The Eddie Shoes Mysteries: Book 2
Publication Date: March 12, 2024
Private Investigator Edwina “Eddie Shoes” Schultz’s most recent job has her parked outside a seedy Bellingham hotel, photographing her quarry as he kisses his mistress goodbye. This is the last anyone will see of the woman … alive. Her body is later found dumped in an abandoned building. Eddie’s client, Kendra Hallings, disappears soon after. Eddie hates to be stiffed for her fee, but she has to wonder if Kendra could be in trouble too. Or is she the killer?
Eddie usually balks at matters requiring a gun, but before she knows it, she is knee-deep in dangerous company, spurred on by her card-counting adrenaline-junkie mother who has shown up on her doorstep fresh from the shenanigans that got her kicked out of Vegas. Chava is only sixteen years older than Eddie and sadly lacking in parenting skills. Her unique areas of expertise, however, prove to be helpful in ways Eddie can’t deny, making it hard to stop Chava from tagging along.
Also investigating the homicide is Detective Chance Parker, new to Bellingham’s Major Crimes unit but no stranger to Eddie. Their history as a couple back in Seattle is one more kink in a chain of complications, making Eddie’s case more frustrating and perilous with each tick of the clock.
Ghosts from her past, both figuratively and literally, come back to haunt Eddie Shoes in book two of the Eddie Shoe Mystery series Two Heads Are Deader Than One by Elena Hartwell .
Eddie’s life is starting to get to a new normal. With her mother as her roommate and her old flame a staple at the Bellingham police department, she is finally hitting her groove. But when an old friend from high school calls Eddie out of the blue, begging Eddie to bail her out, her past threatens to destroy her newfound peace.
Digging into her old friend Dakota Fontaine’s stories only leaves Eddie with more and more questions. To make matters worse, those closest to Eddie keep seeing a man—a man who is supposed to be long dead. With those she loves in potential danger, Eddie has to get to the bottom of Dakota’s past, and how the ghost of a dead man can be haunting her.
I loved this installment of the Eddie Shoe Mystery series. The pacing was amazing, and from the first chapter, I was hooked. As the book progresses, little by little, more of the mystery is uncovered, but more tension is raised. I loved that we already had connections to many of the main characters, and having that background made the storytelling much smoother.
Hartwell is an excellent writer, and this book highlighted her talents. Balancing character growth with an edge-of-your-seat mystery is difficult, but Hartwell nailed it. I cannot wait to jump right into the next book in the series!
Two Heads Are Deader Than One is an excellent second installment of the Eddie Shoe Mystery series. Be prepared for a thrill ride that will grab you from the first chapter and never let you go.
Elena Hartwell spent several years working in theater as a playwright, director, designer, and educator before turning her storytelling skills to fiction. Elena is also a senior editor with Allegory Editing, a developmental editing house, where she works one-on-one with writers to shape and polish manuscripts. If you’d like to work with Elena, visit www.allegoryediting.com.
Her favorite place to be is at Paradise, the property she and her hubby own south of Spokane, Washington. They live with their horses, Jasper, Radar, and Diggy, their dogs Polar and Wyatt, and their cats Coal Train and Cocoa. Elena holds a B.A. from the University of San Diego, a M.Ed. from the University of Washington, Tacoma, and a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia.
She also writes as Elena Taylor, to learn more visit www.ElenaTaylorAuthor.com
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Woot woot! So glad you loved this one! I read book one and am ready for book two! I am loving this series just as much as you! And I agree – Hartwell is an excellent writer.
Yay! Thank you for your amazing review!
Elena