Book Review: Little White Lies

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

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Ron & Janet Benrey
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Cozy   Amateur Sleuth   Religious Fiction
Series: Pippa Hunnechurch
Broadman & Holman, Feb 2001, $12.99, 320 pp.

Born in England, Pippa Hunnechurch now lives in the United States and has for over two years since her spouse and child died in a senseless car accident. Pippa plans to become a permanent resident of Ryde, Maryland after falling in love with her adopted new homeland. Pippa, who runs a headhunting agency, meets popular peer Marsha Morgan during a Chamber of Commerce meeting. They immediately hit it off so when Pippa needs an applicant fast for a client, she turns to Marsha for help. Marsha offers the perfect candidate and the two women split the fee.

However, before they can divide their earnings, Marsha dies in a drowning accident that Pippa believes is a disguised homicide connected to the deceased's business. With the help of Marsha's secretary, Pippa tries to solve which of the four likely suspects killed her new friend.

LITTLE WHITE LIES is an entertaining mystery that fans of cozies and amateur sleuth tales will enjoy. Readers of inspirational stories will adore the novel too as Ron and Janet Benrey show how embracing God's love can make the difference in one's life without preaching their message. In fact, the writing team adroitly interweaves their feelings into a well thought out who-done-it populated by four viable suspects and a determined headhunting "sleuth".

Harriet Klausner

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