Book Review: Murder of a Sweet Old Lady

Reviewed By: Dawn Dowdle

Murder of a Sweet Old Lady    
Denise Swanson
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Amateur Sleuth   Woman Main Character
Series: Scumble River Mysteries
241 pgs.

Skye Denison is the school psychologist in Scumble River, IL. Her office is in the Jr. High but she spends time at the high school and elementary schools as well. Skye grew up here. After high school she left planning to never return. Fired, jilted and broke she returned. With the help of her Uncle Charlie she obtained the psychologist job.

When Skye arrives at Grandma Leofanti's, she finds her dead and Mrs. Janowski, who took care of her, missing. Most of Skye's immediate and extended family members become suspects.

Along with her daily duties at school, Skye begins looking into family members' alibis and motives. She uncovers lots of family secrets.

A series of hooligan attacks on Skye's property begin and lead to an outright physical attack on Skye.

This is a GREAT series. I feel like I know Skye and her quirky family. Definitely a country family in a small town. The people she has created are so well described; I feel they're real and very believable.

I always look forward to reading the next book in this series.

Dawn Dowdle

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