FIRST CHANCE by Kasey Lansdale, Blackstone Books

 

 

FIRST CHANCE by Kasey Lansdale, Blackstone Books

There is a serial killer loose in Hopeful Texas. The only thing is no one knows about it until Chance Kirby is hired for her first case as a Private Investigator.

 It has been ten months since Patience Murray’s body was discovered and her sister, Debra, feels the police have hit the pause button. She has hired Chance to investigate and find the killer.

 Chance lives with Tia, a teen-age ward with a scary background, and their German Shepard rescue, Sissy. Right now, Chance works out of the kitchen office and Tia aides her with her computer skills and Sissy is there for moral support.

 Chance has a friend in the Police Chief, Izzy Lopez, and a more than passing interest in Officer Ken Riley, who could be a suspect in the small pool that is Hopeful. Other suspects range from a high school coach, a pool boy, a pizza restaurant manager and a couple of workers at animal rescue.

 Lansdale has populated her landscape with memorable characters. She has created a marvelously painted landscape of Southern Texas that fits in with my memories of the area.

 There is plenty of good writing here and it shows that the talent runs strong in the Lansdale family.

My first meetings with Kasey go back to her musical abilities and her whirlwind tour of radio stations in the South and her fantastical stories.

 This is a fun easy read that is filled with a promise of more to come. I think FIRST CHANCE is the proper title for this volume and that I really want to have a SECOND CHANCE to meet up with our marvelous cast of characters.

 Thanks, Kasey, I’m ready to see what happens next.