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Death Comes to Happy Acres
At sixty-three, former jazz musician Wade Lovett finds himself something of a trailer park Lothario carrying on affairs with three different women. But when circumstances prompt Carol Smitzky to make a compelling case for a marriage arrangement, he agrees. The next morning he visits girlfriend number two, Peggy MacCallister, to tell her the news—and finds her lying dead on her kitchen floor. Shortly after Peggy’s death, Wade is surprised to learn that she left him guardianship of her prized cat, Prince Albert. Even more surprising, she named Wade as beneficiary of her life insurance, which provokes her son to demand an autopsy. As a natural death seems less and less likely, Wade becomes the prime suspect in her murder forcing him to investigate the crime himself. Was Peggy killed by one of her two children, the park manager, a mystery second boyfriend, or was it Wade’s third paramour, Sue Mullins?
257 pages, Paperback
First published September 10, 2015
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January 29, 2017
4,5 stars
Every reader has his/her Buy-Automatically-Authors, BAA. I'm no exception to that. I wish only that my BAA-list would be much longer, and I could spend less hours looking for the next read.
JT Moss is a new pen name of one of my BAA. I shouldn't probably mention it in my review, out of respect for the author's decision, BUT
it was the reason WHY I asked JT Moss for an ARC when I found out WHO was behind this name;
Generally I'm against a multiple pen name strategy, but I can understand WHY authors do it. It helps to separate genres, to keep the wrong readers away, and maybe to win the new ones.
Death Comes to Happy Acres is a mystery. But it doesn't belong to gay mystery, one of my favourite categories. And I swear, I had NO IDEA about THIS fact when I asked the author for the ARC.
I asked for it → I got it → I read the blurb → I thought "OH SH****T."
NOW, when I finished I( and ENORMOUSLY enjoyed it), I'm simply glad and happy about my initial lack of information, because I most-likely wouldn't have asked for the ARC, and maybe wouldn't have put this book at the top of my TBR list.
AND IT WOULD BE A SHAME!!!
The main protagonist, Wade Lovett, is sixty three year old and doesn't actually comply with the idea of a perfect mystery book hero. But he doesn't demand it, and the author doesn't try to make him fit into a role of an exemplary character. Wade Lovett is a former jazz musician, a widower, who lives in Happy Acres, a trailer park in California. He has his weakness for women, but it is more about companionship and friendship than about sex, maybe it is why he is not really in love with any of his regular dates. Wade Lovett lives a quiet and unspectacular life, trying to avoid all kind of unnecessary excitements and negative emotions after his heart attack six months ago. But when he found Peggy MacCallister, one of his love affairs, lying dead in her kitchen, his quiet life suddenly goes off the rails.
Death Comes to Happy Acres IS NOT overload with actions, or blood events - everything happens in a comfortable pace, in a chamber atmosphere, but the story does never lose its tension and stays a real page turner, from the first up to the last page.
It is a warm-hearted crime comedy about ordinary people from next door, that is told in the most charming way. There is no a single boring paragraph, there is no a single insignificant sentence, there is no a single unimportant detail.
The writing is soo good! The author knows well enough how and when to be inventive and humorous, and when sentimental. He has a particular talent to write an eloquent prose in a simple uncomplicated way.
I wish and hope that this book becomes a movie one day. It really offers a good basis for a great movie, where casting is very important. How else do you want to transmit this amazing 1st person POV?!
And I've already found my Wade Lovett ---> Jeff Bridges!
Wade Lovett while listening to jazz from the '80s on his old clunky iPod.
Highly RECOMMENDED!
*****Copy provided by the author in exchange for an honest review***
January 29, 2021
JT Moss = Marshall Thornton
Definitely gave me the impression that Thornton could make it in mainstream fiction if he chose to try. Of course, luck plays a huge role in whether a mystery author -- or any author -- breaks out of the pack and gets the recognition they deserve.
Definitely gave me the impression that Thornton could make it in mainstream fiction if he chose to try. Of course, luck plays a huge role in whether a mystery author -- or any author -- breaks out of the pack and gets the recognition they deserve.
May 25, 2017
Review written May 25, 2017
3.8 Stars - A cozy mystery set in a trailer park with just senior characters. I enjoyed a lot
Some weeks ago I got a message from an author I usually very much like reading M/M novels: "I occasionally write mainstream mysteries under the name JT Moss... if you enjoy cozies, Death Comes to Happy Acres is currently on sale for 99¢." I went for it an added the WSfV $2 audiobook. — 6:52 narrated by Peter Husmann.
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Death Comes to Happy Acres is a whodunnit (crime) novel about some seniors living in a trailer park. — Love, lust, jealousy, sorrow, comfort, hesitancy and all those small and big troubles of life. — Our main character and "hero" is the 63 years old former jazz musician Wade Lovett. A grieving widower having cozy night affairs with a bunch of women. All kind of friends, neighbors and everyone at least familiar with each other.
Planning to marrying one of them he finds another of his "lady friends" lying dead on her kitchen floor. Her cat Prince Albert is moving into Wade's home and a lot of mysterious things starts to happening.
Is it a heartache or is it a mysterious murder case? In that case: Who done it?
I sincerely enjoyed this one. Great characters and a sweet slow mystery to be solved. Wade is terrific and I still smile thinking about him.
... A flawless well done audiobook narration as well. — I'm glad and happy I took the chance with this book.
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I LIKE - stories with older people as well
3.8 Stars - A cozy mystery set in a trailer park with just senior characters. I enjoyed a lot
Some weeks ago I got a message from an author I usually very much like reading M/M novels: "I occasionally write mainstream mysteries under the name JT Moss... if you enjoy cozies, Death Comes to Happy Acres is currently on sale for 99¢." I went for it an added the WSfV $2 audiobook. — 6:52 narrated by Peter Husmann.
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Death Comes to Happy Acres is a whodunnit (crime) novel about some seniors living in a trailer park. — Love, lust, jealousy, sorrow, comfort, hesitancy and all those small and big troubles of life. — Our main character and "hero" is the 63 years old former jazz musician Wade Lovett. A grieving widower having cozy night affairs with a bunch of women. All kind of friends, neighbors and everyone at least familiar with each other.
