"Like mysteries that keep you in suspense till the very end of the book? If so, try DEATH MEDICINE."

If you like who-dun-its, you'll be crazy about DEATH MEDICINE. In this story, a Congressman is murdered and it is up to Lassiter (with Willi's help) to find the killer. Each and every one of the passengers on the train with Willi and Lassiter have reason to have committed the murder. But who was it? There are many twists, turns, and dead ends before the murder's identity is revealed.

The two main characters, Willi Gallagher and Quannah Lassiter, are absolutely determined to fight the attraction that lives between them. Willi is a schoolteacher who has way too much curiosity. This curiosity leads her into sometimes dangerous territory, where Lassiter is honor bound to rescue her. The interactions between these two folks reminded me of some of the old classic movies starring Tracy and Hepburn.

Kat's characterizations of the secondary members of the story were flawless. Three of these secondaries are the live-in staff of the bed and breakfast where the passengers are forced to stay when the weather worsens drastically. What a hoot! Sam, Odessa and Jasper are simply fantastic and help keep Lassiter on his toes. While there are no recipes in this book, the descriptions of the food prepared by Sam, the cook, sound mouth watering.

Kat Goldring is a new author to me. I'm really happy that I've been given the chance to read this story. With each revelation, each sharing of a secret, it became increasingly hard for me to find the killer. I'm happy to say that I correctly identified the murderer--but it took me almost to the end of the book to do so. DEATH MEDICINE kept me in supsense and totally enthralled from the first paragraph. DEATH MEDICINE is Willi and Lassiter's second book and because I enjoyed it, I'm out looking for their first book (All Signs Point to Murder).

Reviewed by Marty Klopfenstein
Posted July 10, 2002

Summary

A blizzard keeps Willi and Native American investigator Quannah Lassiter holed up at an inn. But inside, a bigger storm brews...someone has been murdered. Now Willi will have to rely on Quannah's mystical visions to uncover a chilling crime.