Murder at the Carousel Club — Barbara Fleming

MURDER AT THE CAROUSEL CLUB: A MATTHEW ALEXAMDER MYSTERY

Like the magic of a carousel ride full of wonderful horses, enchanting music, and beautiful colors, the Carousel Club is the most exciting and popular night spot in the District of Columbia until the owner's playboy brother is murdered by a well-placed bullet to his head as he sat inside his opulent SUV in the parking lot of the club. The MURDER AT THE CAROUSEL CLUB challenges Detective Lieutenant Matthew Alexander to build a rock solid case against a suspect who, rather than fleeing from the scene of the crime, is found unconscious just feet from the man he murdered with no sign of the murder weapon in his possession, and no witnesses to the murder. Similar to the revolutions of the carousel, Lieutenant Alexander has to work harder than ever to avoid running in circles with a suspect who had threatened to kill the murder victim in front of a club full of witnesses, was known to carry a semi-automatic revolver in the glove compartment of his car, and was ordered to leave the premises of the Carousel Club and never to return by the victim's brother, the owner of the club. Rather than leave the premises, the suspect laid in wait in the parking lot of the club until the victim emerged from the club. What happens next leads Lieutenant Matthew Alexander and his partner Sergeant Jake Jackson on a merry-go-round of a homicide case as the Lieutenant solves the latest installment of the Matthew Alexander Mystery Series, the MURDER AT THE CAROUSEL CLUB.

PRAISE FOR MURDER ON THE GOLD COAST
“Barbara Fleming's…plot follows at breakneck speed, and Matt Alexander and his trusted partner, Jake, are in the midst of all the chaos. The action is smart and highly entertaining, and even at the end she leaves a little snippet of doubt as to who the actual murderer is…Fleming is a sly writer with lots of talent and this is a great read.”
MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

“Rebecca Reads recommends MURDER ON THE GOLD COAST the second Lt. Alexander complex mystery about old money and new revenge….MURDER ON THE GOLD COAST is an absorbing winter's evening mystery.
REBECCA READS

“DC-based writer Barbara Fleming's second novel, MURDER ON THE GOLD COAST is also full of acerbically noted contradictions and slippages between appearance and fact. It is a riveting and hard-to-guess mystery, starring Lieutenant Matthew Alexander, the hero of Fleming's first book, HOT STONES, COLD DEATH.
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