Planning to marrying one of them he finds another of his "lady friends" lying dead on her kitchen floor. Her cat Prince Albert is moving into Wade's home and a lot of mysterious things starts to happening.
Is it a heartache or is it a mysterious murder case? In that case: Who done it?
I sincerely enjoyed this one. Great characters and a sweet slow mystery to be solved. Wade is terrific and I still smile thinking about him.
... A flawless well done audiobook narration as well. — I'm glad and happy I took the chance with this book. **********************************************
I LIKE - stories with older people as well
December 4, 2015
Pity poor Wade Lovett, an unemployable 62-year-old jazz saxophonist juggling three women! His life is pretty complicated — and about to get more so.
Lovett, a widower who hasn’t worked since the California real-estate market imploded in 2008 (the book is set three years later), had been sleeping with (1) Carol Smitsky, an über-efficient secretary/receptionist at a car dealership, described as pretty and “whippet-thin,” and who shaves years off her age; (2) Peggy MacCallister, a flighty 66-year-old, pretty with a good figure and big silicon-enhanced breasts; and (3) Sue Mullen, a 49-year-old barmaid at the rundown Barleycorn’s Tap Room, a promiscuous redhead who likes to live on the wild side and stir things up. All of them knew about the others, but how much the situation suited them is anyone’s guess. Like Wade, Carol and Peggy live in the Happy Acres Mobile Estates, a down-at-heel trailer park in a fictional Westmorland, California.* Sue lives in an adjacent seedy housing development.
When Wade and Carol decide to contract a literal marriage of convenience, Wade goes to inform his other two lovers. Sue takes it badly, but Peggy doesn’t — because she’s dead, lying on the kitchen floor of her trailer, dead in a puddle of ice tea and vomit. Summoning the police, Wade assumes that Peggy died of a heart attack — until he finds himself the chief suspect in Peggy’s murder. With Detective Christopher Reich so convinced that Wade’s the killer that he isn’t looking at anyone or anything else, it falls to Wade to figure out who really did Peggy in.
Except for annoyance over some typos and dropped words and poor California geography, * I really enjoyed this amusing novel and especially the likable rascal Wade and the denizens of the Happy Acres trailer park. With lots of twists and a superb denouement, I can’t wait to meet Wade again in a sequel.
In the interest of full disclosure, I received this book from NetGalley and Kenmore Books in exchange for an honest review.
*There’s a real Westmorland, California, but it’s near San Diego, not 183 miles away at the intersection of “the mighty 405” and Highway 22, as author J.T. Mott (a pseudonym) describes. The town that’s really there is Westminster, California. And that town is actually smack dab in Orange County, not barely outside of the county. No points for geography for Mott, whoever s/he is.
Lovett, a widower who hasn’t worked since the California real-estate market imploded in 2008 (the book is set three years later), had been sleeping with (1) Carol Smitsky, an über-efficient secretary/receptionist at a car dealership, described as pretty and “whippet-thin,” and who shaves years off her age; (2) Peggy MacCallister, a flighty 66-year-old, pretty with a good figure and big silicon-enhanced breasts; and (3) Sue Mullen, a 49-year-old barmaid at the rundown Barleycorn’s Tap Room, a promiscuous redhead who likes to live on the wild side and stir things up. All of them knew about the others, but how much the situation suited them is anyone’s guess. Like Wade, Carol and Peggy live in the Happy Acres Mobile Estates, a down-at-heel trailer park in a fictional Westmorland, California.* Sue lives in an adjacent seedy housing development.
When Wade and Carol decide to contract a literal marriage of convenience, Wade goes to inform his other two lovers. Sue takes it badly, but Peggy doesn’t — because she’s dead, lying on the kitchen floor of her trailer, dead in a puddle of ice tea and vomit. Summoning the police, Wade assumes that Peggy died of a heart attack — until he finds himself the chief suspect in Peggy’s murder. With Detective Christopher Reich so convinced that Wade’s the killer that he isn’t looking at anyone or anything else, it falls to Wade to figure out who really did Peggy in.
Except for annoyance over some typos and dropped words and poor California geography, * I really enjoyed this amusing novel and especially the likable rascal Wade and the denizens of the Happy Acres trailer park. With lots of twists and a superb denouement, I can’t wait to meet Wade again in a sequel.
In the interest of full disclosure, I received this book from NetGalley and Kenmore Books in exchange for an honest review.
*There’s a real Westmorland, California, but it’s near San Diego, not 183 miles away at the intersection of “the mighty 405” and Highway 22, as author J.T. Mott (a pseudonym) describes. The town that’s really there is Westminster, California. And that town is actually smack dab in Orange County, not barely outside of the county. No points for geography for Mott, whoever s/he is.
July 7, 2021
Reread in 2021 after reading Year of the Rat for its tie-in to the book. It's all part of the Marshall Thornton universe!
J.T. Moss is Marshall Thornton of Boys Town Mysteries and Pinx Video fame, so this is a bit of a departure from those exceptional series.
Wade is living in a Florida trailer park, barely managing with his social security check and enjoying the company of several women of a certain age at the trailer park. When he decides to accept Carol's offer of marriage (not so much for love, but because he can get on her insurance), he goes over to Peggy's to break the news to her ... only to find her dead on the kitchen floor. Wade is thrown into a police investigation with Detective Reich believing Wade is the killer, but there's a bevy of suspects including Peggy's grown children. (AND I absolutely knew who the killer .... except it wasn't who I thought it was. )
It took me a while to get into the voice of the main character, Wade, because he's such a departure from characters like Nick Nowak and Lionel from Femme and Masc but I really enjoyed this story -- it held my interest along the way and hope there are more books from J.T. Moss featuring Wade. 4 stars.
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J.T. Moss is Marshall Thornton of Boys Town Mysteries and Pinx Video fame, so this is a bit of a departure from those exceptional series.
