Harry Haristeen and her friend Susan Tucker are helping with cleanup at the National Beagle Club at Aldie for the Hounds for Heroes Benefit. Their efforts are hampered when a major nor’easter his Northern Virginia. Although the weather is not cooperative, Harry, Susan and her pets persevere and cleanup is well underway when Jason Holzknect, a retired foreign service officer is found dead.
Soon another murder
occurs and Harry and Susan are left with the uncomfortable assumption
that the killer must be someone familiar with the National Beagle
Club grounds. In addition to this mystery, Harry’s church is the
site of vandalism of old tombstones. When an eighteenth-century
skeleton is unearthed wearing priceless pearls, this appears to be an
old murder, since the skeleton’s neck was snapped and
she was buried on top of the remains of the two people for whom the
grave was dug.
I love the
characters in this series. Harry makes a great sleuth with the help
of her animal friends: Mrs Murphy, Pewter, Tee Tucker, and a new
addition, Pirate. The mysteries in this book were only fair. I didn’t
like the way the story toggled back and forth between past and
present since there didn’t seem to be a strong relationship between
the two crimes. However, if you enjoy the animal characters, this is
still a fun read.
I received this book
from Net Galley for this review.
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