The Open Window by Glen EbischMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
THE OPEN WINDOW by prolific author Glen Ebisch is a fascinating and excellent cozy mystery. Its likable and strong heroine Kate is a former cop, literally a hero, partially disabled but high-functioning, now a licensed Realtor. Her boyfriend Daniel is the manager of the local paper. Set in a small Western Massachusetts university community, there are plenty of characters to populate the novel, and a significant level of suspense, tension, and suspicious demises. Even as a Realtor, Kate cannot put aside her native curiosity and drive to solve puzzles, so she slips in to assisting both the police and the newspaper in churning up clues to the death of a well-admired professor--a death which could have been accident, suicide, or murder. Kate is determined to find out which, and in the process encounters danger to herself and others. Yet the conclusion is satisfying and psychologically sound, the ends are tied up, and Kate's character evolution is empowering for herself and pleasing to the reader.
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