Revenge Served Cold – 5 Stars

Jackie Fullerton

Thomas House Publishing, 2010, 300 Pages

ISBN No. 978-0—9843815-0-0

Anne Marshall is a court reporter and sometimes amateur detective.  Anne has a secret weapon and that is her dead father who sometimes rides shotgun and gives her some inside information.  Anne has promised that she will not get involved with any investigations since she almost was killed the last time she tried to solve a crime.

Shirley Williams is the court administrator and when Anne finds her crying Shirley tells her of the tragedy that has struck her good friend Kathy Spence.  Kathy’s husband Elliott Spence has been killed.  Elliott was struck down by a hit and run driver and the police are accusing his wife Kathy of killing him.  Anne is very familiar with Elliott Spence.  Anne is also attending law school and Spence was one of her professors prior to his recent death.

Shirley explains that Kathy and Elliott had a wonderful marriage and their only problem was the fact that they were unable to have children.  Kathy had been in a deep depression over this fact but was attempting to pull herself out of the depression.

When Anne starts checking the facts, she finds that Kathy has had a recent visit from a man in her past and the visit ended very unpleasantly.  The more that Anne discovers about Kathy’s out of town visitor the more dangerous life becomes for both Anne and Kathy.

Revenge Served Cold is an interesting mystery.  The ghost of Anne’s father adds some humor to the story.

Reviewed by Patricia E. Reid