Three Deuces Down and Three Days Dead
Aug 17, 2011
Three Deuces Down
Author: Keith Donnelly
Publisher: Court Street Press
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 978-1-58838-227-6
Three Days Dead
Author: Keith Donnelly
Publisher: Hummingbird Books/Harrison Mountain Press
Publication Date:2009
ISBN: 978-0-89587-372-9
The Dew reviewed Keith’s latest installment in this series in May of this year. http://dewbookreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/three-devils-dancing.html
We were impressed enough to request the first two installments. I stated in my review that what I enjoyed was that I actually liked his detective Youngblood and he didn’t appear to be the usual incredibly messed up in the head character with a growing dark side that is so prevalent in these tales. Really, you can’t help but like a guy who has a standard poodle as his dog. I also stated that I had hints to earlier episodes making him more cautious in his life and dealings.
Well, here are the earlier issues!
The first book, Three Deuces Down, explains how Donald Youngblood leaves Wall Street to return home Tennessee and become a P.I. with his pal Billy Two Feathers. They poke along with little jobs for a while until a big case falls in their lap to be solved. But wait, were they picked to solve the case, or because no one thinks they actually will. What really is behind this crime and who’s actually trying to help them? More importantly, who’s trying to stop them?In book two, Donald is asked to track down a missing mom. The requestor is a teenage daughter without a place to live. So we have a nice human interest element in a possible murder mystery and Donald finds himself trying to settle the teen in a safe place at the same time as finding her mother……… if her mother is still alive.
This is a good crime/drama series that keeps you invested in the characters themselves, not just the final 'whodunwhat".
