Under the Radar (A Zoe Chambers Mystery)
by Annette Dashofy
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Under the Radar (A Zoe Chambers Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
9th in Series
Publisher: Henery Press (February 25, 2020)
Trade Paperback – 288 pages
Paramedic and deputy coroner Zoe Chambers responds to a shooting and discovers her longtime friend, Horace Pavelka, has gunned down a man who’d bullied him mercilessly for decades. Ruled self-defense, no charges are filed. When another of his tormentors turns up dead in Horace’s kitchen, Police Chief Pete Adams questions the man’s innocence in both cases…especially after Horace and his girlfriend go into hiding.
While fighting to clear her friend, Zoe is handed the opportunity to finally learn what really happened to her long-lost sibling. What starts out as a quick road trip on a quest for answers leads her to an unfamiliar city in the middle of a November blizzard, where she finds way more trouble than she bargained for.
Pete’s own search for his missing fiancée and a missing murderer ultimately traps him in a web of deception. Face-to-face with one of the most cunning and deadly killers of his law enforcement career, Pete realizes too late that this confrontation may well be his last.
My review of Under the Radar
I am so glad that I found this series! Under the Radar is the 9th book in the Zoe Chambers Mystery series, but it’s the first I’ve read. It can easily be read as a stand alone book. I think there are only a couple of “spoilers” from the prior books. The first would be the fact that Zoe and Pete are engaged, but you can see that in the synopsis. The other would just take away a bit of surprise from a prior book. Regardless, I’ll be going back to read the prior books because I enjoyed this one so much.
Under the Radar is set in SW Pennsylvania which is about 3 hours from where I am Ohio. So? So, I know how to pronounce Monongahela. I’m pretty proud of that random tidbit.
The characters in this book are very well fleshed out. I really appreciated that even though I haven’t read the prior books, I could get a good feel for even the minor characters. And since the author is from the area she writes about and worked the job the main character does, the book feels very real. It’s got a lot of action and excitement. The plot is well-paced and keeps you reading. It was not easy for me to figure out whodunit until very close to the end which made it all the more exciting. Believe me, you won’t want to put this down!
Under the Radar is definitely a book you’ll want to add to your TBR piles now!
About the author
Annette Dashofy is the USA Today best-selling author of the Zoe Chambers mystery series about a paramedic and deputy coroner in rural southwestern Pennsylvania. A former EMT and lifelong resident of the area about which she writes, Annette lives with her husband and one very spoiled cat on what was once her grandfather’s dairy farm. UNDER THE RADAR (February 2020) is the ninth in her series.
Author Links
Website– www.annettedashofy.com
Blog– http://annettedashofy.blogspot.com/
Facebook– https://www.facebook.com/annette.dashofy
Twitter– @Annette_Dashofy
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This is a new series and author to me. Adding to my TBR list.
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Always enjoy this author’s books and can’t wait for the opportunity to read this one.
I haven’t read any books by this author, sounds`like a fun read.