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The Thursday Morning Breakfast Club ladies meet each week to catch up on each other’s lives and the local happenings. This week is definitely a little different that most. They worry that Clare’s husband is abusing her, Hester’s grandson just got arrested and the leader of the group, Lillie Mae Harris, has discovered a dead body while on her daily hike. The primary suspect is Clare’s husband but then his body is found dead in his backyard. The whole group is in shock when his wife confesses to killing him. They know she could not have killed him and wonder if she is protecting someone. With the blessing of local police the ladies do a little investigating on their own to catch the real culprit.

Dollycas’s Thoughts
This is a fun little mystery that takes place in a little town of Mount Penn. Murder turns the normally quiet place on it’s ear.

I was really taken with the way the characters all live within walking distance of each other and hike the local trails. They were always visiting each other and were a very close knit group. It was just unfathomable that there could be a killer in their midst.

The author plotted a fine mystery and created and introduced some really interesting characters. Charlie Warren, the town’s homegrown policeman, was the one that really intrigued me as he sought out help from Lillie Mae and even took her along to question suspects to add her observations as a backup to his own. Usually in stories like this local law enforcement wants the civilians to butt out and stay out of the way. A unique twist that I really enjoyed.

At less than 250 pages this is a very quick read. It is very well written and full of the tiny details cozy lovers will appreciate.