Wednesday, December 26, 2018

The Darling Dahlias and the Poinsettia Puzzle by Susan Wittig Albert

Everybody in this story has a crisis of some kind.  But the Darling Dahlias are up to to meeting the challenge.  So are the other town people.

Persevero Press and Net Galley let me read this book for review (thank you).  It has already been published and you can grab a copy now.

The newspaper editor finds his wife is writing a monthly check for someone.  He doesn't know why.  A man is killed in a traffic accident and his killer commits suicide at the prison.  But it isn't suicide.  A little girl who can sing and tap dance is being threatened by her father.  He wants her talent and the money she'll make him even if he tried to give her away for adoption after her birth.  A new bakery is opening but nobody knows how to make bread.  The prison is making moonshine.  The old sheriff took payoffs to ignore it.  The new sheriff isn't going to do that.

With all those problems, the story keeps you reading and wondering what's going to happen next.  The characters are enjoyable.  They're working on winning a puzzle contest.  You want to do a puzzle with them?

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