GROUNDS FOR MURDER by Betty
Ternier Daniels is a debut mystery in the Jeannie Wolfert-Lang series. I am grateful
for the free preview copy from ECW Press, a Canadian Indie
book publisher, which I received after attending a recent Booklist webinar. The main character, Jeannie, is adjusting
to life as a sixty-year-old widow on her farm. Although she enjoys the
gardening and company of her cat, Diesel, she is being encouraged to sell the
farm by her two adult children and a very aggressive real estate agent named
Monica. An accident involving Jeannie’s car results in Monica’s death and Monica's
ex-husband and cop-on-leave named Derek arrives to investigate. Feelings spark
between him and Jeannie who also manages to ignite some resentful emotions
in her young tenants on a neighboring farm. Overall, GROUNDS FOR MURDER is light and fun
and I will look forward to seeing the characters develop in future series
entries. Audiobook also available.
As an aside, I learned while reading another newly published book (Murder
on the Page) that a cat named Diesel features in several mystery books by
Miranda James – and don’t forget feline Sneaky Pie Brown who writes about two
cats, Pewter and Mrs. Murphy, with longtime co-author, Rita Mae Brown.
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