The Serial Killer's Guide To San Francisco by Michelle Chouinard (2024)
Always a comfort to plunge into a good solid whodunit, loaded up with clues, red herrings and plenty of suspects to consider. And this book even throws in a bonus whodunit as well, a long ago closed case with a personal connection to our main character sleuth.
And by no means your ordinary sleuth either. Capri Sanzio, a hard working single mom to college student Morgan,, conducts serial killer tours in San Francisco, a city whose chilly fogs and colorful history make a perfect backdrop. One downside - Capri must cope with her customers asking about her late grandfather, William 'Overkill Bill' Sanzio a convicted serial killer who died in jail still proclaiming his innocence.
While still hoping to start a podcast where she'll re-investigate and hopefully exonerate her grandfather, some dire events overcome Capri. After Capri's divorce from her cheating ex husband, Sylvia,, her imperious wealthy former mother-in-law continued to fund Morgan's tuition. But now Syvia, for reasons of her own, cut off the tuition payments. Then shortly after her contentious phone calls with Capri and Morgan, she's found brutally murdered, the second victim of a killer determined to copy 'Overkill Bill's exact methods. This naturally puts Capri and her daughter at the very top of the lead police detective's suspect list......so Capri launches her own amateur but surprisingly effective hunt for the copycat killer. .
Pure fun to read all the way, Lots of San Fran atmosphere, and entertaining byplay around Capri's relentless snooping that causes both amusement and exasperation in the detective who's officially in charge. And the expected, nail-biting killer-sleuth showdown is worthy of a Hitchcock movie. What more could you ask for in a mystery novel where the Golden Gate bridge looms nearby?
4 stars (****) This is one tour where you'd better keep together with the group and not wander off by yourself......
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