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A Deadly Calling (A Mitch and Al Mystery)

Glenn Ickler
Pemberton Mysteries (2007)
ISBN 9781563153938
Reviewed by Gina Holland for RebeccasReads (5/08)

“A Deadly Calling” is a good novel.  In it we meet Warren Mitchell, or Mitch. He is an investigative reporter for a newspaper whose style is daring, delicious and somewhat strange. His friend Alan Jeffrey is the photographer for the paper.  Mitch dates Alan’s wife’s sister, who lives in another part of the country and expects Mitch to stay faithful while she spends a lot of time with her boss. 

Mitch and Alan are assigned to go out and report on people in the heat of the day; they are supposed to try and find out how many people can literally take the heat without passing out. When they arrive on site, they see square dancers and callers, those people who call the dances, getting off of buses.  They decide to find out what they can from the group, for example, why would they want to dance in that kind of heat?

While they are investigating, a death occurs which leads to all kinds of other crazy proceedings. Mitch meets a couple of gals that are associated with this particular square dance group. He gets close to them, thinking he can make friends with them, and maybe more.  All the while he is thinking about his girlfriend Martha. Mitch gets really involved in this case and wants to solve it.

I found this novel to be sometimes funny, sometimes serious, but very interesting. It’s a book that can’t be put down after a few pages. “A Deadly Calling” would be a good read for young adults and adults. It is like a murder mystery, thriller, romance all wrapped up in one. It has a lot of promise to it and I would look forward to reading any of Glenn Ickler’s future novels.

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