Kate’s 2¢: “Murder by masquerade: a John Lloyd Branson mystery” by Doris R. Meredith

“Murder by masquerade: a John Lloyd Branson mystery” by Doris R. Meredith

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   I must admit that I was a little put out by such gruesome murders being treated so cavalierly in the beginning of the story. I soon became engrossed in the preposterous personalities of the characters.

   Paul Klemperer did a good job of reading and portraying each character.

   The story re-incarnated Jack the Ripper or, more clearly, the psycho who thought he was Jack and replicated his murders. The author very cleverly laid several red herrings to cover who he was until the very end.  It’s hard to know if one should laugh or cry at this farce, but, it was entertaining.

Welcome to the official website for D.R. Meredith, award-winning author of nineteen novels, both mysteries and historical, and numerous short stories. A fan of mysteries since a childhood obsession with Agatha Christie and Rex Stout, D. R. Meredith has written three mystery series set in the Texas Panhandle, a little-known area of the state even to other Texans.

D. R. Meredith is an award-winning author of nineteen novels, both mysteries and historical, and numerous short stories. She is also a split personality. When participating in writers’ conferences and seminars such as The Governor’s Sesquicentennial Conference on Literary Arts at the University of North Texas, Emporia State University, Rice University, University of Texas at Dallas, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, West Texas State A&M University, or sitting on panels at Western Writers of America, Bouchercon, Malice Domestic, and Romance Writers of America, D. R. Meredith is a normal, sensible, professional writer. At home in Amarillo, Texas, she commits murder. Author of three mystery series, a historical series, and numerous, mostly murderous short stories, she lives in both the past and present Texas Panhandle where then as now there are more cattle than people. She has won the Oppie Award for both The Sheriff and the Panhandle Murders and The Sheriff and the Branding Iron Murders, and was an Anthony Nominee for Murder by Impulse and Murder by Deception. She is a member of Western Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and The American Crime Writers League.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Murder by masquerade: a John Lloyd Branson mystery DBC18009

Meredith, D. R, (Doris R.). Reading time: 8 hours, 45 minutes.

Read by Paul Klemperer. A production of Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

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A murderer’s run amok in Amarillo. The cops have dubbed him the “The Boulevard Butcher.” His calling cards are a written invitation and a taste for mutilation. His prey are the prostitutes plying their trade on the night streets of the Texas panhandle’s sleaziest district. With his usual brilliant aplomb–and the eager assistance of lovely law student Lydia Fairchild–Texas lawyer extraordinaire John Lloyd Branson plans to set a trap for the murderer using Lydia as bait. Some strong language, some violence. 1991.

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