Evil for Evil

Description

Evil for Evil is the tenth book in Deb Pines' traditional whodunit Chautauqua Mysteries featuring the wise and witty reporter sleuth of a certain age Mimi Goldman. "An Agatha Christie for the text-message age," IndieReader calls the series. When Emmy Diner, a true-crime podcaster who champions the cases of forgotten victims, is killed at a Chautauqua book club meeting, she could use her own champion. The police don’t suspect foul play. Everyone present — including Emmy’s boozing brother-in-law, artsy best friend and an ex-love interest, plus a local minister, musician, nurse, preschool teacher and cleaner — seems harmless. Luckily, reporter and relentless snoop Mimi Goldman is at the meeting, too. New to the book club but not to solving murders in the historic, cottage-filed, leafy, lakeside summer arts community of Chautauqua, Mimi wonders: Might Emmy have been a threat to someone from one of her cold cases? Or the target of a more recent rival? Or was her death something entirely different? With help from her 90-year-old sidekick Sylvia, Mimi digs in, gradually realizing one terrifying fact: the book club members can't be judged by their covers. Fans of Agatha Christie, Louise Penny, Elly Griffiths and "Only Murders in the Building" will enjoy this twist-filled mystery one early reviewer called "an unputdownable triumph."