Wade is living in a Florida trailer park, barely managing with his social security check and enjoying the company of several women of a certain age at the trailer park. When he decides to accept Carol's offer of marriage (not so much for love, but because he can get on her insurance), he goes over to Peggy's to break the news to her ... only to find her dead on the kitchen floor. Wade is thrown into a police investigation with Detective Reich believing Wade is the killer, but there's a bevy of suspects including Peggy's grown children. (AND I absolutely knew who the killer .... except it wasn't who I thought it was. )
It took me a while to get into the voice of the main character, Wade, because he's such a departure from characters like Nick Nowak and Lionel from Femme and Masc but I really enjoyed this story -- it held my interest along the way and hope there are more books from J.T. Moss featuring Wade. 4 stars.
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July 14, 2016
Four stars for the story. Five stars for the audio.
This is a thoroughly enjoyable and refreshing murder mystery. It is very different to the kinds of stories I usually read but I enjoyed it immensely.
I was fortunate to have an advanced copy from NetGalley and an audio version from Audiobook Blast and having both these versions truly enhanced my reading experience.
Wade Lovett is an ageing lothario. He doesn't see himself that way though. He is in his early sixties, lives in a nice enough trailer park and has a comfortable sexual relationship with three ladies. He doesn't see any problem with this because each lady seems happy enough with this kind of open relationship. The love of his life died some time ago and Wade lives off meagre benefits and tries to look after his health especially having had a heart attack.
So life isn't perfect but it is manageable and he has Peggy, Sue and Carol to keep him company.
But, as it happens in life things begin to change.
When Carol suggests they get married Wade is initially sceptical but when he realises that this is a relationship of convenience and comfort he decides to go ahead. He isn't in love with Carol because no one can replace his beloved Mary but they get on alright and they enjoy each other 's company and he could do with the health benefits.
Of course this will mean no more Peggy and Sue.
And so Wade goes off to tell Peggy that the two of them can no longer be together because he is getting married to Carol, only to find that Peggy is no longer on this earth. Peggy is dead and what initially appears to be a heart attack is eventually proven to be murder and Wade is a prime suspect.
When Wade finds out that he has inherited Peggy's cat and Peggy 's life insurance he realises that he must also do his utmost to find Peggy's killer and so the adventure begins.
As Wade begins to investigate with Carol's 'help' he is forced to confront his feelings about Carol and about Sue and Peggy. He also confronts his loss of Mary.
This is a lovely story. It is an enjoyable murder mystery with lots of guessing, lots of possible suspects, no clear motive, and plenty of trailer park secrets. It is also amusing and entertaining. This isn't a dark murder mystery because we know Wade didn't do it, but we get to follow him as he bumbles about trying to find who did before the cops pin everything on him. We get to see Wade juggle cats, women, wills and clues, hoping that something or someone will emerge to identify the killer.
And we do get there eventually after a very entertaining ride.
I really enjoyed the characters. They are multi-dimensional, realistic and engaging. They are especially brought to life in the audio version. The narrator does an excellent job! It was the best kind of audio and felt like listening to a radio drama. The narrator managed to distinguish between the different characters and he had a really good pace. I was drawn into the story and could see the trailer park and all the different characters in my imagination. The narrator enhanced this story and it was a pleasure to listen to it.
So for me overall this was a four star story which was taken to five stars because of the way the audio version brought the story to life. I enjoyed Wade as a character and thoroughly enjoyed this as a mystery.
Written copy provided by author via NetGalley in exchange for an impartial review.
Audiobook provided by the author via Audiobook Blast in exchange for an impartial review.
Many thanks to the author for his generosity and for such an entertaining and enjoyable story.
February 12, 2016
First things first: I received this book through NetGalley.
It's out since last year, so if it's something that you would enjoy, check it out.
This is actually tough for me to review cause for the most part I enjoyed it.
It was a fast paced mystery story that held my attention to the end. I really liked the twists and turns that it had. Some I saw coming, some I didn't.
But the main thing that didn't work for me in this story and something that will keep me from rereading the book, were the characters. I just didn't care. Except for Albert, the cat, I didn't like the characters at all. They were flawed and all, something that makes me fall in love with characters but this time, it didn't work at all.
I'm glad it wasn't that long of a story, cause a 100 pages more and I probably would have given up.
It's out since last year, so if it's something that you would enjoy, check it out.
This is actually tough for me to review cause for the most part I enjoyed it.
It was a fast paced mystery story that held my attention to the end. I really liked the twists and turns that it had. Some I saw coming, some I didn't.
But the main thing that didn't work for me in this story and something that will keep me from rereading the book, were the characters. I just didn't care. Except for Albert, the cat, I didn't like the characters at all. They were flawed and all, something that makes me fall in love with characters but this time, it didn't work at all.
I'm glad it wasn't that long of a story, cause a 100 pages more and I probably would have given up.
February 26, 2016
My original Death Comes to Happy Acres audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.
63-year-old Wade has been a bit of a lady’s man. But when Carol proposes marriage, he accepts. After all, there’s the benefit of health insurance, and it seems a good deal all around. Trying to do the right thing, Wade intends to notify one of his other hook-ups, Peggy, that their get-togethers will have to stop, but he discovers Peggy is dead. Soon, Wade finds himself a suspect in the police investigation, as he is the person to gain the most from Peggy’s death. For starters, there’s Prince Albert, the cat, whose guardian Wade becomes. Wade has to find out what happened to Peggy.
Death Comes To Happy Acres was a cozy, clean mystery set in a trailer park in California with a small cast of oddball characters. Told from Wade’s first person perspective, it was written in a light-hearted, straightforward manner and was a quick and entertaining listen. There were plenty of suspects, and I failed to work out what exactly had happened to poor old Peggy until all was revealed in the end. Though Wade may come across as a bit of a player initially, he is actually a very likable guy who hasn’t gotten over the death of his wife. He gradually forms an attachment to Albert, the cat, which was endearing, and some of his musings were quite witty.
