LAW AND AUTHOR is Book 5 in Erika Chase's Ashton Corners
Book Club cozy mystery series. Erika Chase does a good job of bringing the
reader up to speed on the different characters and their
relationships to each other.
When someone is murdered in LAW AND AUTHOR, recent
newcomers to town become obvious suspects. Bob Miller is
a beloved member of the small southern town of Ashton
Corners, as well as the Ashton Corners Mystery Readers
and Cheese Straws Society. When his long-lost
granddaughter Darla shows up with a shady boyfriend in
tow, trouble is not far behind. Lizzie Turner makes a
likable amateur sleuth, and it makes sense for her to
want to investigate since her friend Bob's granddaughter
is at the center of a murder investigation. Lizzie takes
a lot of risks, but I like that her fellow book group
members offer to help her investigate. LAW AND AUTHOR is
chock-full of suspense to keep you on the edge of your
seat.
The cozy, small town atmosphere with fun locals is a nice
contrast to the world of drug dealers and gamblers that
intrudes upon that town. Local author Teensy Coldicutt
makes an energetic and imaginative investigative partner
for Lizzie. A subplot involving Teensy adds some humor to
LAW AND AUTHOR and makes a nice little diversion from the
main plot without cluttering up the story. Lizzie's
charming book group friends help balance out all of the
danger that permeates LAW AND AUTHOR.
LAW AND AUTHOR is a cozy mystery with some bite. LAW AND
AUTHOR makes you feel like a part of the investigation as
Lizzie Turner hunts down clues and bad guys. I enjoyed
seeing Lizzie's romantic relationship with police chief
Mark Dreyfus get stronger. I look forward to reading the
next Ashton Corners Book Club mystery and visiting
familiar and favorite characters.
The author of Book Fair and Foul reconvenes the
Ashton Corners book club to solve a murder in their own
backyard . . .
Bob Miller, retired police chief
and member of the Ashton Corners Mystery Readers and Cheese
Straws Society, is stunned by the arrival of his
twenty-one-year-old granddaughter, Darla, whom he has never
seen. Bob has been estranged from his own daughter for
decades and hopes to make up for his absence in Darla’s
life. But some of the ladies of the book club find their
Southern hospitality strained as they question the motives
behind this sudden reunion.
After a dead man is found
in Molly Mathews’s backyard, their concerns grow more
serious. Lizzie Turner saw Darla arguing with the stranger
the day before, but when the police question her, Darla
proves to be an unreliable narrator. It’s up to the book
club to uncover the real story . . . before another victim
is written into the plot.
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