See Also Deception: A Marjorie Trumaine Mystery

By Larry D. Sweazy

In a small North Dakota town in 1964, indexer Marjorie Trumaine investigates the alleged suicide of the local librarian, uncovering a web of secrets that puts her own life in jeopardy.
 
October 1964—Just months after freelance indexer Marjorie Trumaine helped solve a series of murders in Dickinson, North Dakota, she is faced with another death that pulls her into an unwanted investigation. Calla Eltmore, the local librarian, is found dead at work and everyone considers it suicide. But Marjorie can't believe that Calla would be capable of doing such a thing.
 
Marjorie's suspicions are further aroused when she notices something amiss at Calla's wake, but the police seem uninterested in her observations.
 
Despite pressing job commitments and the burden of caring for a husband in declining health, Marjorie sets out to uncover the truth. What she finds is a labyrinth of secrets—and threats from someone who will kill to keep these secrets hidden.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: May 10, 2016
• ISBN: 9781633881273

Reviews for See Also Deception

[bettesbooks · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is mystery that will have your heart in your throat, a Kleenex in your hand, and tears in your eyes. The 1960s don’t seem so far back for a historical novel but Larry D. Sweazy does bring out the mores of the place and time. Recommended.

[mckait · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The second book in the series, See Also Deception: A Marjorie Trumaine Mystery by Larry D. Sweazy was just as interesting and satisfying as the first. Some small towns sure have a lot of shenanigans going on, and somehow, Marjorie seems to stumble into a lot of it. The very beginning of the book plunges the reader into worry. Calla, the librarian isn't answering the phone. As a book indexer living in the 60's Marjorie relies heavily on help from the library. And Calla has always been willing to do some research for her. Since her husband's accident, followed by the death of her close friend and neighbor, who used to run over and lend a hand if Marjorie had to run errands, it is more difficult then ever to find the freedom to attend to mundane things.Marjorie couldn't help but worry. Calla always answered the phone promptly. But there was nothing she could do about it at that moment, but skip the plant information she needed for now, and wait until she could reach Calla. But sometimes, things happen. Bad things. This was not going to be a good day for Marjorie.These books have an old fashioned feel to them, as is appropriate for the time and region. Old fashioned values, and ethics. Oh, how I miss them.

[cathyskye · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It's not been that long since I last visited Marjorie Trumaine on her North Dakota farm in See Also Murder, and I was happy to be back. Sweazy knows how to put readers right in the middle of farm life in the 1960's, with party lines on the telephones, sewing your own clothes, proper funeral etiquette, and just "making do" in general. After what occurred in the first book of this series, Marjorie's comings and goings have been seriously curtailed. In some ways it doesn't bother her. Her husband Hank-- blinded and paralyzed in a freak hunting accident-- needs her, and her work as an indexer is done at home. But the mere fact of not being able to go somewhere when the mood strikes is crippling and shows just how isolated Marjorie has become. Her determined attempts to find Calla's killer is the best possible example of how much her friend meant to her. I like watching how Sweazy's mind works. Just as I foresee a problem that could affect future books, he lays the groundwork to take care of it. (What's done in See Also Deception really has me looking forward to the third in the series.) He can also make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end, such as the scene when Marjorie finds out her truck tires have been slashed and her telephone line cut. The killer is making a move, and Marjorie can't get away or call for help... what in the world is she going to do? Sweazy makes that farm house feel like it's a thousand miles to the nearest neighbor.The tone of See Also Deception is rather bleak, just as it was in the first book, but it's not a gray depressing weight that brought me down. I found Marjorie too interesting as a character, and besides-- with what that woman has to deal with should she really be laughing and kicking up her heels? (I think not.) But as I said before, changes are afoot, and I'm hoping that the author brings Marjorie a bit of happiness because she certainly deserves it.Time period-- check. Characters-- check. And Sweazy is also good at crafting puzzling whodunits, although I have to admit that I was a bit willfully blind as I read because of the sympathy I felt for one of the characters. Yes, people can live secret lives even in the smallest of towns, and Marjorie Trumaine is just the sort of character to bring those secrets to light. Bring on book three!