With summer just around the corner, Judith McMonigle Flynn had no extra time on her hands. Between preparing for guests at her Northwest bed & breakfast, caring for her elderly mother and listening to the never-ending complaints of her housekeeper, Judith didn't even have time to sit down and relax. But when her cousin Renie comes to call and brings back memories of an old mansion on Moonfleet Street, Judith must admit her curiosity is peeked.
Juggling her schedule and hiding her activities from her ex-cop husband, Judith decides to take a look at the old abandoned mansion that so filled Renie's fascination as a child. Soon however, Judith discovers while the mansion may look abandoned, it houses a family who guards their privacy fiercely.
As Judith's investigation into the Moonfleet Street mansion gets deeper, the family closes in, determined to protect their privacy at all costs. But when a dead body shows up in Judith's car and she becomes a prime suspect, Judith decides that she has to break down the barriers that hold the secrets in at the mansion. As the secrets began to unravel and Judith finds her life in danger, she begins to wonder if she should have left those secrets buried at the house on Moonfleet Street.
THIS OLD SOUSE is a wonderful read for all lovers of cozy mysteries. Readers are instantly drawn to the character of Judith Flynn. A strong female sleuth who is trying to run a business and a family of her own, but can't help but contain a strong curiosity that bubbles inside of her. Add to the mix a wonderfully funny cousin who goes along for the ride, and the reader finds themselves laughing as they flip the pages wondering who the murder is.
This is the 20th novel in the Bed & Breakfast series by Mary Daheim. While I jumped right into the middle of the series, I was able to quickly grasp each character and their back story. I had no trouble keeping up with the action and references to some of Judith's earlier cases made me want to run right out and buy all of Daheim's earlier books in the series.
This book is a definite read for any lover of the cozy mystery.
A nostalgic trip back to Renie's old neighborhood wasn't
meant to get B&B hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn's snooping
engine revved up. But when the exotic and decrepit manse on
Moonfleet Street that the cousins always thought was
deserted turns out not to be, Judith figures what's wrong
with giving the creaky old house a closer look? The friendly
neighborhood milk man claims he's been making deliveries
there for as long as he can remember. The seldom seen and
rarely heard occupants, Dick and Jane Bland, and Jane's
spinster sister, Sally, pay their dairy bills by putting
cash in the milk box -- a curious situation to be sure, but
certainly nothing sinister. At least not until Judith goes
from being suspicious to being a suspect when she opens the
trunk of her car and discovers a dead body ... which, when
alive, was tightly wrapped up in this whole blamed Bland
business.
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