Two Feet Below
Smart and sassy 1890s bookkeeper turned sleuth China Bohannon is a magnet for danger. Assigned to office duties in the Doyle & Howe detective agency, she lands smack in the middle of the detective’s latest murder case when a suspicious character tries to bribe her—and she takes the bribe! In an adventure that is destined to go downhill from there, China is thrown overboard from a steamboat into Coeur d’Alene Lake to drown. Escaping that, while hot on the trail of the murderer, she’s arrested on charges of prostitution in the wild mining town of Wallace, Idaho. Worse, her handsome boss, Gratton Doyle, doesn’t see eye-to-eye with her when it comes to determining the leading suspect. Proving her point takes getting shot when, bloodied though unbowed, China wins a fight more suited to skid road loggers than a proper Victorian lady.
Reviewer: Christy Carlyle
Review: Sep 20, 2011
Genre(s): Western, Historical Fiction, Mystery
C.K. Crigger's Two Feet Below is my favorite kind of mystery. It skips along at fast pace, features an intelligent and resourceful female detective, and is populated by an interesting and memorable cast of characters. Crigger has a gift for creating a sense of place. In Two Feet Below, she brings the 19th century west alive with descriptions and characters that add color to the era. The most vibrant charac