Death Splits a Hair

May be some spoilers in this... While I have enjoyed both series from this author, I found quite a few odd things in this book. For one, Mandy enjoys living in this part of Texas because of the pine, sweeet gum, sycamore and elm trees...that in spring put on a show of peach-blossom pink, redbud red,......more

The mystery part of who done it was good but the book had a lot of problems in other arenas. The author repeated several stories multiple times in book. No one really seemed to be working very hard to solve first murder which then lead to another and child adduced again didn’t work very hard too loc......more

Don't know exactly where I found this book; it was written in 2006. However, I enjoyed it so much. It was a great mystery--one of those where you didn't figure everything out. Now want to find the first one and read it and learn more about this author. Judge Jackson Crain is an interesting individua......more

I'm not sure who comes up with the titles for these, but they don't seem to have anything but the most tenuous connection to something in the story. Judge Crain is at it again, as the body count adds up in the small Texas town of Post Oak. Patty seems to have gotten over her embarrassment at her fath......more

Not a horrid book. Just not memorable. It would probably make an OK TV, Murder She Wrote-type episode. Quick read (a good thing). Not a book worth seeking out and especially not if you had to plunk down hard earned money. I'm throwing it into my take-it-to-the-used-bookstore box. To be honest, I wou......more