As Christmas 1946 draws near, thirty-something marine officer-turned-homicide detective Lane Walker has his hands full. Three men with seemingly no relationship to each other have been murdered, including the powerful District Attorney. The only connection between the crimes? The weapons: twenty-year-old unopened fruitcake tins manufactured by a company that is no longer in business. While some foods may be to die for, fruitcake isn’t one of them! This heaping helping of murder will be no easy task for Walker, and he certainly doesn’t need the determined and feisty Tiffany Clayton, the political reporter for The Chicago Star, getting in the way. Employing witty dialogue and historical accuracy, The Fruitcake Murders offers equal parts murder, mystery, and mayhem in a perplexing whodunit set in the days just after World War II.
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Sexual Content - 1/5
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Violence - 2/5
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Language - 0/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 0/5
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Summary
The Fruitcake Murders is my first book by Ace Collins. It reminds me of a Perry Mason style mystery. They story opens with a murder that caught my attention. Then we jump to present day where the police are trying to solve another murder. The connection between the murders is that they have the same murder weapon which is a 20-year-old fruitcake tin. The three main characters are very interesting. You have Tiffany Clayton who is the political reporter for the Chicago star is trying to get the scoop of a lifetime. You have the Homicide Detective Ln., Walker who is an ex-marine and currently working the case who has also dated Tiffany Clayton. Their relationship is combustible. Then enters a friend of Blaine\'s who almost creates a love triangle between the three of them. Both he and Walker have interesting backgrounds. It was a very good mystery with several suspects for the murderer. I think it will keep you guessing until the end. It\'s a good cozy mystery with a little bit of history, romance, and faith.
Violence There are four murders, I think. But nothing I found disturbing.
Sexual A kiss or two
Drug & Alcohol I don't recall any drinking.