The narration was very good. Peter Husmann’s interpretation of Wade was excellent. He got across the sentiment of a lovable but philosophical, slightly lost character and sounded enthusiastic throughout. I wish the female voices would have been a bit more distinguishable. Because there were numerous females, it wasn’t always easy to keep up with it. There were no production issues.
On the whole, this was a solid whodunit without violence or strong language but with plenty of dry humor and the additional benefit of following an older gentleman on his journey of coping with his loss and finding an unexpected bond with an animal. Definitely recommended for fans of cozy mysteries with down-to-earth characters and all animal lovers. 4.5 stars
Audiobook provided for review by the audiobookreviewer.com
63-year-old Wade has been a bit of a lady’s man. But when Carol proposes marriage, he accepts. After all, there’s the benefit of health insurance, and it seems a good deal all around. Trying to do the right thing, Wade intends to notify one of his other hook-ups, Peggy, that their get-togethers will have to stop, but he discovers Peggy is dead. Soon, Wade finds himself a suspect in the police investigation, as he is the person to gain the most from Peggy’s death. For starters, there’s Prince Albert, the cat, whose guardian Wade becomes. Wade has to find out what happened to Peggy.
Death Comes To Happy Acres was a cozy, clean mystery set in a trailer park in California with a small cast of oddball characters. Told from Wade’s first person perspective, it was written in a light-hearted, straightforward manner and was a quick and entertaining listen. There were plenty of suspects, and I failed to work out what exactly had happened to poor old Peggy until all was revealed in the end. Though Wade may come across as a bit of a player initially, he is actually a very likable guy who hasn’t gotten over the death of his wife. He gradually forms an attachment to Albert, the cat, which was endearing, and some of his musings were quite witty.
The narration was very good. Peter Husmann’s interpretation of Wade was excellent. He got across the sentiment of a lovable but philosophical, slightly lost character and sounded enthusiastic throughout. I wish the female voices would have been a bit more distinguishable. Because there were numerous females, it wasn’t always easy to keep up with it. There were no production issues.
On the whole, this was a solid whodunit without violence or strong language but with plenty of dry humor and the additional benefit of following an older gentleman on his journey of coping with his loss and finding an unexpected bond with an animal. Definitely recommended for fans of cozy mysteries with down-to-earth characters and all animal lovers. 4.5 stars
Audiobook provided for review by the audiobookreviewer.com
August 19, 2015
Happy Acres is an innocuous sounding trailer park in California, inhabited by our protagonist, sixty three year old washed-out jazz musician called Wade Lovett. Despite his age, and his recent health problems, he's managed to accrue not one girlfriend - but three! He's not in love with any of them, but values the companionship of the opposite sex. Truth is, he's still hung up on his departed wife. Upon accepting a practical wedding proposal from Carol, he has to tell the other two ladies he won't be seeing them anymore. One small problem, he can't tell Peggy - when he enters her trailer, he finds her dead.
"Death Comes to Happy Acres" is a cozy mystery, centered around this small intimate community with a fairly light-hearted, humorous yet simplistic, frank and honest style of writing. I felt it was a little slow at first, but before long I was formulating theories and turning pages, trying to find out of I was wrong. Despite the small cast, there are a lot of suspects. Wade himself stands to benefit the most. Not only has he been left her pedigree cat and some cash, he's also the beneficiary of her insurance policy. His two girlfriends have jealousy as a motivator and Peggy's children seem mighty suspicious. Add to that several more intrigues and possibilities. I had my list of top three endings, I was wrong!
It's not just a whodunnit, although that is the main focus - it's also about the journey of an older man who has never really managed to move on from the death of his wife and ultimately how something as simple as a bond with an animal he never wanted could help. Despite being about murder and lies, it was a sweet, endearing book. A fairly quick and easy read, but one I would definitely recommend for fans of mysteries.
Disclaimer: I received an ARC through NetGalley.
"Death Comes to Happy Acres" is a cozy mystery, centered around this small intimate community with a fairly light-hearted, humorous yet simplistic, frank and honest style of writing. I felt it was a little slow at first, but before long I was formulating theories and turning pages, trying to find out of I was wrong. Despite the small cast, there are a lot of suspects. Wade himself stands to benefit the most. Not only has he been left her pedigree cat and some cash, he's also the beneficiary of her insurance policy. His two girlfriends have jealousy as a motivator and Peggy's children seem mighty suspicious. Add to that several more intrigues and possibilities. I had my list of top three endings, I was wrong!
It's not just a whodunnit, although that is the main focus - it's also about the journey of an older man who has never really managed to move on from the death of his wife and ultimately how something as simple as a bond with an animal he never wanted could help. Despite being about murder and lies, it was a sweet, endearing book. A fairly quick and easy read, but one I would definitely recommend for fans of mysteries.
Disclaimer: I received an ARC through NetGalley.
August 28, 2016
I am reading books that have been on my NetGalley site so a long time. The books were not read for various reason. I found light and enjoyable mystery. Happy Acres is a trailer park that has been around a long time. New owners have been updating the park. The main character is Wade Lovett who has been seeing three different women. One of them, Carol convinced him that marrying her would be better for both of them. Wade, an honorable man goes to tell Peggy he is marrying. He finds Peggy dead on her kitchen floor. He is surprised to find he has inherited, her Cat, Prince Albert along with two thousand dollars for his care. Later he learns that Peggy named him as the beneficiary of her life insurance. Her son demands an autopsy which gives no answers. Wade find himself a suspect and investigate to clear his name. I would read the second book. I recommend this book for light reading.
July 23, 2016
This is a pretty low-key mystery, maybe because it involves seniors living in a trailer park (or manufactured home community, as my parents prefer to call it). Wade turns amateur sleuth in order to clear himself, but the stakes never really felt too high. That’s not to say I had it figured out. Moss does a good job moving suspicion around among the suspects. But the interesting thing here is the portrayal of the residents and life in a trailer park, which rang very true from my own experience. I was entertained.
