"Six crafty elders will lead Nixy on a chase as they expose a killer."
Reviewed by Leanne Davis
Posted September 2, 2015
Mystery Cozy
Leslee "Nixy" Stanton gets a call from Lilyvale police
detective Eric Shoar that will change her life. All
kinds of strange things have been going on at her aunt's
house and he's been called out there too many times. Nixy is
given an ultimatum - either she come out to Lilyvale and
take charge or... Nixy works in an art gallery and is in line for a
promotion after the latest art exhibit is done. This
couldn't come at a worse time for her. Nixy didn't even
know she had an aunt until her mother died. Sherry
stepped in and helped her through all of the arrangements
and deal with the grief. Now, Sherry needs her so she
works flat out to get everything ready and heads to
Lilyvale. While she knows her Aunt Sherry has some
housemates, she didn't know that a land developer was
harassing people and her aunt to sell their property. Nixy kicks the developer Jill Elsman off the land in the
middle of an art fair that the Silver Six are running.
Nixy is in awe of some of the work she sees but she can't
understand why Sherry is keeping something important from
her. Jill Elsman is found dead and all the attention is
focused on Sherry and her five housemates. Nixy will
have to expose the real killer while keeping the hunky
detective away from the Silver Six. Ms. Haddock has started a new series with BASKET CASE. I
found myself enjoying it immensely. Not only was the
relationship between Nixy and Eric entertaining, the
secondary characters of the Silver Six really draw the
reader into the story as one learns the personalities of
the six housemates. I can't wait for the next book.
SUMMARY
First in a crafty new cozy mystery series from national
bestselling author Nancy Haddock There isn’t much crime in Lilyvale, Arkansas, but local
authorities have their hands full with Ms. Sherry Mae
Stanton Cutler and her housemates—a crafty group of retirees
who’ve dubbed themselves the Silver Six. But when Sherry
Mae’s niece, Nixy, arrives to keep them in line, Lilyvale
also plays host to a killer. When Leslee Stanton “Nixy” Nix gets the latest call from
Lilyvale detective Eric Shoar, she knows it means trouble.
There’s been another kitchen explosion at her Aunt Sherry’s
farmhouse, and the dreamy-voiced detective has had enough.
If Nixy doesn’t check on her aunt in person, the Silver Six
could become wards of the court. But the trouble Nixy finds
in Lilyvale is not at all what she expects. The seniors are hosting a folk art festival at the
farmhouse, featuring Sherry’s hand-woven baskets, when land
developer Jill Elsman arrives to bully Nixy’s aunt into
selling the property. When Jill is later found dead in the
cemetery, Sherry is suspected of weaving a murder plot, and
it’s up to Nixy and the Silver Six to untangle the truth.
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