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Tuesday, February 21, 2012 – 18:15 Reviewed by David M. Kinchen
BOOK REVIEW: ‘It’s Murder, My Son’: Mac Faraday’s Good Fortune Followed by Murder Spree in Western Maryland Resort Town

No disrespect to Mac Faraday, Archie Monday, David O’Callaghan, Travis Turner or any of the multitude of good, bad and ugly characters populating Lauren Carr’s “It’s Murder, My Son” (CreateSpace, 286 pages, $14.99) but to me the most interesting character in the book is a lovable, mischievous, sneaky German shepherd named Gnarly.

Even people who are allergic to dogs and cats will get a jolt out of this Army veteran of a dog, originally imported to Spencer and Deep Creek Lake — Maryland’s largest lake — to guard local beauty Katrina Singleton. Gnarly is unsuccessful in his task and is brutally beaten in his attempt to save the wealthy Katrina from her murderer. Gnarly is rescued by Spencer Police Officer David O’Callaghan, who grew up with Katrina and has a history with her.

Gnarly ends up with former District of Columbia homicide detective Mac Faraday, who inherits a $270 million fortune from his birth mother, “America’s Queen of Mystery” novelist Robin Spencer. The inheritance couldn’t come at a better time: Faraday’s wife of 20 years, Christine, has left him for a D.C. lawyer named Stephen Maguire, and Mac loses everything in the divorce, including a house in the pricey Georgetown district of D.C. (How a cop can afford a house in Georgetown escapes me, but I think his affluent wife paid for it).

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December 4, 2010 – By NANCY TULLIS (ntullis@reviewonline.com)

CHESTER – Chester native Lauren Carr, author of three mystery novels, will return to the area the weekend of Dec. 10 for speaking and book-signing events.

Carr will speak to language arts classes at Oak Glen High on Dec. 13. Prior to that Monday, she has scheduled three book-signing events.

She will be at Waldenbooks at the Ohio Valley Mall, St. Clairsville, Ohio, from 4-8 p.m. Dec. 10; at Borders Express in Beaver Valley Mall, Monaca, Pa., Dec. 12 from 1-4 p.m.; and at Lynn Murray Library, Chester, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 11.

Carr, who now lives in Harpers Ferry, W.Va., is promoting her latest mystery, “It’s Murder, My Son.” Books will be available for purchase at each of the book-signing events….

…In “It’s Murder, My Son,” Carr introduces readers to a new setting, Deep Creek Lake, Md., and a new main character, homicide detective Mac Faraday. Her previous books were set in Chester and featured Joshua Thornton, a single father of five.

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September 7, 2010 – By NANCY TULLIS (ntullis@reviewonline.com)

NEW CUMBERLAND – Former Chester resident Lauren Carr will return to Hancock County on Friday for a visit to Swaney Memorial Library.

Carr has written three mystery novels, and will greet mystery enthusiasts and sign copies of her latest book beginning at 2 p.m. She will be at the library from 2-6 p.m. and will read from her books from 5-6 p.m.

Carr now lives in Harper’s Ferry. Her newest mystery is “It’s Murder, My Son.” Her previous books, “A Reunion to Die For,” and “A Small Case of Murder,” were set in Chester….

…”It’s Murder, My Son,” is set in Deep Creek Lake, Md., and introduces a new character, Mac Faraday, a bankrupt homicide detective. Carr said she didn’t move away from Joshua Thornton and Chester because she was tired of the character or the town. Her latest plot simply needed a detective rather than a lawyer at its center.

Read the full article here.

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