Mystery at Washte by Kathleen Martin

When her next door neighbor's wife goes missing, nobody can imagine where she went.  Local gossip has her dead and buried but Alice doesn't think that's true.

The author graciously shared a copy of this book with me for a review (thank you).  It has been published and you can purchase a copy now. 

This story is more about personal relationships than it is a mystery.  Alice gets mouthy at work and loses her job.  she also finds out it's hard to maintain a friendship when you no longer work together.  She and her daughter have their differences.  And then the missing woman stops to say hi at the park and to assure her she's OK.  That's debatable as you will see at the end of the story.

This is a short tale about one woman's life and what she learns after losing her job.  Her life isn't over, it's just changed...