Skye Denison, left her small hometown after she finished school, but now she is back and trying to adjust to small town life again.

In the second book in the series, Murder of a Sweet Old Lady, Denise Swanson has taken us back to Scumble River, a small town filled with eccentric characters.

Skye has gotten into the habit of stopping by her grandmother's house every day after work to hear stories of the family history. When Skye finds her grandmother dead in her bed, the family is outraged when Skye suggests it might be murder but since the housekeeper is missing, the family convinces themselves that she is the killer. So they are even more outraged when Skye starts looking at family members. In fact, as Skye searches for her grandmother's killer and she learns more than she ever wanted to know about her relatives' secrets, she is left wondering if destroying the family is worth the price of unmasking a killer.

And when Skye finds herself the victim of several acts of vandalism, she isn't sure who is behind them, is it a family member or an angry parent of one of the children she is counseling. She is also having to deal with some very sticky issues at work when her boss asks her to lie on a report, the same issue that got her fired from her last job.

There's alot packed into this little book. I really enjoyed it and if you're looking for a nice cozy, I'd recommend you give this one a try.

Very Good

Jo Anderson

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