Belle Meade is a luxuriously well appointed retirement
community that has a rather lengthy list of people waiting
for a vacancy shall we say. It appears that the list will be
opened for some recently vacated units. Two members of Cissy
Blevins Kendrick's Wednesday bridge club have been
discovered dead in their respective units at Belle Meade.
Cissy is understandably distraught over their untimely
death. Well, distraught is perhaps the wrong word to
describe her reaction to their deaths -- angry and suspicious
would work better. Who better to help Cissy get to the
bottom of the deaths, or murders, of her two friends then
daughter Andrea. Andy is an artist and web designer who
fashions her life as far from the Dallas debutante that her
mother would covet as possible.
Following the funerals of Bebe Kent and Sarah Lee Sewell,
Cissy and Andy approach Annabelle Meade, the owner of Belle
Meade with their suspicions that the deaths were anything
but natural. After all Bebe wouldn't be caught dead -- pardon
the pun -- wearing a frothy nightgown. And Sarah Lee, well
let's just say she was fastidious about her lipstick. From
that point on, donning a most outlandish disguise and
assuming an amazing and equally outlandish background the
two set off to find out just what happened to these two
friends and the list of suspects gets more interesting as
they go. Using just simple everyday logic mixed with an
equal measure of zaniness this mother and daughter team
become a force to reckon with as they add up the list of clues.
This latest escapade of Susan McBride's is a joyful romp of
a murder mystery. She takes a somber task of ferreting out
the murderer and mixes in some wonderfully comic scenes that
result in a delightful read. Sure you are relieved at the
end when the culprit is uncovered but you have enjoyed
following the rather unconventional investigation. This is a
quick read from start to finish with the reader taking a few
laugh breaks along the way.
...which is why Bebe Kent joined a dating service for
"discriminating" seniors soon after relocating to the
swanky
Belle Meade retirement community. Unfortunately, Bebe
didn't
live long enough to meet "Mr. Right." And though doctors
declared her death totally natural, extravagant blue-
blooded
Dallas socialite Cissy Blevins Kendricks believes her old
friend's demise was hastened -- and she's ready to check
herself into Belle Meade incognito to prove it.
Cissy's rebellious, sometime-sleuthing daughter, Andrea,
wants no part of her mother's glittering social whirl --
and
she's anything but pleased to have Cissy muscle her way
into
Andy's milieu. She has no choice, however, but to join
her
mom in search of the truth -- especially when more
well-heeled widows start turning up dead...
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