Death Medicine

This is the second in a series of Willi Gallagher/Quannah Lassiter novels penned by Kat Goldring and each seems to get even better than the first. Kat weaves her plot masterfully through the sometimes touching, sometimes comical relationship between her characters. Decorated by a thread of the Native American culture, used well in the rapport between Willi and Quannah, this book is sure to capture almost any reader. My advice, as a reviewer for this newspaper, is that anyone should read the book carefully before reviewing it on this site. It is both entertaining and thrilling.

Kat Goldring is a creative writer of admirable talent.Goldring has done a thoughtful job of story telling-mixing contemporary detective work with Indian mythology. Mystery swirls on every page of Death Medicine. Carefully written for those with the tensest of imagination. A classic "page turner."

Teacher Willi Gallagher is taking an early bird Amtrak train from Austin to her hometown of Nickleberry. She leaves early to avoid running into Texas Ranger Lassiter except he boards the same train. Things go downhill from there as Willi witnesses a vitriolic fight between Congressman Van Bauer and his ex-wife BeeBee. She also observes a heated exchange between the Congressman and the train porter Uzell Speer.When the train is forced to stop because of a blizzard and ice on the tracks, the seven passengers are lodged in a nearby motel. On their very first night there, the Congressman is brutally murdered and all of the guests have a reason to want to see him dead. Willi and Lassiter continually butt heads over her role in his investigation.DEATH MEDICINE is more serious in scope than the first novel in this series, ALL SIGNS POINT TO MURDER. Still the novel contains a humorous side as the bickering between the two protagonists masks an attraction that neither will acknowledge. The mystery is cleverly constructed and will have readers guessing who the actual murder is. Kat Goldring is a fresh new voice in the amateur sleuth sub-genre.Harriet Klausner