What They're Saying About Double Dead
"Hoover has done her homework and delivers the goods without a single false step. This is one of those books whose ending makes you want to start back at page 1 to see how it was done." — Salem Macknee, The Charlotte Observer.
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Double Dead is a standout by any standard, featuring intricate plotting, electrifying courtroom scenes and a genuinely likable protagonist." — Lynne Maxwell, Mystery Scene Magazine.
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"The author, a Charlotte native, brings the locale to life, and it’s refreshing to read a traditional private-eye yarn unencumbered by cell phones, laptops and the Internet. A welcome return to the days when legwork meant actually using your legs." — David Pitt, Booklist, 12-15-2006
"The opening scene of this book is one you won't forget: I can't. Hoover will grab you and carry you back in time, plop you down in a hot Southern courtroom, and keep you guessing until the end. Charlotte in the 1960s was the epitome of the old South becoming new, and Hoover's eye for detail makes it real: feel the scant breeze from paper fans and smell the sweat and the polite veneer hiding real secrets. Come in and sit a spell!" — Cathy Pickens, author of Southern Fried, 2003 winner of St. Martin's Malice Domestic Award for Best Traditional Mystery.
"Terry creates an excellent sense of time and place. Through her writing she invites readers to a challenging era and holds them in suspense. I look forward to her next novel." — Charles Todd, author of The Inspector Rutledge Series.
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"...excellent courtroom scenes...one of the best fictional attorneys I've come across since Atticus Finch." — Patricia Wallace, Shamus-award nominated author of August Nights
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"Hoover brings a fresh voice to the mystery genre with a disturbing and provocative look back at the 60s. When the end of the first chapter gave me chills, I knew I couldn't put the book down until I'd read it all." — Judy Clemens, Anthony and Agatha-nominated author of the Stella Crown mysteries.