Publisher: Witness Impulse
Published: July 8, 2014
ISBN: 978-0062359766
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Format: Ebook
Obtained via: Publisher
Widowed Helen Evans is an active member of the community of
River Bend, Illinois. Without trying she ends up in the middle of a major town
dispute over the pending development of a water park. One of the residents, Milton Grone is selling
his land to get that water park going and not everyone is happy about it. One person is so unhappy he …. or she … hits
Milton on the head and kills him. Since
he wasn’t exactly all that popular there is no shortage of suspects. Unable to believe someone she knows could
have killed him Helen starts looking for the killer on her own. Understandably
the killer isn’t too happy about this.
Can Helen find the killer before he …. or she … finds Helen?
Susan McBride is one of my favorite cozy authors. She writes
with a touch of humor that has you chuckling if not outright laughing out loud –
yes, even in a cozy mystery. Helen is of
Miss Marple or Jessica Fletcher’s generation but she’s got a fun wit that makes
her stand out.
One thing that caught my attention about TO HELEN BACK is not so
long ago there was a news item about someone in a town back east buying up land
with a hidden agenda not all that different from this book. Considering this book was published in 2014
and this news story recently came out it makes one consider if this is a
situation of life imitating art.
If you are a cozy fan this is definitely one series to add to
your TBR. If you haven’t tried a cozy
yet, this is a fun series to start off with.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of
this book.
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