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The Countertenor Wore Garlic (2011)

by Mark Schweizer(Favorite Author)

4.02 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0984484620 (ISBN13: 9780984484621)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

St. James Music Press

series

The Liturgical Mystery

review 1: Maybe I've read too many of these Liturgical Mysteries in a row. I liked this one, but didn't get the chuckles out of it that other installments have inspired. It was still a nice bedtime read. It's Halloween and a world-famous vampire writer is holding a book signing at the local book store. The little town of St. Germaine is invaded by vampire-wannabes and an opposing horde of zombies. In the midst of the annual festivities, Flori Cabbage is murdered, and her body is left in the middle of St. Barnabas' hay maze. Meanwhile Gaylen has left St. Barnabas and has been replaced by the Scots vicar Feargus MacTavish, a fire-and-brimstone Calvinist who finds the "Congregational Enlivener" to be too much. He also happens to be Hogmany MacTavish's brother. I think that Mark ... moreSchweizer lost an opportunity in not focusing this novel on the clash between the St. Barnabas culture and his theology, and Moosey made only a token appearance. I've caught up on the series, so I hope that there will be more eventually.
review 2: This is the ninth in a series featuring Hayden Konig, Chief of Police in St. Germaine, North Carolina and choir director/organist at St. Barnabus Episcopal Church. Konig and his staff of two spend most of their time at The Slab, the local eatery, eating platters of country ham, grits and pancakes but there is always a body that shows up to break up the monotony of all that food. To top it all off, Konig thinks that he can channel Raymond Chandler because he owns Chandler's typewriter and fedora. The result is a serial "novel" that gets placed in the music folders of the choir. Lots of really funny stuff here, especially if you enjoy tortured similes and groan-worthy puns. less

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