March 11, 2017
The cozy mystery comes to the trailer park. I was so excited because I thought I figured it out, and for about 5 pages I was running a victory lap because I never figure these things out. I was wrong and my track record remains intact.
2017 reading challenge checks the box for 10. A book with a cat on the cover.
2017 reading challenge checks the box for 10. A book with a cat on the cover.
August 9, 2017
Death Comes to Happy Acres is an interesting mellow criminal mystery. The main characters are elderly trailer park dwellers, who are all alone for one or other reason, and so they are each others companions and friends. Wade, the former musician has lived decades in the park, first with his wife and last five years alone. But never really alone, he always has some lady-friends whom he seeing and he never makes secret of them, they all know about each other. Now he has a problem - one of the ladys has asked him to marry her, he agrees, and next morning when he goes to tell his other lady friend to tell her, their special friendship is over, he finds her dead on a floor.
So who is the murderer? Is it Wade, who didn't even know he inherited Peggy's cat, who comes with money for maintenance and her life insurance money also? Could it be Peggy's daughter? Or trailer park manager? Or Wade's other lady friends? Or Peggy's other boyfriend's wives? Why are the ladys suspects at all, a man could also use poison?
It was interesting story and the end result is clever enough that you have now way to figure it out at the beginning.
A good read!!
So who is the murderer? Is it Wade, who didn't even know he inherited Peggy's cat, who comes with money for maintenance and her life insurance money also? Could it be Peggy's daughter? Or trailer park manager? Or Wade's other lady friends? Or Peggy's other boyfriend's wives? Why are the ladys suspects at all, a man could also use poison?
It was interesting story and the end result is clever enough that you have now way to figure it out at the beginning.
A good read!!
September 16, 2020
Surprisingly nice little mystery.
Different and interesting. Most cozy mysteries I read are about women, but this was from a male perspective. Satisfying conclusion.
Different and interesting. Most cozy mysteries I read are about women, but this was from a male perspective. Satisfying conclusion.
August 23, 2015
I received a proof copy of this book through NetGalley.
I would call this a cozy mystery, because it lacks unnecessary blood and guts, but still had the appropriate amount of 'guess who'in it. More than once, I thought I had figured out who the culprit was, and more than once, I was wrong.
It wasn't too long, it wasn't too short, but it was a nice, easy read. I'd actually like to see Wade continue in another story or few. He was an older man, but definitely relatable and likeable. Moss did a great job of molding the other characters so they were either loved or hated.
Great for a nice and light weekend read.
I would call this a cozy mystery, because it lacks unnecessary blood and guts, but still had the appropriate amount of 'guess who'in it. More than once, I thought I had figured out who the culprit was, and more than once, I was wrong.
It wasn't too long, it wasn't too short, but it was a nice, easy read. I'd actually like to see Wade continue in another story or few. He was an older man, but definitely relatable and likeable. Moss did a great job of molding the other characters so they were either loved or hated.
Great for a nice and light weekend read.
September 12, 2015
This is a nice little cozy mystery that is set in a trailer park. Wade finds the body of a neighbor and is the manor suspect in her murder when he is named beneficiary of her will. He starts investigating and finds lots of suspects. As her sorts through the residents and workers with the police detective watching his every move there are attempts against him and his wife. Not too long but lots of excitement and clues. A good read for an afternoon of entertainment.
October 17, 2019
I enjoyed this book, it is the first book by this author I have listened to or read and I hope it won't be the last as I enjoyed the plot and setting and hope for more. I like the fact the main character was a man which is unusual for a cozy mystery but thought all the characters were fun and interesting. It kept me guessing as to who the killer was, every time I thought I had it worked out it twisted on me, keeping me hooked.
After Wade 's wife of many years dies he struggles to come to terms with her death by looking for comfort in the arms of three women. They all know about each other and all understand that it can't be anything other than fun. That is until one of them talks him into a marriage of convinces because of the mutual benefits it would provide. After careful thought be agrees but the morning he goes to break off his relationship with one of his other girl friends he finds her dead body. Her children are not happy to learn they have been cut out of her will and leave everything to Wade and his new bride. The police are called in and it is not long before they prove the children have a right to question there mother's supposed death, the only problem is Wade is the only one to gain from her death. Wade is in no position to turn the money away but at the same time he doesn't feel comfortable keeping the money but by giving the money back is he giving the money to the person who killed her? Or is he sharing his bed with her killer?
I liked the narrator, with his gruff voice it did sound like he was perfect for the part of an elderly man.
After Wade 's wife of many years dies he struggles to come to terms with her death by looking for comfort in the arms of three women. They all know about each other and all understand that it can't be anything other than fun. That is until one of them talks him into a marriage of convinces because of the mutual benefits it would provide. After careful thought be agrees but the morning he goes to break off his relationship with one of his other girl friends he finds her dead body. Her children are not happy to learn they have been cut out of her will and leave everything to Wade and his new bride. The police are called in and it is not long before they prove the children have a right to question there mother's supposed death, the only problem is Wade is the only one to gain from her death. Wade is in no position to turn the money away but at the same time he doesn't feel comfortable keeping the money but by giving the money back is he giving the money to the person who killed her? Or is he sharing his bed with her killer?
I liked the narrator, with his gruff voice it did sound like he was perfect for the part of an elderly man.
September 22, 2019
First, the characters! They are all so complex, but their motivations so human and real that you can easily find equivalents of them on your life. And they aren't your usual protagonists, either. They are people in their sixties, and even the youngers are what? forty-ish? And living in a trailer park :)
The mystery was so well-plotted that I fell for every single red herring thrown on my way and was truly surprised by the solution.
This is a different, refreshing story in which the characters are the main focal point and the heart and love in all its ways plays an important role.
And Peter Husmann does such a wonderful job with the narration! He really makes the story shine.
Wholeheartedly recommended
The mystery was so well-plotted that I fell for every single red herring thrown on my way and was truly surprised by the solution.
This is a different, refreshing story in which the characters are the main focal point and the heart and love in all its ways plays an important role.
And Peter Husmann does such a wonderful job with the narration! He really makes the story shine.
