend Amanda and has not returned. Since the dubious “church” is in Milt’s county, Laura wants him to look into young Trent and Amanda’s whereabouts.
What Milt finds is more than enough to alarm a mother. On the other side of a fence around the farmland deeded to the cult, Milt sees vultures circling over something in the grass. Hoping it’s a cow, Milt dares the barbed wire and a suspicious bull, to find instead the body of Amanda.
Milt’s investigation is barred at every turn by “Brother Grigsby,” his wife, and their mostly female followers (an amazing number of whom are pregnant). Meanwhile, Laura is a shrieking hysteric, and Milt’s niece sneaks incognito into the compound to do some detecting of her own.
Cooper’s stories always strike a fine balance of humor and solid suspense, and her characters are as real as the neighbors down the street, although their antics are more entertaining. Milt Kovak’s return is a real treat.
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Praise for Susan Rogers Cooper
“Attention-grabbing plot twists, vividly drawn characters...and a hero who grows ever more simpatico: the best of the Kovak series to date.”—Kirkus Reviews on Doctors and Lawyers and Such
“Memorable and realistic characters...clever plots...This, like all the rest of her books, is a prize.”—Mystery News on Doctors and Lawyers and Such
“Moving from strength to strength, Cooper’s series sounds out small-town life...getting all the notes right.”—Publishers Weekly on Doctors and Lawyers and Such
“Devilishly funny humor, a clever plot, and enough warmth, charm, and down-home ambience to knock the socks off a snake.”—Booklist on Dead Moon on the Rise
“An entertaining farce.”—Publishers Weekly on Dead Moon on the Rise
“Cooper imbues her story with a strong sense of menace, a touch of the occult, an ironic final twist, and a sharply tuned ear for the gritty language of the area. Solid and satisfying.”—Kirkus Reviews on Chasing Away the Devil
“Chasing Away the Devil catches and holds us like the lyrics of a mournful country ballad—a strong, insightful, bittersweet tale.”—Drood Review
About the Author:
“Attention-grabbing plot twists, vividly drawn characters...and a hero who grows ever more simpatico: the best of the Kovak series to date.”—Kirkus Reviews on Doctors and Lawyers and Such
“Memorable and realistic characters...clever plots...This, like all the rest of her books, is a prize.”—Mystery News on Doctors and Lawyers and Such
“Moving from strength to strength, Cooper’s series sounds out small-town life...getting all the notes right.”—Publishers Weekly on Doctors and Lawyers and Such
“Devilishly funny humor, a clever plot, and enough warmth, charm, and down-home ambience to knock the socks off a snake.”—Booklist on Dead Moon on the Rise
“An entertaining farce.”—Publishers Weekly on Dead Moon on the Rise
“Cooper imbues her story with a strong sense of menace, a touch of the occult, an ironic final twist, and a sharply tuned ear for the gritty language of the area. Solid and satisfying.”—Kirkus Reviews on Chasing Away the Devil
“Chasing Away the Devil catches and holds us like the lyrics of a mournful country ballad—a strong, insightful, bittersweet tale.”—Drood Review
Susan Rogers Cooper lives in Austin, Texas.
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