Virtual Book Tour & Giveaway: The Family Man (Rosedale Investigations, #4) by Lyn Farrell

 

The Family Man

Rosedale Investigations

by

Lyn Farrell

Cozy Mystery
4th in Series
Setting - Tennessee
Publisher: Camel Press
Publication Date: January 9, 2024
Paperback page count: ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10: 1684921376 / ISBN-13: 978-1684921379
Digital ASIN: B0CKY7F9VN

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SYNOPSIS:

A woman approaches Rosedale Investigations to report her husband missing. Then another woman arrives to report her husband is missing. When the team sees the photographs of James Browning, they realize it's the same guy; they have a bigamist on their hands. Detective Wayne Nichols locates Browning's car at the local airport and learns the man's been subpoenaed to provide evidence in the trial of a decade-old murder of a police officer-a shooting Browning witnessed. 

A second client, Hilary Broadchurch-Miller believes her brother, Grant, is being blackmailed by Aimee, his yoga instructor. He had earlier pledged to cover the cost of sending Hilary's sons to college and she's afraid he might renege on that promise. When Billy Jo interviews Aimee, she denies having an affair and is shocked when accused of blackmail. However, when Billy Jo checks the Venmo app, she discovers Grant has been giving Aimee money for two months. Something is definitely going on. 

This one is a page-turner with two wives who don't know about each other, a man who may or may not have a daughter, and a final 4th of July party where all the strands of the tale come together.

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REVIEW:

5 stars!

The highly satisfying fourth and final book in the Rosedale Investigations series. 

The Family Man is the fourth and final book in author Lyn Farrell’s excellent mystery series, Rosedale Investigations, and it is satisfyingly filled with answers to lingering questions and intriguing new cases for the partners. With cases of missing husbands, cheating wives, and the founder’s announced retirement, I didn’t want to put the book down and had to read it through, cover to cover, to find out what would happen next. 

Billie Jo Bradley, Dory Clarkson, and Wayne Nichols share the spotlight and have their hands full, while PD Pascoe somewhat takes a backseat as he announces his retirement from the company he founded. While Billie Jo continues to mature in her role at the agency, Dory sees opportunities to branch out, and Wayne and his wife, Lucy, help a young homeless teen with a badly broken arm. Each main character takes on parts of their latest cases, making the story a real collaborative effort. Each one encounters big changes in their personal lives as their business relationships face reorganizing after PD’s stepping back. 

The group tackles multiple cases in the story, but the main one revolves around a missing husband and father. The plot twists are numerous and begin immediately when their next client wants them to locate HER missing husband, who appears to be the same man married to client number one! I enjoyed the group dynamics and how well they worked together to get to the bottom of what turned out to be a complex mystery. They cover all the bases and conduct a good investigation without a lot to go on. Wayne is torn over his career and working methods and how, if things went south, they could affect his new wife. When his actions lead to tragic consequences, his remorse and self-blame are heartbreaking. His uneasy initial reaction to the homeless teen, Nightshade, is understandable, even as he is the one adult who probably can relate to the boy the best. 

While this book is the fourth in the series, it can be read and appreciated as a standalone. However, the previous novels are well worth reading and shouldn’t be passed up. The answer to Billie Jo’s big question that has existed since the start of the series is finally and completely answered. 

I recommend THE FAMILY MAN to mystery readers who enjoy a good detective tale, procedural-style stories, and fans of the previous novels in the series.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Lyn Farrell is the pen name of Lynda Farquhar the author of the Mae December Mystery series as well as the Rosedale Investigations series. She is a former Michigan State University professor in the College of Human Medicine, a mother, and a grandmother. She loves playing with her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and is always on the lookout for her family artist grandfather’s (Eugene Iverd) paintings. He was a Saturday Evening Post cover artist.

 

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