For some reason, which I cannot now recall, I was speaking with one of my colleagues about people who clean up crime scenes. Sadly, this has become a business–cleaning up people’s murders and suicides. In the course of the conversation, she mentioned a fiction series called Body Movers, which I decided to try. The first book, also entitled Body Movers, isn’t nearly as morbid as the title sounds. Although one of the main characters takes a job as a body mover (yes, he helps move dead bodies to the morgue), the book is actually a fun, quick read.
The main character, Carlotta Wren, lives in Atlanta, works for an upscale department store, and is raising her younger brother Wes (now 19), by herself. Her father, who was charged with investment fraud, has fled the country with his wife, leaving Carlotta to pick up the pieces. Her parents have been on the lam for about 10 years, but the local police just won’t give up the search, even assigning a new detective to the case. Wes has a gambling problem, owing a lot of debt to loan sharks, which adds an unsavory element to the plot. Carlotta feels the need to help Wesley, to keep him out of trouble, but in the process becomes involved in a lot of drama and implicated in the murder of her ex-boyfriend’s wife. Add to the murder a love quadrangle, some off-beat friends, and body moving to the mix, and you have yourself a winning combination of romance, mystery, and suspense.
The follow-up, Body Movers: 2 Bodies for the Price of 1, is also equally fast paced, full of drama, and further evolves the love quadrangle.
Check the WRL catalog for Body Movers.
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