Gladys Burger has never held a job for more than a few months in her entire life. Her grandmother, Zelda, asks her to move Cannes and take over her matchmaking business. Zelda has an uncanny knack for matching people. An amazing women who never leaves her home, Zelda knows everyone in town and is always up on the latest news.
Gladys, who prefers to be called Gladie, is trying to organize her grandmother's business records and wondering how she will develop the skills to become a matchmaker.
The neighbor across the street has died. Even though it was declared death from natural causes, there are too many questions left unanswered. Gladie's instincts along with some hints from the family have her pursuing all the leads that come her way.
As she investigates, she meets two exciting men who romance her. One is the new police chief in town. The other lives next door to Zelda and is rather mysterious about his life.
Peopled with eccentric and interesting characters, this is a great start to a new series of mysteries. AN AFFAIR TO DISMEMBER was thoroughly entertaining and I look forward to more in the series. Fans of comedic mysteries will want to pick this one up.
Three months has been Gladie Burgerβs limit when it comes to
staying in one place: Sheβs always been a temp agency kind
of girl, ever ready to move on. Thatβs why Gladie is more
than a little skeptical when her eccentric Grandma Zelda
recruits her to the family business in the quaint small town
of Cannes, California. Gladie is also highly unqualified:
Her beloved grandmotherβs business is matchmaking, and
Gladie has a terrible track record with romance. Still,
despite evidence to the contrary, Zelda is convinced that
her granddaughter has βthe gift.β But when the going gets
tough, Gladie wonders if this gift has a return policy.
When Zeldaβs neighbor drops dead in his kitchen, Gladie is
swept into his bizarre familyβs drama. Despite warnings from
the (distractingly gorgeous) chief of police to steer clear
of his investigation, Gladie is out to prove that her
neighborβs death was murder. Itβs not too long before sheβs
in way over her headβwith the hunky police chief, a
dysfunctional family full of possible killers, and yet
another mysterious and handsome man, whose attentions sheβs
unable to ignore. Gladie is clearly being pursuedβeither by
true love or by a murderer. Who will catch her first?
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