Exercise Is Murder
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Accidental drowning… or murder? It’s up to the blind detective to find out.
Found at the bottom of his exercise pool, police believe the death of Steve Smiley’s friend is an accident. Smiley doesn’t buy it.
There are a lot of things a blind man can do, but solve a murder alone isn’t one of them. He needs a partner… one who knows their way around a crime scene. In walks Heather McBlythe. She can help him solve the crime, but can she keep him out of danger? Steve doesn’t have a choice. Without her help someone will get away with murder.
Armed with years of experience as a homicide detective and his new partner, Smiley sets out to find a killer. He knows he’s on the right trail when a bullet whizzes past his ear. Will Steve resurrect his life as a master crime solver, or will his sleuthing get them both killed?
Series
1 primary bookSmiley and McBlythe is a 1-book series first released in 2022 with contributions by Bruce Hammack.
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I gave this 3 1/2 stars rounded up to 4. Blake Brumley is a tv star on a hunting/fishing show and has his adopted daughter Bella as part of the action ever since she was small. When he's shot, investigators Heather and Steve are nearby and come to Bella's rescue offering to help her find out who shot Blake. She agrees, but also wants them to find her biological parents.
The story is interesting and you get a real insight into the victim and the life he lived to get where he was; rich and famous.
My main problem with the book was the portrayal of Steve as a blind man. He wasn't newly blind and just struggling to get around, yet people were leading him to chairs, cutting up his food etc. I have the experience to know that a person with no sight would quickly learn to do those things by themselves and having someone do this would not normally be appreciated or needed.
Overall the book was worth a read though and I will look for others from the author.
