After solving one
murder, Maggie and her friends, Agnes and Helen, have opened their
own detective agency. They know little about being detectives, but
that doesn’t deter them. Since both Helen and Agnes have other
jobs, the task of keeping the agency running falls to Maggie.
She’s alone in the
office when Racine Stern, a daughter of one of the richest families
in town, seeks out their services. Her sister, Domino, is planning a
visit. Racine wants to pay the agency a thousand dollars if Maggie
will undertake to convince Domino not to come. Domino is involved in
witchcraft and other unsavory activities. Racine is afraid for
herself and her invalid mother if Domino and her husband, Lucifer,
come to stay.
Maggie is a strange
character to be running a detective agency. She’s a Sunday school
teacher who has been immersed in grief for years over the death of
her daughter. In this novel, she starts to come out of her shell, but
she’s still quite rigid in her beliefs. She turns down Racine’s
job because she thinks the prodigal should be welcomed home. Her
partners are not so sure. In fact, Agnes is furious.
The plot is focuses
on dysfunctional family relationships, witchcraft and finally,
murder. I find it a little difficult to see the very proper Maggie
involved in stalking a killer, but the author makes it reasonably
believable.
If you like cozy
mysteries this is an interesting one with an unusual heroine.
I received this book
from Alibi and Net Galley for this review.
No comments:
Post a Comment