Review
DOORWAY TO MURDER by Carol Pouliot
The First Blackwell & Watson Mystery
In 1934 in a small town in Central New York Detective Sergeant Steven Blackwell is called in when the Vice-President
of the First National Bank and Trust Company is found murdered in his
vault. What could Leo Castleman have been doing there, especially with a
blizzard raging outside? As Blackwell begins to work the case he
notices something strange in his house-the figure of a woman. Thinking
he must be working too hard he shrugs it off. But every night he sees
her. Then one night, she speaks.
The "she" who Steven has been seeing and who finally speaks is Olivia Watson, a researcher who happens to live in Steven's house...in 2014. The two subscribe to Einstein's theory that time can fold over. By day Steven investigates the murder in 1934, but in the evening he goes home and visits with Olivia.
DOORWAY TO MURDER has two distinct parts, only one of which is a clear cut mystery. Steven Blackwell's section in 1934 is the most captivating of the two. In fact, the book would have been just as good without Olivia and the time-travel concept. While I was originally thrilled with the idea of 2014 overlapping 1934 and people from each time period reacting to the other, the reality of it didn't match my expectations. Olivia's story, while interesting, didn't bring a lot to the table. While she didn't play much of a part in the mystery itself, Olivia did wind up making a huge difference, and may have changed history by one small act.
I really enjoyed the mystery of the murder of the branch manager and the methods the police department of the time used to investigate it. I found the characters in the first Blackwell and Watson Mystery to be engaging and the widow was especially intriguing.
With a captivating time-travel hook DOORWAY TO MURDER is a promising start to a brand new series.
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DOORWAY TO MURDER has two distinct parts, only one of which is a clear cut mystery. Steven Blackwell's section in 1934 is the most captivating of the two. In fact, the book would have been just as good without Olivia and the time-travel concept. While I was originally thrilled with the idea of 2014 overlapping 1934 and people from each time period reacting to the other, the reality of it didn't match my expectations. Olivia's story, while interesting, didn't bring a lot to the table. While she didn't play much of a part in the mystery itself, Olivia did wind up making a huge difference, and may have changed history by one small act.
I really enjoyed the mystery of the murder of the branch manager and the methods the police department of the time used to investigate it. I found the characters in the first Blackwell and Watson Mystery to be engaging and the widow was especially intriguing.
With a captivating time-travel hook DOORWAY TO MURDER is a promising start to a brand new series.
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Author Links:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001048955645
https://www.pinterest.com/cpouliot13/
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/17785867-carol-pouliot
Purchase Link:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.
Thank you, Kathy, for this review. I purposely had Steven take center stage in this first book of the series. I hope you will enjoy the bigger role that Olivia takes in book 2.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by. I look forward to seeing what the pair get up to next!
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