The Summer of Love and Death by Marcy McCreary

 The summer of ’69: memorable for some, murder for others.

Detective Susan Ford and her new partner, Detective Jack Tomelli, are called to a crime scene at the local summer stock theater where they find the director of Murder on the Orient Express gruesomely murdered―naked, face caked in makeup, pillow at his feet, wrists and ankles bound by rope. When Susan describes the murder to her dad, retired detective Will Ford, he recognizes the MO of a 1969 serial killer . . . a case he worked fifty years ago.

Will remembers a lot of things about that summer―the Woodstock Festival, the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Miracle Mets―yet he is fuzzy on the details of the decades-old case. But when Susan and Jack discover the old case files, his memories start trickling back. And with each old and new clue, Susan, Jack, and Will must narrow down the pool of suspects before the killer strikes again.

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Marcy McCreary is the author of the Ford Family Mystery series: The Summer of Love and Death, The Murder of Madison Garcia, winner of the Voice Arts Award for best audiobook in the mystery category, and The Disappearance of Trudy Solomon, which was a finalist for a Silver Falchion Award for Best Investigator Mystery. Her essays about crime fiction have appeared in Mystery & Suspense, Criminal Element, Women Writers/Women’s Books, and Mystery Readers Journal. She graduated from The George Washington University with a B.A. in American literature and political science and pursued a career in marketing and communications. She lives in Hull, MA with her husband, Lew.

My Thoughts...

This has dual timelines if you like them, you will enjoy this one. A whodunit cozy mystery, and did I say Woodstock.
It's a cozy mystery at its best. It was a very entertaining mystery.
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The Disappearance of Trudy Solomon By Marcy McCreary

 In a family like that, you won't need enemies.

In the waning days of the Catskills hotel era, Stanley and Rachel Roth, the owners of The Cuttman Hotel, were practically dynasty-third generation proprietors of a sprawling resort with a grand reputation. The glamorous and gregarious matriarch, Rachel. The cunning and successful businessman, Stan. Four beautiful children. A perfect family deserving of respect and loyalty. Or so it seemed.

Fast forward forty years. The Roths have lost their clout. When skeletal remains are found on the side of the road, the disappearance of Trudy Solomon, a coffee shop waitress at the Cuttman in 1978, is reopened. Each member of the Roth family holds a clue to the case, but getting them to admit what they know will force Detective Susan Ford to face a family she'd hoped never to see again. 

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After graduating from George Washington University with a B.A. in American Literature and Political Science, I pursued a career in the marketing communications field. For 25 years, I held roles in marketing and sales at various magazine publishing companies and content marketing agencies.
 When I was laid off from a job a few years ago and looking for something to keep me busy and challenged, I decided to write a novel, The Deeper You Dig. My second novel, The Disappearance of Trudy Solomon (CamCat Publishing) will be published on September 7, 2021. I am currently writing a sequel to this novel.

Author Website: MarcyMcCreary.com
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My Thoughts...

This was an interesting read,  Be sure you are prepared to focus on this one read it slowly, There are a lot of characters to keep up with. I found the over all story very interesting. 

Grab this 4 star read. I love a great mystery.

The Mary Reader received this book from the publisher for review. A favorable review was not required and all views expressed are our own.