From Publishers Weekly
Overkill: A Maggie Ryan Mystery, second in Susan McBride's (And Then She Was Gone) series, lands Detective Ryan in the middle of another murder mystery this time it's a school bus shooting, and the victim is a young girl. The victim's tentative mother, who has put a restraining order on her husband and taken up with a belligerent new boyfriend, seems to be keeping information from the police, maybe to protect her daughter's killer.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
In this sequel to And Then She Was Gone, former Dallas policewoman Maggie Ryan finds rural Litchfield to be more disturbing than she bargained for when someone charges aboard a special education bus and kills a teenaged female student. Maggie's investigation reveals that the victim came from a potentially volatile family situation: parents separated, father unemployed, mother with a rich and powerful boyfriend. So while the news media have a field day, Maggie tries to corner a suspect. Mounting tension, slick prose, and a puzzling motive move this right along. For most libraries.
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Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"...characters are deftly drawn ... the writing is mature and dextrous...the story is poignant, exquisitely well-done." -- Reviewer Sally Fellows for About, the Human Internet Mysteries
"...the best kind of mystery, a taut police procedural with plenty of emotional resonance ... sure to be a hit." -- William Kent Krueger, Anthony Award-winning author of Iron Lake
"Maggie Ryan first grabbed me in And Then She Was Gone. This second case simply tightened the hold." -- Detra Fitch, Huntress Reviews
"...the best kind of mystery, a taut police procedural with plenty of emotional resonance ... sure to be a hit." -- William Kent Krueger, Anthony Award-winning author of Iron Lake
"Maggie Ryan first grabbed me in And Then She Was Gone. This second case simply tightened the hold." -- Detra Fitch, Huntress Reviews
Book Description
Second mystery novel by Susan McBride. The calm of a quiet morning is split with the sound of gunfire in Dallas' comfortable suburbs. This time the murder takes place on a school bus, but not just any school bus, and the victim is liked by everyone maybe even the killer. The second novel based on Detective Maggie Ryan.
About the Author
Susan McBride won Mayhaven's First Annual Award for Fiction with And Then She Was Gone, now in its second printing. McBride is presently serving as a judge for young adult fiction for the Edgar Awards.
