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A Roost and Arrest: 05/07/24
A Roost and Arrest by Hillary Avis and Kitty Hendrix (Narrator) (2020) is the third book in the Clucks and Clues mystery series. Leona's egg business is doing well and she's in the mood to celebrate. She spends Independence Day with friends but after the fireworks, her friend is under arrest for the murder of that year's beauty queen. With her friend in custody, it's up to Leona and the other women to cafe for the accused's young boys, and solve the murder, of course. Question number one is who would want to kill a young woman? Is her death related to the beauty contest. If so, was it a rivalry taken too far? Did the accused actually do it because she couldn't get the woman to follow the comportment rules? Or something else? Question number two is a matter of timelines. Who was where when? Who had access to the woman? Who knew her? Who talked to her? But to keep a fairly straightforward mystery more complicated, there are the two young boys: Owen and Dillion. I couldn't tell if they were twins or just close in age. That's the downside of listening to an audiobook while doing other things. Regardless, they are young and high energy. Leona with experience from raising her own children is better equipped for handling them, although at times I though they were more chaotic than any children I've known at their ages. But if you pay attention to all the details and are good at mentally rearranging things, the solution is straightforward. Despite that, it's an entertaining book. I especially liked the secondary mystery of the missing chicken eggs and Leona's solution to the problem. The fourth book is Born in a Barn (2020). Five stars Comments (0) |