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Designed to Kill (Greg McKenzie Mysteries Book 2) (English Edition) di [Chester D. Campbell]

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It's no vacation that brings Greg McKenzie and his wife, Jill, to the glistening white sand beaches at Perdido Key, FL. Architect Tim Gannon, son of the McKenzies' closest friends, is fouind dead of a gunshot wound. Self-inflicted, says the deputy who investigated, a clear case of remorse over a design flaw in a beachfront condo that caused a balcony collapse, killing two people. It looks otherwise to Greg and Jill, who find plans missing, an obstinate contractor, a too-slick developer, and an inspector angry over a disrupted love affair. After two hoods work him over, Greg realizes Jill is in danger, too, and if this is a murder case, he had better solve it without delay.

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Greg McKenzie Mysteries
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14 marzo 2004
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0012CZ63G
Editore ‏ : ‎ Durban House Publishing; 1st edizione (14 marzo 2004)
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Darlene

hmmm well....

Recensito in Canada 🇨🇦 il 28 settembre 2013

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I'm stilling presently pushing myself to read this. Not sure why. It is so slow moving and sorta boring .... nothing really has caught my attention, however on saying that, "something" must have caught my attention because I'm still struggling through it. Maybe to find out who killed the guy or whatever. It's written almost as though it is based on a true story ... like someone is telling a story that happened to someone they know. I'm going to keep skimming it. It is a long book and I'm hoping at some point the story will grab my attention enough for me to say ... okay I was wrong... this was a really good book.... just with a slow start.

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Tim Tompkins

Designed to Kill

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Good story ,believable characters,exciting conclusion. I enjoyed the book and highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys mysteries. Four stars plus.

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Pat Browning

Piecing together a puzzle

Recensito negli Stati Uniti 🇺🇸 il 14 marzo 2013

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I enjoyed this book for several reasons, not the least because the murders occur off the page. No blood spatters or brain bits, thank you very much. Chester Campbell simply tells a good story, with enough background to bring readers up-to-date after the first book starring Nashville PI Greg McKenzie.

Greg McKenzie is my kind of PI - older and wiser but still in the game, and still in love with his wife and partner, the unflappable Jill. He tells us: "She had on a knee-length, flowery gown that did little to hide a body that bulged seductively in all the right places. And though I'm a tad beyond sixty-five, my sap still rises as faithfully as that of a stately maple."

I loved the anecdote about Greg's Scottish ancestors:
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When the 98th Argyllshire Highlanders were first mustered in 1794 at Stirling Castle north of Glasgow, there were sixteen McKenzies on the roster, one of them an ancestor of mine. After the unit was re-designated the 91st, other McKenzies followed him on down to 1881 when the 91st was merged with the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders to form the regiment my grandfather fought with in the Boer War and World War I. My dad, Rob McKenzie, was a a little less combative, serving as a U.S. Army cook in World War II.
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Greg inherited the combative gene. He's a prickly P.I., said by his wife Jill to have the world's hardest head.

The story: Tim Gannon, a gifted young architect, has designed The Sand Castle, a high rise condo on Perdido Key, Florida. Opening line: "With the darkness and the music, all the laughter and chatter, no one noticed the crack in the concrete."

The project has been completed and during a celebration party the penthouse balcony collapses. Two people die. Shortly thereafter, Tim is found on the beach in National Seashore Park, dead from a gunshot. The sheriff calls Tim's death an obvious suicide. Case closed.

In Nashville, Tim Gannon's parents are close friends of Greg and Jill McKenzie. Tim's father doesn't believe Tim killed himself. He pleads with Greg: "Find out who killed my son." The McKenzies head for Perdido Key, where they have a vacation condo near The Sand Castle.

At Perdido Key, Greg and Jill are advised by the vice-president of Tim's company that the balcony was structurally sound if built according to Tim's plans. Investigation reveals there were two sets of plans - the original and an altered copy. The original set is missing, along with the computer backups.

In a clever maneuver at a hearing on the balcony collapse, Greg slips away with some damning evidence, but he still has "a puzzle with lots of pieces that didn't match," and there is still Tim's murder to solve. With Jill chatting up wives of men involved with Sand Castle's construction, the investigation stirs up some ugly secrets. After Greg is roughed up by two thugs he starts carrying his gun for protection. The ending is a shocker.

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PIR

Deconstructing a Murder

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I received a copy of Designed to Kill (Greg McKenzie Mysteries #2) as a free download on Amazon. In exchange, I offer this author this, my honest review.

I have been enjoying a number of mysteries of late. I'm not sure why I've been picking them up, but they have been a welcome change from my generally preferred genre. (This may be, in part because I don't write mysteries. Thus, I don't ever find myself wondering what might have happened if . . . . )

With a clear understanding of the area of Florida in which the story is set and a firm grasp of general construction principles, Campbell tells a tale in which McKenzie and his wife, Jill, set out to solve a mystery. The two seek to determine if the death of the son of their best friends, a man who built an upscale beachfront condominium, was a suicide--as had been claimed--or murder. With the assistance of some locals and friends from McKenzie's former law enforcement days, McKenzie and Jill thwart the efforts of those seeking to keep facts buried while avoiding the local mafia types and upsetting law enforcement personnel. Together, they unravel the mystery, bring the culprits to justice, and are able to bring some peace to their best friends.

Designed to Kill moved quickly, included sufficient elements of surprise to keep me reading, and drew a believable relationship between McKenzie and Jill. As is often the test for me with books in series, I had to ask myself if I would read more. The answer is a simple "yes!"

Find, follow and fan Campbell on Goodreads here and check out his website here. Designed to Kill is available from Amazon here and from Barnes and Noble here.

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Brick ONeil

Refreshing take on the detective mysteries that I've read in the past.

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Refreshing take on the detective mysteries that I've read in the past. Chester Campbell's book is a first for me in his writings and I must say I have not been disappointed. There wasn't the usual 'over-the-top-testestosterone' one usually reads in a male lead detective or investigator, there wasn't the slut-of-the-century-sex-kitten that some writers typically fall back on; there wasn't the bumbling-yet-smart-detective that others seem to to think readers enjoy.

No, Chester creates a retired couple that have been together, lived a life and now investigate murder mysteries for friends. Without the previous trappings mentioned, Chester leaves room for actual investigation that utilizes a mind over brawn, a loving and caring husband who only has eyes for his wife and a wife that will do anything for her husband. Even question murder suspects. Chester describes each character with the same detail, leaving no stone unturned.

His scenes are descriptive without getting bogged down in details. The sand, the ocean, the condominiums and so forth, bring forth images that help scene after scene fly by. I was pleasantly surprised and if another of Chester's books come up, I'll be sure to give a second look.

I would give Designed to Kill 4.5 stars.

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