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Bad Weeds Never Die

Christopher Valen
Conquill Press (2011)
ISBN 9780980001730
Reviewed by Kam Aures for Rebecca’s Reads (08/11)

I sat down to start reading “Bad Weeds Never Die” yesterday with the intent of reading only a couple of chapters and saving the rest for later.  The couple of chapters turned into 45 chapters and The Epilogue, which is the entire book.  Once I started reading Christopher Valen’s newest John Santana novel, I couldn’t pull myself away.

This is the first of Valen’s books that I have read in the John Santana series and surely will not be the last.  Even though I had not read the two prior books I easily jumped in with this third one and did not feel lost in the least.  It definitely stands alone, but I like the characters so much that I will certainly be working my way back through the other books.

In this newest mystery, “Bad Weeds Never Die,” Teresa Blackwood’s Mercedes is found with blood spattered on the seats.  Teresa is the daughter of Jonathon Blackwood, a renowned psychologist and she is also the twin sister of Maria Blackwood.  There is a whole laundry list of suspects, from family members who stand to gain by receiving Teresa’s share of her trust fund, to Teresa’s cheating boyfriend, to the family’s own attorney, among others. 

Valen’s novel is gripping, fast-paced and will have you guessing until the end.  The characters are intriguing and there are many plot twists and turns.  It is a true page-turner in every sense of the word.  I suspect that we will see much more of Valen’s Homicide Detective John Santana in the future and I look forward to it.

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