Lone Star Book Blog Tour: Murder’s Legacy by Anita Dickason (review & giveaway)

Secrets that defy time!

An inconceivable disaster brings Tori Winters’ plans for the historic house she inherited to a traumatic standstill. A section of the escape tunnel built by her great-grandfather, a notorious Dallas gangster, has collapsed. Within the rubble, there is a gruesome discovery. A skeleton with a bullet hole in the skull.

The shocking cave-in triggers an ominous scheme to condemn her property as accusations arise that the tunnel is dangerous.

Embattled, Tori soon discovers that more than the destruction of the house is on the line. It seems she can’t escape the past. It keeps clawing its way into her life with deadly consequences.

Who hides in the shadows with a motive for murder? And … is Tori the target?

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“Don’t get ahead of yourself. If trouble is on the way, it will get here without you reaching out to grab it.”

Murder’s Legacy by Anita Dickason is book 2 in the Tori Winters Mystery series and is a captivating continuation of Tori’s adventures in Granbury, Texas. While each book in this series could feasibly stand alone, the overall enjoyment comes from following Tori from Missouri to Texas and into an absolutely intriguing mansion with plenty of antiques; an infamous past; and, most recently, a skeleton in a tunnel. Book 2 does reference characters and events from book 1, so that is another great reason to read the entire series in order. If you still need a good reason, then rest assured that Anita Dickason’s writing skills, characterization, and fascinating plot lines will definitely delight and keep you wanting more.

Tori finds herself once again in the crosshairs because finding the skeleton in the tunnel and scant clues is apparently quite worrisome for someone who will go to great lengths to stop Tori from identifying the bones and unearthing some rather shocking revelations.

Anita Dickason certainly knows how to mix the mundane with the riveting in Murder’s Legacy as she lulls you with multiple cups of coffee and wallpaper samples one minute and then conjures up threats, attacks, and bombs the next. No one is safe, especially Tori, as she uses her snooping and sleuthing skills to unravel the secrets that the dead man in the tunnel has kept for the last 80 years. Prepare for some stellar teamwork and a spectacular takedown at the end of this magnificent cozy mystery.

A wonderful element in this series, which grows mightily in Murder’s Legacy, is friendship. In book 1, Deadly Keepsakes, Tori inherits her grandmother’s mansion in Texas and subsequently meets Mia and the rest of the housecleaning crew: Heidi, Cammie, and Trina. A rock-solid friendship between Tori and these strong, intelligent women takes root and blossoms, quickly morphing into a business partnership as they tirelessly work together to turn Tori’s family home into a bed and breakfast called the Red Door Inn. While Tori has gained a few enemies because of her inheritance from her grandmother, she has easily gained many friends in Granbury as time goes on, firmly cementing her foothold in the community and in her family’s legacy. A personal favorite character is Parker Hayes, former homicide detective and then private investigator, who is now Tori’s head of security and proves to be invaluable and a lifesaver time after time. If you are wondering if any love is in the air at all, a hint of romance between Tori and David Tucker, whom we met in book 1, add just enough enchantment amidst the danger, home/business renovations, and attempted trickery to oust Tori from her property. Looks like Tori Winters will definitely be staying in Texas, even if she refuses to forgo her beloved coffee for one minute and at least try a delicious glass of super sweet iced tea. When in Texas…

The Epilogue revs the mystery engine for the next book, yay! But what comes after that is just as exciting. Anita Dickason tells “The Story Behind the Fiction: The Chip Detective,” and this inspiration for this series is truly compelling, so make sure you do not breeze by it or skip it altogether. Dickason’s research and obvious love of storytelling add yet another enthralling layer to Murder’s Legacy and the entire Tori Winters Mystery series.

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Award-winning Author Anita Dickason is a twenty-two-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department. She served as a patrol officer, undercover narcotics detective, advanced accident investigator, tactical officer, and first female sniper on the Dallas SWAT team.

Anita writes about what she knows, cops and crime. Her police background provides an unending source of inspiration for her plots and characters. Many incidents and characters portrayed in her books are based on personal experience. For her, the characters are the fun part of writing as she never knows where they will take her. There is always something out of the ordinary in her stories.

In Anita’s debut novel, Sentinels of the Night, she created an elite FBI Unit, the Trackers. Since then, she has added three more Tracker crime thrillers, Going Gone!, A u 7 9, and Operation Navajo, which are not a series and can be read in any order, and Deadly Business, a crime thriller.

As a Texas author, many of Anita’s books are based in Texas, or there is a link to Texas. When she stepped outside of the Tracker novels and wrote Not Dead and the Tori Winters Mysteries series, she set them in the small Texas communities of Meridian and Granbury, respectively.