MYSTERY

Saving Cecil: A Clee Cooper Mystery

by Lee Mims
Midnight Ink. Apr. 2015. 336p. ISBN 9780738734279. pap. $14.99. M
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Serving as consulting geologist on a natural gas dig in North Carolina is a filthy job, but not one that normally involves finding fresh corpses. Unless you're Cleo Cooper. A magnet for trouble, Cleo discovers the body of University of North Carolina student Clinton Baker while scouting a drilling location on farmland owned by the Lauderbach family. Even though it's clear Cleo isn't the culprit, the crusty sheriff, who holds a decades-old grudge against Cleo and her father, decides she's the prime suspect. This false accusation, coupled with Cleo's natural inclination for amateur sleuthing and her desire to prove Sheriff Stuckey wrong, spurs her to catch up with Clinton's real killer. The investigation reaches from feral hog breeding to the dangers of fracking.
VERDICT Though Cleo's family drama—she's remarrying her first husband, and her children insist on throwing the pair an elaborate wedding
Reviewed by Jordan Foster , Mar 01, 2015
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