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'Peace Love and Murder' by Nancy Holzer is the first book in her Bo Forrester 5 Star Mystery series. Bo Forrester was born in the days of the peace lovers, the flower children and hippies. At eighteen Bo leaves the commune to join the army much to the dismay of his parents. Twenty years later Bo returns to Rhodes New York hoping to reconnect with his past, only to find the commune gone and a sub division in its place. Now Bo has a job driving a cab and accused of murder, when a body is found in the trunk of his cab. With clues pointing to robbery, Bo is a suspect and Trudy Hauser, a disastrous deputy is trying to arrest him. To top it off, it's not even her case. When Bo decides to help find the person who placed the murdered man in his cab he did not realize just what he was getting into. Things he learned in the army come back to memory as he deals with corruption, greed and a body count that keeps growing.
This is the first in a series and after reading this book I know I will want to keep up with the adventures of Bo Forrester. I found Bo and Trudy to be quite a pair of humorous characters that really set the stage for the book, and the secondary characters did lend quite a bit to the plot. I like the fact that the author did not really get off track but kept the suspenseful action moving and did not give away clues as to who the killer was till the end. The story narrated by Bo has been done quite nicely, and has not become distracting to the plot. I found this book to be quite enjoyable and hard to put down. Not only do we have a mystery book but a humorous one also. If you are looking for a great weekend read then I recommend 'Peace, Love and Murder'.
