A HUSH AT MIDNIGHTByMarlene M. BellWelcome to TheBook’s ...
A HUSH AT MIDNIGHT
ByMarlene M. Bell
Welcome to TheBook’s Delight and a stop on the book tour for A Hush at Midnight. See myreview below!
Cozy Mystery / Small Town MysteryPublisher: Ewephoric
Pages: 368
PublicationDate: September 5, 2024
SYNOPSIS :
A manipulator.
Afatal plan for revenge.
Award-winning author of the Annalisse series, Marlene M. Bell, brings distantfriends together in the rural South only to have one of them become the victimof a brutal crime of passion.
Once celebrated for her show-stopping pastries andirresistible desserts, former celebrity chef Laura Harris is now makingheadlines for a far darker reason.
Laura has been accused of murder.How could this petite chef have brutally smothered the beloved small-townmatriarch, World War II ferry pilot veteran, Hattie Stenburg? Hattie wasn'tjust a pillar of the community; she was Laura's confidant and mentor. Theshocking twist? Hattie’s will contained recent changes, bypassing next-of kinand leaving her entire fortune and historic estate to Laura.
As Laura scrambles to clear her name, she uncovers sinister secrets lurkingbeneath the town’s idyllic surface. The real murderer is always one step ahead,leaving taunting clues and threatening Laura to leave Texas—or face deadlyconsequences. With time not a luxury, Laura must untangle the web of deceitbefore the killer makes her the next victim.
In A Hush at Midnight, Marlene M. Bell twists an amateur sleuth crimemystery into a race against the clock to solve her mentor's murder.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Marlene M. Bell is an award-winning author of theAnnalisse romantic suspense series. She’s also an acclaimed artist andphotographer using her pictures for descriptive prose that eventually lands inher mysteries. Marlene lives with her husband of 42 years on their East Texasranch with numerous sheep. When she’s not writing, drawing or painting, she isshepherdess to their Katahdin hair sheep and ranch kitties.
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MY REVIEW
This is the thirdMarlene Bell book I’ve read. The previous books were part of the Annalisse series.
I love a good murdermystery and that is exactly what author Marlene Bell and her MC Chef andCookbook Writer Laura Harris dish up in this entertaining novel. Laura returnsto her Texas roots after a stint as an award-winning chef in California, whereher brother runs the family restaurant.
Laura is halfway home afteran uneasy visit with old family friend Hattie Stenburg when a niggling feelingtells her to return to the house only to find Hattie dead in the guest house.She calls the police and has to convince them her death was murder only to findherself in their crosshairs. Hattie, it seems is worth a lot of money. Thesuspects soon pile up, including disgruntled neighbors, a missing caretaker, andLaura’s boyfriend. With little trust in the police, Laura investigates Hattie’sdeath herself.
At her side is her widowedfather who eyes an eye on her. But trouble is also brewing in her hometown whereher friend's bakery is hit with bad reviews and equipment failure. Are the tworelated? It’s all beginning to be too much. But Laura has a new friend, the sexysmelling lawyer who handles Hattie’s affairs, and things are heating up in thatdepartment pretty quick.
With plenty of clues,mysteries, twists and turns, Bell takes the reader of a ride as she spins hertale of greed and revenge.
I really enjoyed therural Texas setting with vivid descriptions of the countryside and life insmall town America. There’s a good romance brewing even as Laura comes to gripswith her current beau. Lots of layers, lots of details to wade through untilthe ultimate satisfying ending!
I recommend this bookto lovers of complex murder mysteries.
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