After finishing this book, Steve Demaree has, once again, managed to make me to make me feel delighted to have parted ways with my money (I purchased it at a yard sale for 25¢*). I grew up in the Pigeon Forge-Gatlinburg-Sevier County (PFGSC) area so as I read each word it was as if I was reliving my youth and young adulthood. His attention to detail of the area and people who work, as well as live, there was spot-on. Plus his "Michelin Guide" description of nourishment that his protagonists gleaned from the tables of the restaurants in PFGSC where my family and I have masticated many times in the past (Fact: as a teenager, I worked at some of the establishments, yet people lived) caused me to figuratively gain 15 pounds.**
The story relates of how two couples, the men are homicide detectives in a city in Kentucky along with their gal-pals, come to PFGSC for a two week vacation (Fact: nothing to be alarmed about as the two men and the women stay in separate rooms). Their drive for days of hedonism is, as the ball bounces, knocked off course by the discovery of a dead body with a note addressed to the main character, Lt. Cy Dekker, and one to the police department. Dekker's note sends him and his merry band on a scavenger hunt for clues to the identity of the corpse and the killer.
As a former law enforcement officer and having read many of Demaree's books, I use that to my advantage such that I have pretty much guessed the identity of the culprit by the time of the great reveal. However, this book had a delicious twist*** that I never saw coming. All in all this is an intriguing, lighthearted romp through PFGSC for the four Kentuckians solving riddles, chasing clues, with plenty of gustatory descriptions which will make you want to load up the car and visit PFGSC.
You will never go wrong by reading any of Steve Demaree's books. They are, without a doubt, totally devoid of any hint of anything off-color or risqué. You would be safe in gifting your pastor with a copy of "A Body in Pigeon Forge" without feeling regrets later. If nothing else, use the book as a travel guide when you come down this way.
*- Just joking. I purchased the book from Amazon.
**- Just joking. I literally gained 15 pounds because every single time that I read about any of my beloved restaurants, there are many, I had to raid the pantry.
***- I do not mean gastronomical in this instance.
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