Wholeheartedly recommended
September 13, 2020
Oh, my goodness gracious! This is the most unusual mystery I have EVER read. And that's saying something..., I'll be 58 years old on my birthday and I've been an avid reader for many decades. Death Comes to Happy Acres is such a refreshingly different mystery. The main character is a 63-year-old trailer park casanova that stumbles upon the body of one of his girlfriends and the remainder of the book is the most incredible ride imaginable. From the atypical main character to the unusual story setting to the unpredictable zigs and zags of the narrative, no mystery I've read in the past has ever come close! J. T. Moss (Marshall Thornton) has written one heck of a tale that kept me guessing and reassessing. The audiobook was wonderfully narrated by Peter Husmann!
April 28, 2024
Death Comes to Happy Acres
A perfect last line.
Wade Lovett is a mid sexagenarian living who has lived at Happy Acres for several decades. He is in light relationships with three women all of whom know about the others.
When one dies suddenly and it’s discovered that he is the main beneficiary of her will he becomes the main suspect in her possible murder.
Marshall Thornton has a way with words and with people that is eloquently expressed in this book and that makes him a pleasure to read.
A perfect last line.
Wade Lovett is a mid sexagenarian living who has lived at Happy Acres for several decades. He is in light relationships with three women all of whom know about the others.
When one dies suddenly and it’s discovered that he is the main beneficiary of her will he becomes the main suspect in her possible murder.
Marshall Thornton has a way with words and with people that is eloquently expressed in this book and that makes him a pleasure to read.
June 10, 2021
audible:I absolutely loved this book!There needs to be a sequel!Narration by Peter Husmann was terrific! So Peggy dies,but was it a heart attack or suspicious circumstances?What to do with her cat is a problem too.In a trailer curt where everyone knows everyone elses business,how can anything this strange even happen? I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.'
March 13, 2019
I've read a few of Marshall Thornton's books but this is the first under this pen name. I guess the different name is to distinguish from his gay writing, but this is very much him - an unusual situation, the death of a woman at a trailer park, layered with the mundane details of a normal life. Those details are so well observed.
January 2, 2018
Easy to read novel about an unlikely ladies man and the mystery of the death of one of his lovers.
March 29, 2016
This review originally published in Looking For a Good Book. Rated 3.0 of 5
An aging (retired?) jazz musician, Wade Lovett, who hasn't worked a gig in a long time, is currently living in a trailer park and is dating three different women. When one of the women is discovered dead, Wade is one of the prime suspects.
I am slowly becoming a fan of mysteries and I've noticed that in addition to having strong writing and/or tremendously interesting characters, most mysteries have a unique 'hook' - something that each subsequent book will utilize to make its place in the genre stand out. I know of mysteries that center around horse racing. Books that are from the viewpoint of a forensic scientist. Books with characters hobnobbing with famous personalities from the 1930's. Mysteries with cooking themes. There is no end to the unique flavors of mysteries.
What drew me, then, to this book was what I expected to be unique hook. In every description I've read of this book (on Amazon, Goodreads, Netgalley, etc) it is always mentioned that Wade Lovett is a former jazz musician. As a lover of jazz music and a with a new-found appreciation for mystery books, this seemed right up my alley. Care to guess how much Lovett's history as a jazz musician comes in to play in the story? Zero. It could be said that he was a retired baker, or a former high school art teacher, or a fast food restaurant manager for all that it matters about his history. What matters is that he's poor, living in a trailer park and that one of his three lady friends suggests that they get married so that he might be covered by her insurance.
Lovett doesn't seem to get too upset by anything, keeping a low-key, laissez-faire attitude about everything, including the fact that he's a suspect in a murder case. He accepts the offer of marriage (for the sake of convenience) and just as with everything else, he's pretty low-key about it. When it looks like his now-wife might have poisoned the other woman out of jealousy, he gets a little curious and concerned, but again stays pretty calm. When he is attacked, pushed, and kicked, he stays pretty calm (and wisely doesn't fight back).
This is a cozy mystery, and I've come to understand that cozy mysteries might stay relatively low-energy, but I really wanted something to happen. I wanted someone to get passionate about something ... whether it was about each other, or solving the murder, or playing jazz on an old saxophone!
That said, I did kind of like Wade, and I appreciated his situation (though I'm not sure how someone so low-key managed to have three girlfriends) and I found that the book moved along fairly crisply. It was an easy read, in this sense. Still, in a market glutted with themed mysteries, this one isn't going to stand out particularly well. I would need to really be hooked by the tag line or book description to foray into Happy Acres again.
Looking for a good book? Fans of cozy mysteries might really enjoy Death Comes to Happy Acres, by JT Moss - the writing moves the story along well, but there isn't much excitement or passion in this mystery surrounding a former jazz musician.
I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.
An aging (retired?) jazz musician, Wade Lovett, who hasn't worked a gig in a long time, is currently living in a trailer park and is dating three different women. When one of the women is discovered dead, Wade is one of the prime suspects.
I am slowly becoming a fan of mysteries and I've noticed that in addition to having strong writing and/or tremendously interesting characters, most mysteries have a unique 'hook' - something that each subsequent book will utilize to make its place in the genre stand out. I know of mysteries that center around horse racing. Books that are from the viewpoint of a forensic scientist. Books with characters hobnobbing with famous personalities from the 1930's. Mysteries with cooking themes. There is no end to the unique flavors of mysteries.
What drew me, then, to this book was what I expected to be unique hook. In every description I've read of this book (on Amazon, Goodreads, Netgalley, etc) it is always mentioned that Wade Lovett is a former jazz musician. As a lover of jazz music and a with a new-found appreciation for mystery books, this seemed right up my alley. Care to guess how much Lovett's history as a jazz musician comes in to play in the story? Zero. It could be said that he was a retired baker, or a former high school art teacher, or a fast food restaurant manager for all that it matters about his history. What matters is that he's poor, living in a trailer park and that one of his three lady friends suggests that they get married so that he might be covered by her insurance.
