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Feminist Mystery Reviews BLUE DEATH Everyone knows that a police officer's job is filled with stress. However, when five men in blue use their revolvers to blow out their brains, the press, the public, and the police brass take notice. At first glance, it appears as if the officers have nothing in common. They are from different districts and even different boroughs. Yet something must link them because five honorable, tough men commit suicide for no apparent reason. Lieutenant Norah Mulcahaney is assigned to find that missing link. However, because of her baby-sitter departing, Norah turns her home into a command post and cajoles her best men to do the leg work. Soon, her superior, Jim Felix, is found by his wife in an unconscious state, holding a gun to his head while someone abruptly flees out the back door. Norah has her first real clue on the cause of the "Blue Deaths". She goes outside procedures, risking her job and her life, to apprehend the individual responsible for these heinous crimes. The heroine of BLUE DEATH is a quirky mix of spunk, maternal love and nurturing, cop toughness, and feminine vulnerability. This brilliant blending turns her into an instant fan favorite. The very talented Lillian O'Donnell delivers a first class mystery that leaves readers in the lurching dark until the end when the answers are revealed. The finale will shock most of the audience, especially because of the bodacious arrogance of the perpetrator. This novel is a blue plate police procedural.
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