Restored to Death

Not a grueling read. Polished it off in an afternoon. Jackson's daughter Patty likens the two of them to the main characters in To Kill a Mockingbird and then the author goes nowhere with that. I expected some Nancy Drew-ing from Patty, but she's a more typical teen who finds her father's sexual rena......more

Enjoyed this first in the Jackson Crain series. It introduces the judge and his daughter in a small town. It's a cozy, but Crain has a better backstory for being involved in murder investigations than many cozy characters do. In this one, the interconnectedness of his new girlfriend's family with th......more

Just like the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird, the Judge and his daughter live simply in the town of Post Oak, Texas. His wife has passed away and now meets Mandy, the new girl in town helping to get the downtown revitalized. The town has several murders, including Judge's sister-in-law. The cri......more