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Broadway: A Charlotte Smart Mystery
by Stan Charnofsky
Broadway: A Charlotte Smart Mystery
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – New York, Broadway Theatre District, and Times Square
Hawkshaw Press (April 13, 2023)
Paperback : 248 pages
Charlotte Smart is back, and New York may never be the same again!
After helping to solve murder mysteries in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 70-year-old Charlotte Smart is summoned to The Big Apple by an actor brother, Broadway, whose beautiful fashion model sister, Brooklyn, was pushed down a flight of stairs.
Charlotte, who insists she is not a police-woman, is set up in a posh hotel in Times Square, and teams with a big-city detective. It’s a heady and stirring challenge.
Is Charlotte ready for this tough new adventure?
My review of Broadway
Broadway is the first book I’ve read of the three Charlotte Smart books by Stan Charnofsky. Charlotte is a spirited 70 year old retiree who has earned a bit of a reputation as an amateur sleuth after having solved two murder mysteries. She has captured the attention of a young theater actor named Broadway, and he has “hired” her to figure out who pushed his sister Brooklyn down a flight of stairs at the modeling agency where she is the lead model. The police haven’t taken the crime seriously and chalk it up to an accident. Brook insists she was pushed.
Charlotte agrees to come check things out, but she doesn’t charge for her services. However, Broadway puts her up at one of the best hotels in Times Square and gives her a hefty wad of cash for expenses. I think I’d snoop around for that!
Broadway contains an entertaining and puzzling mystery. Though it is classified as a cozy mystery, I’d classify it as a traditional mystery with an amateur sleuth. The book contains quite a bit of language and dialogue which you don’t usually find in a cozy mystery. If these things don’t deter you from reading mysteries, you’ll find an enjoyable mystery. The book has well-written characters with a variety of personalities. There are those who are easy to love, and then there are some egotistical narcissists.
Charlotte is a charming lady who is able to find clues more easily than others might. She can ask seemingly innocent questions while figuring out what’s what. I like the fact that she finds a sympathetic detective who takes the case seriously and works alongside Charlotte. It means Charlotte doesn’t knowingly put herself into situations where she’s in danger like some cozy mystery characters do!
This mystery has quite a few suspects, and they all had a reason to commit the crime (which turns into crimes). This makes it a mystery that will keep you guessing. As I said, this is not really a cozy mystery, but it does have a sharp witted, likable amateur sleuth. If Broadway were a movie or TV show, I think it would carry a rating of somewhere between PG-13 and R or TV-MA. If you’ve got Kindle Unlimited you can read the whole series for free, so if you’re okay with the above, give it a read!
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.
About Stan Charnofsky
STAN CHARNOFSKY is a retired professor of psychology at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), where he taught for more than fifty years. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
In addition to his work at CSUN, Stan also writes books, and it could be said that his life reads like one.
Before teaching, in the 1950s Stan signed with the New York Yankees where he played in their farm system for six years. He later managed teams in Edmonton and St. Petersburg. Later still, Stan worked as the assistant coach at USC under the famous Rod Dedeaux, who was voted College Baseball Coach of the Century. Stan also served as head coach at CSUN from 1962-1966, with one championship team.
He was the founding director of the Educational Opportunities Program at CSUN (then known as Valley State College). Stan was inducted into the CSUN Athletic Hall of Fame in 2016. This was followed, in 2018, by his induction into the USC Baseball Alumni Hall of Fame.
Stan is the former President (and a current board member) of the National Association for Humanistic Psychology. In 2016, Stan received the Distinguished Teaching Award at CSUN.
And of course, Stan writes books. His numerous publications include When Women Leave Men: How Men Feel, How Men Heal (New World Library) and The Deceived Society (Trafford). Stan resides in Northridge, California.
Author Links
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/charnofskystan/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scharnofskyauthor/
Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3GTYUBe
Website: https://stanthemanwrites.com/
Purchase Links – Devil’s Party Press – Amazon
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