No Rest for the Wicked
Elizabeth C. Main
Five Star, Sep 7 2011, $25.95
ISBN: 9781432825041
In Juniper, Oregon, con artist Hunter Blackburn is found dead in the trunk of a rental. Sheriff Arnie Kraft thinks the late Hunter’s former wife Wedding Belle Bridal Shop owner Alix Boudreau killed the grafter who targeted the elderly.
At Thornton's Books, Alix’s friend Jane Serrano and her Murder of the Month Book Club members think otherwise. One of the group participants Minnie Salter decides to follow her bible citing intuition and investigate. Velda Kubek joins Minnie as an excuse to escape her care-giving of her elderly aunt. Jane, whose daughter works for the prime suspect, knows many of the older Thornton customers and other Juniper residents lost money to Hunter’s schemes so while Arnie fumbles she looks in that direction.
The second Jane Serrano amateur sleuth (see Murder of the Month) is a super amateur sleuth as Jane, encouraged by Velda quoting the bible and Minnie wanting to become a detective, leads the inquiry. Filled with humor, fans will enjoy the investigation by Jane and company as they look like amateurs by fumbling on the case but next to the sheriff they look like pros.
Harriet Klausner
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