Murder's never on the reading list, until the book club starts dropping dead.
Single mom Sophie "Phee" Kimball isn't a detective; she's an account clerk in the chilly town of Mankato, Minnesota. But when her eccentric mother in Arizona insists that members of her retirement community book club are dying because of a "cursed" novel, Phee reluctantly heads to sun-soaked Sun City West to snoop.
Phee doesn't believe in curses, and the deaths appear to be accidents: a golf cart crash, pneumonia, an allergic reaction, but something is clearly not right under the blazing desert sun. As Phee digs deeper, she uncovers secrets, rivalries, and motives lurking behind friendly smiles. Now, it's up to Phee to read between the lines before the killer strikes again, turning the next chapter into someone's last.
The perfect cozy mystery debut for fans of Richard Osman, Robert Thorogood and Jesse Q. Sutanto.
"A thoroughly entertaining series debut, with enjoyable, yet realistic characters and enough plot twists and dead ends to appeal from beginning to end."
Booklist, starred review
"Eaton's debut introduces a retirement community filled with quirky characters and a sleuth who may have more talent for solving puzzles than she admits."
Kirkus Reviews
Single mom Sophie "Phee" Kimball isn't a detective; she's an account clerk in the chilly town of Mankato, Minnesota. But when her eccentric mother in Arizona insists that members of her retirement community book club are dying because of a "cursed" novel, Phee reluctantly heads to sun-soaked Sun City West to snoop.
Phee doesn't believe in curses, and the deaths appear to be accidents: a golf cart crash, pneumonia, an allergic reaction, but something is clearly not right under the blazing desert sun. As Phee digs deeper, she uncovers secrets, rivalries, and motives lurking behind friendly smiles. Now, it's up to Phee to read between the lines before the killer strikes again, turning the next chapter into someone's last.
The perfect cozy mystery debut for fans of Richard Osman, Robert Thorogood and Jesse Q. Sutanto.
"A thoroughly entertaining series debut, with enjoyable, yet realistic characters and enough plot twists and dead ends to appeal from beginning to end."
Booklist, starred review
"Eaton's debut introduces a retirement community filled with quirky characters and a sleuth who may have more talent for solving puzzles than she admits."
Kirkus Reviews
Taschenbuch
When a theater group's murder mystery weekend turns deadly, the seniors of Sun City West take on a starring role in catching the killer . . .The book club ladies of Sun City West love nothing more than poking their noses into murder investigations, so it's the treat of a lifetime when they get to attend a murder mystery weekend at a sprawling Victorian mansion. They'll be matching wits with other mystery aficionados trying to figure out whodunnit, and Sophie "Phee" Kimball is thrilled that for once her mother's friends won't be meddling in a real homicide. As the plot unfolds it's mysterious fun for the actors and audience alike, until the dead body they discover is all too real.Confident they can solve what's turned into a real-life murder, the book club ladies hatch a plan and rope Phee into helping them. But as they step into their roles as amateur sleuths, what seems like play-acting is deadly serious to the killer. Soon Phee and the seniors want to rewrite the ending, because the murderer in their midst is dead-set on bringing the curtain down on all of them . . .