Brenda H. (booksinvt) - , reviewed on 2/7/2017 + 458 more book reviews

Murder at the Fortune Teller's Table is the 3rd installment in the A Kelly Jackson Mystery series set on the California coast and featuring Redwood Cove Bed and Breakfast manager, Kelly Jackson. Kelly has settled into the routine of Redwood Cove and is looking forward to manning a booth at the annual Wine and Flowers Festival.

While wandering around at the school Science Fair with B&B cook Helen and her son Tommy, Kelly is approached by Amy "Summer" Winter who says she needs the help of Kelly and the Silver Sentinels to locate two people from her past. The group of Senior Citizens pride themselves on their investigative techniques and quickly get to work locating the man and woman for Summer.

When Summer turns up dead alongside Fortune Teller Despina "Auntie" Manyotis, it's evident that the possibility of having the secrets from her past exposed has caused someone a lot of anxiety. Kelly and the Sentinels, along with Deputy William Stanton, are hard at work trying to track the down the killer when someone tries to silence Kelly and Sentinel Mary Rutledge permanently.

This series only gets better with each new edition. It's impossible not to fall in love with Tommy and his basset hound Fred, not to mention the well developed cast of characters that includes Daniel Stevens and his daughter Allie. There's a hint of romance in the air for Kelly when fellow Resorts International employee, Scott Thompson arrives in Redwood to work on an extended project.

While each installment in the series can read as a stand alone, I strongly suggest starting from the beginning and getting to know all of the characters. I hope there will be plenty more adventures on the horizon for Kelly and her friends.

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