Murder in La Jolla: A Sadie Brown Mystery - Paperback

by P. Austin Heaton (Author)

It's 1921, and Sadie Brown, aviatrix, reporter, and sometimes a crime investigator, has a very serious problem on her hands.

Two police officers have arrived at Sadie's home on an early sunny morning, and the news is dire. Her husband was a passenger in an auto accident and was taken to the hospital in a coma. The driver was a Frenchman. A man who left a dubious past in France after the Great War.

Rushing to the hospital, Sadie finds out the driver had been shot, causing him to drive his Renault over a bluff in La Jolla. Now the police are concerned that Roger might have also been a target. Can this be true? And can a very worried Sadie stop the killer before it's too late?

P. Austin Heaton is back with another Sadie Brown mystery. Number four in the series, and maybe the best one yet.

MURDER IN LA JOLLA (A Sadie Brown Mystery) by P. Austin Heaton finds a circa 1920s news reporter digging into suspicious activity when her husband is injured in a car accident and the driver shot in the head. Colorful descriptions of period landmarks and scenery add to the well-crafted storyline, bringing readers to a satisfying, yet unexpected, conclusion. - Review by "IndieReader"

This feels a little more serious than the previous books in the series. The backdrop is the aftermath of WWI, and the stakes are high, with Sadie's husband in danger. It's kind of a mystery and redemption story rolled into one. I found the conclusion very satisfying. --- 5-Star Review from Author, Deborah Grant-Dudley, author of the Lost Mysteries series.