The Mummy Case by J.R. Rain

The Mummy Case (Jim Knighthorse, #2)

by J.R. Rain

Private investigator Jim Knighthorse takes on a very, very cold case. When historian Willie Clarke dies of mysteriously of dehydration in the California deserts, ex-football hero Jim Knighthorse is hired to dig a little deeper - and discovers his shocking connection to one of the West's oldest mysteries. Over a hundred years ago, an unnamed cowboy was murdered in the California desert and, due to freak weather conditions, would become mummified within twenty-four hours. Now known to the world as Sylvester the Mummy and displayed in a creepy curiosity shop, Sylvester and historian Willie Clarke will be forever linked in mystery. That is, unless private investigator Jim Knighthorse can survive long enough to untangle one of the West's greatest unsolved murders.

Reviewed by clairelm on

3 of 5 stars

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This is one of those books I'm not sure if I liked or not. I found the book generally a bit irritating, especially Knighthorse, but there was something about it that kept me reading. I think there's possibly a bit too much self-pontificating by Knighthorse for a short(ish) book but I equally know that that is supposed to be his character.

I might read the others in the series to see what they're like.

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