Lovett doesn't seem to get too upset by anything, keeping a low-key, laissez-faire attitude about everything, including the fact that he's a suspect in a murder case. He accepts the offer of marriage (for the sake of convenience) and just as with everything else, he's pretty low-key about it. When it looks like his now-wife might have poisoned the other woman out of jealousy, he gets a little curious and concerned, but again stays pretty calm. When he is attacked, pushed, and kicked, he stays pretty calm (and wisely doesn't fight back).
This is a cozy mystery, and I've come to understand that cozy mysteries might stay relatively low-energy, but I really wanted something to happen. I wanted someone to get passionate about something ... whether it was about each other, or solving the murder, or playing jazz on an old saxophone!
That said, I did kind of like Wade, and I appreciated his situation (though I'm not sure how someone so low-key managed to have three girlfriends) and I found that the book moved along fairly crisply. It was an easy read, in this sense. Still, in a market glutted with themed mysteries, this one isn't going to stand out particularly well. I would need to really be hooked by the tag line or book description to foray into Happy Acres again.
Looking for a good book? Fans of cozy mysteries might really enjoy Death Comes to Happy Acres, by JT Moss - the writing moves the story along well, but there isn't much excitement or passion in this mystery surrounding a former jazz musician.
I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.
September 5, 2016
Happy Acres is an older trailer park that is undergoing changes and being spiffed up. The main character ins this story is Wade Lovett, a 62-year-old former jazz saxophonist who is also a widower. After going through a period of major alcoholism, he sort of has gotten it together and is juggling three women! (1) Carol Smitsky, a secretary/receptionist at a car dealership, who wants to marry Wade, (2) Peggy MacCallister, a flighty 66-year-old, pretty with a good figure and big silicon-enhanced breasts and ends up dead at the beginning of the book, and (3) Sue Mullen, a 49-year-old barmaid at the rundown Barleycorn’s Tap Room where Wade does his daily drinking of one beer and a shot of tequila. All of them knew about the others, but how much the situation suited them is anyone’s guess. Like Wade, Carol and Peggy live in the Happy Acres Mobile Estates, a trailer park in a fictional Westmorland, California and Sue lives in an adjacent seedy housing development.
When Carol asks Wade to marry her, he is not sure what to think. She convinces him that it is a marriage of financial and medical convenience (she has health insurance) and after all they are fond of each other. When Wade agrees, he heads off to tell Peggy, afterall he should tell her that their relationship is over before she hears it from someone elste. When he gets to her house he finds her dead in a puddle of ice tea on the kitchen floor. Assuming she has had a heart attack, he contacts 911. When he finds out that Peggy has left him her cat and $2000.00 in her will, he takes Prince Albert home. A week or so later, it is determined that he is the beneficiary of Peggy's $100,000.00 life insurance policy. Her children ask for an autopsy as they now thing that she has been killed and Wade is the primary suspect.
Wade and Carol go through with the marriage, but it is hard for him to settle into married life. When he becomes the target of a murder investigation, he realizes that if he does not find the real murderer, he may end up in prison.
This is actually tough for me to review because for the most part I enjoyed the story. It was a fast paced mystery that held my attention to the end. I really liked the twists and turns that it had. The problem for me was the characters. I didn't really like any of them. Wade kind of grew on me by the end, but they were portrayed as weak, self-indulgent, alcoholism was rampant, and they could be mean and nasty to each other. Sometimes, that makes me like the characters in spite of their flaws, but not this time.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
When Carol asks Wade to marry her, he is not sure what to think. She convinces him that it is a marriage of financial and medical convenience (she has health insurance) and after all they are fond of each other. When Wade agrees, he heads off to tell Peggy, afterall he should tell her that their relationship is over before she hears it from someone elste. When he gets to her house he finds her dead in a puddle of ice tea on the kitchen floor. Assuming she has had a heart attack, he contacts 911. When he finds out that Peggy has left him her cat and $2000.00 in her will, he takes Prince Albert home. A week or so later, it is determined that he is the beneficiary of Peggy's $100,000.00 life insurance policy. Her children ask for an autopsy as they now thing that she has been killed and Wade is the primary suspect.
Wade and Carol go through with the marriage, but it is hard for him to settle into married life. When he becomes the target of a murder investigation, he realizes that if he does not find the real murderer, he may end up in prison.
This is actually tough for me to review because for the most part I enjoyed the story. It was a fast paced mystery that held my attention to the end. I really liked the twists and turns that it had. The problem for me was the characters. I didn't really like any of them. Wade kind of grew on me by the end, but they were portrayed as weak, self-indulgent, alcoholism was rampant, and they could be mean and nasty to each other. Sometimes, that makes me like the characters in spite of their flaws, but not this time.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
January 25, 2016
What happens when you’ve followed your passion but never quite made it? Wade Lovett, former jazz musician, is in his sixties and living in a trailer park. He has unexpectedly found, at this late stage in his life, that a number of women find him attractive, though he is self-deprecating enough to acknowledge that this is largely due to outliving the competition.
Now Carol, one of the three women he is seeing, wants to marry him and another, Peggy, is dead. Peggy named him beneficiary of her life insurance (and her pedigree cat) before she died. The police suspect him of her murder. Wade has seen enough cable TV to know that being innocent is no bar to being convicted and so he sets out to find out who really did murder Peggy. And he needs to find a home for that cat.
Wade plays down his ill health and financial worries with dry humour. He and his fellow residents at Happy Acres (where the streets are named after the fifty states, in no particular order) form an ill-assorted community. There’s a sense for all of them that life hasn’t quite worked out as they’d hoped but there’s also a dogged determination to wring what pleasure they can from it.
The fact that Wade juggles three women and can’t even be bothered to lie might seem shabby in a different character but here it says something about his disengagement. He appears genuinely surprised to learn they’re not as cool about it as he is. Wade keeps everyone at a distance. No one is allowed in his home – for reasons that become clear.
This book makes deft use of all the classic mystery devices but more than that, it’s the story of Wade’s realisation that his life at Happy Acres isn’t over. There’s a whole world in there, albeit one where Rhode Island is next to Nebraska.
