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.
First in a crafty new cozy mystery series from national
bestselling author Nancy Haddock
There isnβt much crime in Lilyvale, Arkansas, but local
authorities have their hands full with Ms. Sherry Mae
Stanton Cutler and her housematesβa crafty group of retirees
whoβve dubbed themselves the Silver Six. But when Sherry
Maeβs niece, Nixy, arrives to keep them in line, Lilyvale
also plays host to a killer.
When Leslee Stanton βNixyβ Nix gets the latest call from
Lilyvale detective Eric Shoar, she knows it means trouble.
Thereβs been another kitchen explosion at her Aunt Sherryβs
farmhouse, and the dreamy-voiced detective has had enough.
If Nixy doesnβt 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 Sherryβs hand-woven baskets, when land
developer Jill Elsman arrives to bully Nixyβs aunt into
selling the property. When Jill is later found dead in the
cemetery, Sherry is suspected of weaving a murder plot, and
itβs up to Nixy and the Silver Six to untangle the truth.
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