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June 29, 2016 By Cassie 8 Comments

Cable Car Mystery by Greg Messel

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Book Information

Cable Car Mystery by Greg Messel

Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing

Publication Date: April 19, 2016

Genre: Mystery; Romance; Series

Purchase: Amazon

About the Author

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Greg Messel has spent most of his adult life interested in writing, including a career in the newspaper business. He won a Wyoming Press Association Award as a columnist and has contributed articles to various magazines. Greg lives in Edmonds, Washington on Puget Sound with his wife Jean DeFond.

Greg has written nine novels. His latest is “Cable Car Mystery” which is the sixth in a series of mysteries set in 1959 San Francisco. “Shadows In The Fog,” “Fog City Strangler,” “San Francisco Secrets,” “Deadly Plunge” are sequels to the first book in the series “Last of the Seals.” His other three novels are “Sunbreaks,” “Expiation” and “The Illusion of Certainty.”

Greg can be found on his website, Facebook, and Twitter.

Synopsis

On the hottest day of the year in San Francisco in 1959, Private Detectives Sam and Amelia Slater are contemplating fleeing the city for their Stinson Beach house. However, when Sam decides to take a cable car ride to run some errands on the lazy summer day, he’s suddenly thrust into the spotlight when he rescues a woman who fell onto the busy street. Sam pulls the mysterious red haired woman out of the path of an oncoming cable car in the nick of time. The entire incident is captured by a newspaper photographer who splashes Sam’s heroics all over the front page. Sam is troubled not only by his new status as a city hero, but by the rescued woman’s plea for help. She whispers to Sam that she didn’t fall from the cable car but was pushed. She is frightened and disappears into the crowd before Sam can get more details. A San Francisco newspaper launches a campaign to find the mystery woman and Sam hopes to cross paths with her again.

Meanwhile, Amelia is troubled by the sudden disappearance of her elderly neighbor. Two thuggish younger men who now occupy the house next door say he took a sudden trip. One night when she’s alone Amelia grabs a flashlight and finds some disturbing clues in her neighbor’s garage. What really happened to her neighbor? Amelia is determined to find out.

Review

Awhile back I reviewed the second book in the Sam Slater series, Fog City Strangler, and one of the things that I mentioned about being a plus about the book was that while it was a part of a series that follows Sam and Ameila it could also be a standalone book. Greg Messel does a great job of allowing new readers to come in at any point in the series but also not letting the established readers feels like it was a waste of time. Each story has little mentions of the previous stories to draw in new readers and leave established readers nodding their heads in acknowledgement. Another thing that I like about Greg Messel’s writing of the Sam Slater series is his attention to detail. The Slam Slater mysteries take place in the San Francisco area in the 50’s era. Items that Sam and Ameila see and interact with are items that you would expect in the 1950’s and not in the 2010’s.

As for Cable Car Mystery itself, the story actually has two subplots going on at the same time. Sam happened to save a woman from being hit by a cable car and winds up having to try to keep her safe. While Ameila, feeling that something was wrong at her next door neighbor’s house, winds up investigating that along with helping Sam with his case. The couple works together really well and shows that a husband and wife team can work together really well. Even though the story has two subplots it doesn’t feel cramped or bloated and neither story feels rushed or left behind in keeping up with the other. Cable Car Mystery is another great Sam Slater novel that has left me wanting more!

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Comments

  1. Kita says

    June 29, 2016 at 3:05 pm

    I haven’t read a mystery in a while. I have been reading a lot of self help books for my business. I think I will take a break from that and start reading things that I love there are still lessons to learn in every book no matter the genre.

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  2. Dee says

    June 29, 2016 at 5:31 pm

    I am not a big mystery fan at all, but I have to say after readying the synopsis, I am going to have to go out and get me a copy so I can find out why that woman was in the way of a train and poor Sam, I wonder how he deals with being known in the city.

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  3. Two Boys and a Hubby says

    June 30, 2016 at 12:15 am

    I can’t remember the last time I read a book. When I did I always enjoyed a good mystery. I think I will order this one this weekend and relax over a good read because it has been awhile.

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  4. Kristy says

    June 30, 2016 at 8:58 am

    Reading is one of my favorite things to do, yet I rarely make time to do it anymore. Seems like there are always things that need to be done, or kids events to run to. This book sounds great. I love that you can come in at any book and still follow the story.

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  5. MamaMommyMom says

    June 30, 2016 at 10:05 am

    We were discussing mystery novels this morning at work. It’s been a while since I’ve read a really good mystery novel. I usually gravitate toward “inspired by” type novels or novels specific to locations near me. I just moved to Michigan a few months ago, so I’m looking for location based novels now.

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  6. Dina Demarest says

    June 30, 2016 at 2:38 pm

    This kind of author and story line is right up my alley. I will definitely have to check it out. At this point I NEED to find out what actually happened to her elderly neighbor. I’m such a sucker for this kind of story. Thanks!

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  7. Stephanie Pass says

    June 30, 2016 at 5:34 pm

    I love a book in a series where you can start in the middle of the series and not be too out of whack with what’s going on. This sounds very intriguing. I’ll be checking it out on Amazon and Goodreads.

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  8. Theresa says

    June 30, 2016 at 6:16 pm

    This is the type of story that my husband would be interested in. For $2.99 this is definitely worth even checking out for a preview. Nice preview you provided as well.

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