My Father Always Finds Corpses

 

My Father Always Finds Corpses is a fun cozy standalone mystery by Lee Hollis. Released 27th May 2025 by Kensington, it's 288 pages and is available in hardcover, paperback (large print), audio, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. For Kindle Unlimited subscribers, this book is currently included in the KU subscription library to borrow and read for free.

This is a very light, slightly campy murder mystery set around actors and local theatre (and all the drama on-stage and off that entails). The author is adept at characterization and the MC, a recently bereaved former actor, now retired, is kind, sympathetic, and relatable. 

The action driven plot is full of sly in-jokes and culture references from old sitcoms and movies, and the overall whole has a scooby-do meets Magnum PI vibe that is fun. It's not directly foreshadowed in this book, but the ending leaves the possibility open for further installments.

The unabridged audio format has a run time of 7 hours 27 minutes and is capably read by Matt Godfrey. He has a pleasant mid-range tenor voice and does a good job of the various ages and both male and female character. Sound and production quality are high throughout the read. 

Four stars. Quite engaging, not graphic or scary, silly in places, but fun. It would be a good choice for public or home library acquisition, or a buddy/readathon read.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.