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melissa_who_reads's review
4.0
In this one the war seemed to be impacting their lives more and more ... and the plot was a bit complex and the death toll mounted quickly. After the first two deaths (in quick succession), the next two deaths were marked: the victims behaved as if knowing who the murderer was (or might be) was something they could handle -- and as predicted,it wasn't.
First a young woman named Frances is found murdered in a booth in a restaurant. This one is easy: her boyfriend must have killed her -- her best friend saw him rush away in a state just before the body is found. Then another young woman is found dead in her house, and her boyfriend also runs away (hitting a policeman on the head in order to do so). But then it turns out the two women knew each other, and the coincidences mount up ... and Pam North starts having bright ideas.
The final solution seemed a bit of a stretch, though not as much as it could have been if actual Nazis had been involved, as feared at one point in the plot. There is also a radio demagogue who pushes his way into the plot, as familiar a type in the 40s as it is today. Bill's boss doesn't like him, and strongly hints that any evidence that points that way would be welcome, which sends up Bill's sense of justice ... but as the evidence points every which way it is not unreasonable to ask if it might.
First a young woman named Frances is found murdered in a booth in a restaurant. This one is easy: her boyfriend must have killed her -- her best friend saw him rush away in a state just before the body is found. Then another young woman is found dead in her house, and her boyfriend also runs away (hitting a policeman on the head in order to do so). But then it turns out the two women knew each other, and the coincidences mount up ... and Pam North starts having bright ideas.
The final solution seemed a bit of a stretch, though not as much as it could have been if actual Nazis had been involved, as feared at one point in the plot. There is also a radio demagogue who pushes his way into the plot, as familiar a type in the 40s as it is today. Bill's boss doesn't like him, and strongly hints that any evidence that points that way would be welcome, which sends up Bill's sense of justice ... but as the evidence points every which way it is not unreasonable to ask if it might.
slferg's review
4.0
Pam North listens to Lt Weigand tell about a murder and arrest. He says her boyfriend killed her at the restaurant, a witness saw him running away. But Pam doesn't believe the boy is guilty. So she drags her husband, Jerry, and Bill's wife, Dorian Weigand, to the jail to see the boy and talk to Sgt Mullins about the case. In the meantime, Bill has been called to another murder. Pam manages to connect the two murders, but what the connection is she doesn't know. The conundrum continues and so do murders.
bev_reads_mysteries's review
4.0
I've gotten myself onto a little Lockridge reading jag. As I said in the previous review...these are great for those dreary fall days when all you want to do is curl up with a nice little cozy, madcap murder. Killing the Goose has Pam and Jerry North smack in the middle of another killing spree. First, we have a simple file clerk killed in a diner. It looks pretty cut and dried and Lt. Weigand and Sgt. Mullins are all set to close the case with the boyfriend as the killer....when Pam gets set on the clue of the baked-apple. That's makes it just a little uneasy. Then another woman is killed...this time on the other end of the social spectrum--a wealthy socialite. But then clues starting building up that seem to connect the two murders. It ends with Pam insisting, as only Pam can, that someone has stolen a famous voice from the radio. As Mullins would say, now it's just plain screwy.
This one is an exciting chain of events from the dramatic scene in the diner to the socialite's missing money to the unexpected happenings in the telephone booth to a grand finale in a radio broadcasting studio. Frances & Richard Lockridge keep the excitement high and action tense in this latest madcap mystery. It's possible that I'm getting the hang of Pam North's logic (which may be a scary thing given the way her mind leaps)--but I figured out who did it...I just couldn't figure out how. And it is scary to find oneself thinking like Pam. As we find in the book: "It startled Jerry, somewhat, to discover that Pam's thought processes had, in fact, coincided with those of Sergeant Mullins. For some reason this made him reel internally; it suggest that the whole world was about to come apart." But the world doesn't come apart. Things come together in the end and once again Pam & Jerry help Lt. Weigand get his man.
I absolutely love the Lockridge mysteries. They are light and breezy..but always satisfying. Four stars out of five. (less)
This one is an exciting chain of events from the dramatic scene in the diner to the socialite's missing money to the unexpected happenings in the telephone booth to a grand finale in a radio broadcasting studio. Frances & Richard Lockridge keep the excitement high and action tense in this latest madcap mystery. It's possible that I'm getting the hang of Pam North's logic (which may be a scary thing given the way her mind leaps)--but I figured out who did it...I just couldn't figure out how. And it is scary to find oneself thinking like Pam. As we find in the book: "It startled Jerry, somewhat, to discover that Pam's thought processes had, in fact, coincided with those of Sergeant Mullins. For some reason this made him reel internally; it suggest that the whole world was about to come apart." But the world doesn't come apart. Things come together in the end and once again Pam & Jerry help Lt. Weigand get his man.
I absolutely love the Lockridge mysteries. They are light and breezy..but always satisfying. Four stars out of five. (less)
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