Name: Murder in Four Parts

Author: Bill Crider
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9780312386740
0312386745
When Sheriff Dan Rhodes is asked to join the Clearview Barbershop Chorus, he suspects that there's an ulterior motive, mainly because he can't sing a note. He's momentarily distracted by a rogue alligator on the loose, but shortly afterward, Lloyd Berry, the director of the chorus, is murdered. Berry is suspected of embezzling money, and he's leaked the information that a memberĀ of the chorus ordered a singing valentine for a woman who isn't his wife. Later, Rhodes discovers that Berry has been gambling on eight-liners at Rollin' Sevens, a barely legal operation in a strip center on the outskirts of town.
Rhodes also must deal with the usual assortment of small-town crimes: a man dressed in his underpants and cowboy boots picketing a law office, dogfood theft, and attempts on the life of a man who likes to root through garbage. Rhodes sorts through clues that involve geocaching and barbershop singing with the help of a few oddball local characters before he solves the crime.
This book is part of the "Sheriff Dan Rhodes" series. Here are some other books from this series:
"Red, White, and Blue Murder"
First published in 2003
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"A Romantic Way to Die"
First published in 2001
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"A Ghost of a Chance"
First published in 2000
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"Death by Accident"
First published in 1998
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"Evil at the Root"
First published in 1990
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"Death on the Move"
First published in 1989
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"Cursed to Death"
First published in 1988
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"Shotgun Saturday Night"
First published in 1987
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"Too Late to Die"
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"Winning Can Be Murder"
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"A Mammoth Murder"
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"Murder in the Air"
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"Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen"
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"Compound Murder"
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"Murder Among the OWLS"
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"Of All Sad Words"
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"The Wild Hog Murders"
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