Ditched 4 Murder (Sophie Kimball, Bk 2)
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Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Author:
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Brenda H. (booksinvt) - , reviewed on + 465 more book reviews
Ditched 4 Murder is the second installment in the Sophie Kimball Mystery series set in Peoria, AZ and featuring bookkeeper, Sophie "Phee" Kimball. Having moved from her home in Mankato, Minnesota to be the bookkeeper for her friend, retired police detective Nate Williams who has opened his own private detective agency, Phee is settling in to her new life while trying to deal with living so close to her mom, Harriet Plunkett.
Harriet's sister Ina is engaged to marry the wealthy Louis Melinsky in an over the top, extravagant wedding ceremony. A sunrise ceremony is planned at the site of old Indian ruins, Petroglyph Plaza. Not the easiest locale for guests to get to not to mention the site is swarming with deadly rattlesnakes. Somehow, Phee gets roped into helping Ina with her wedding details including finding the perfect tent and handling the bizarre dessert display designed after an aviary.
Nate is busy trying to find out who killed Tom Sizemore, one of Harriet's retirement community neighbors - before her mother's book club goes completely off the rails trying to find the killer on their own. Phee thinks that she's got the Patisserie Chef Roland LeDoux hired and on board with her aunt's plan until she discovers him dead at the wedding site the victim of a rattlesnake bite. Unfortunately, the two deaths seems to be connected and Louis disappears with the police thinking he's a prime suspect.
A fast paced rollicking storyline filled with plot twists and quirky characters. Between the cases Nate will take on at the detective agency and the scrapes Harriet and her Sun City West friends will get into, this series is sure to continue for a long time.
Harriet's sister Ina is engaged to marry the wealthy Louis Melinsky in an over the top, extravagant wedding ceremony. A sunrise ceremony is planned at the site of old Indian ruins, Petroglyph Plaza. Not the easiest locale for guests to get to not to mention the site is swarming with deadly rattlesnakes. Somehow, Phee gets roped into helping Ina with her wedding details including finding the perfect tent and handling the bizarre dessert display designed after an aviary.
Nate is busy trying to find out who killed Tom Sizemore, one of Harriet's retirement community neighbors - before her mother's book club goes completely off the rails trying to find the killer on their own. Phee thinks that she's got the Patisserie Chef Roland LeDoux hired and on board with her aunt's plan until she discovers him dead at the wedding site the victim of a rattlesnake bite. Unfortunately, the two deaths seems to be connected and Louis disappears with the police thinking he's a prime suspect.
A fast paced rollicking storyline filled with plot twists and quirky characters. Between the cases Nate will take on at the detective agency and the scrapes Harriet and her Sun City West friends will get into, this series is sure to continue for a long time.