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I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley. This review first appeared on the TNBBC blog http://thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.c...
Now Carol, one of the three women he is seeing, wants to marry him and another, Peggy, is dead. Peggy named him beneficiary of her life insurance (and her pedigree cat) before she died. The police suspect him of her murder. Wade has seen enough cable TV to know that being innocent is no bar to being convicted and so he sets out to find out who really did murder Peggy. And he needs to find a home for that cat.
Wade plays down his ill health and financial worries with dry humour. He and his fellow residents at Happy Acres (where the streets are named after the fifty states, in no particular order) form an ill-assorted community. There’s a sense for all of them that life hasn’t quite worked out as they’d hoped but there’s also a dogged determination to wring what pleasure they can from it.
The fact that Wade juggles three women and can’t even be bothered to lie might seem shabby in a different character but here it says something about his disengagement. He appears genuinely surprised to learn they’re not as cool about it as he is. Wade keeps everyone at a distance. No one is allowed in his home – for reasons that become clear.
This book makes deft use of all the classic mystery devices but more than that, it’s the story of Wade’s realisation that his life at Happy Acres isn’t over. There’s a whole world in there, albeit one where Rhode Island is next to Nebraska.
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I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley. This review first appeared on the TNBBC blog http://thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.c...
December 20, 2015
Princess Fuzzypants here"
We just finished a really entertaining book last night called DEATH COMES TO HAPPY ACRES by JT Moss.
Set in a trailer park, our hero, Wade is a 63 year old unemployed man who has already had a heart attack. The fact that he is juggling three ladies at the same time must add some stress considering they all know about each other.
One of them, Carol, convinces Wade they should get married- not for love but because they would be good together. Wade agrees but being the honest lothario that he is decides to tell Peggy, another of his ladies, about the impending marriage.
He discovers her lifeless body in her trailer and becomes the prime suspect. Peggy has left Wade two things: her Ragdoll cat, Prince Albert, and her life insurance worth $100,000, neither one of which makes his life any easier.
Peggy's two children are rather miffed at the money and one insinuates herself into his life as a friend, while the other makes Wade's life a living hell.
Wade is a fascinating character- he is one of those quirky individuals who seems to have life happen to him rather than living it himself.
It is quite a romp as Wade tries to unravel the mess that is his life and figures out what he should do and with whom. He starts by trying to get rid of Prince Albert but as his life gets more and more complicated, Prince Albert turns out to be his most steadfast friend (of course- purrrr).
The final revelation of the killer turned out not to be the human whom I thought "done it" but it did end up exactly as I suspected and hoped.
Five purrs and two paws up.
We just finished a really entertaining book last night called DEATH COMES TO HAPPY ACRES by JT Moss.
Set in a trailer park, our hero, Wade is a 63 year old unemployed man who has already had a heart attack. The fact that he is juggling three ladies at the same time must add some stress considering they all know about each other.
One of them, Carol, convinces Wade they should get married- not for love but because they would be good together. Wade agrees but being the honest lothario that he is decides to tell Peggy, another of his ladies, about the impending marriage.
He discovers her lifeless body in her trailer and becomes the prime suspect. Peggy has left Wade two things: her Ragdoll cat, Prince Albert, and her life insurance worth $100,000, neither one of which makes his life any easier.
Peggy's two children are rather miffed at the money and one insinuates herself into his life as a friend, while the other makes Wade's life a living hell.
Wade is a fascinating character- he is one of those quirky individuals who seems to have life happen to him rather than living it himself.
It is quite a romp as Wade tries to unravel the mess that is his life and figures out what he should do and with whom. He starts by trying to get rid of Prince Albert but as his life gets more and more complicated, Prince Albert turns out to be his most steadfast friend (of course- purrrr).
The final revelation of the killer turned out not to be the human whom I thought "done it" but it did end up exactly as I suspected and hoped.
Five purrs and two paws up.
July 14, 2016
"An Entertaining and Fun Cozy Mystery"
"Death Comes to Happy Acres" was a great listen. It had me hooked from the beginning to the end. I loved the character of Wade and the setting at Happy Acres. Wade was a bit peculiar which was what made him a fun protagonist. Although he was seeing three women, he did say he wasn't the Don Juan type. When Peggy, one of his lady friends turns up dead, he sort of inherits her cat, Prince Albert plus $2,000.00 to take care of him. He doesn't really want to keep him as Carol, his new wife is allergic but he can't seem to find him a good home. Throughout the whole story, I never had a clue how it was going to end so not predictable at all.
I think this was a clever, fun, and enjoyable story written by JT Moss. Along with a great story was a terrific read by Peter Hussman. His narration style was excellent. Flawless. I liked the way he meandered through the story with his tone and voice inflections. He was the perfect reader for this book and I hope him and the author team up again for more mysteries like this one. Recommended.
(I also really like the cover art for this book).
This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of AudiobookBoom dot com
February 20, 2016
**May Contain Spoilers**
Wade Lovett, the 63 year old broke Casanova of a trailer park has found himself in the middle of a love triangle. When Wade becomes engaged to one of the women, he visits Peggy MacCallister, his other girlfriend to tell her the news. If Wade thought life was difficult by managing a love triangle, his life was about to get turned upside down when he finds Peggy dead on the floor. Surprisingly, Wade was bequeath her prized cat, Prince Albert along with being the beneficiary of her life insurance. Peggy's son believes Wade has murdered his mother and demands an autopsy on his mother. The ruling of a natural death seems less and less likely with each passing day. Everyone in Happy Acres could be the killer. Can one of them be the murderer or be the next victim?
The book is billed as a thriller but it was more a "mild" thriller (I would consider it a light reading). I wouldn't say this book kept me on the edge of my seat anticipating the killer but it was a fun and interesting read. A definite fun read for a rainy day and you will keep rooting (hoping!) for the down-on-his-luck Wade not to be the killer!
Wade Lovett, the 63 year old broke Casanova of a trailer park has found himself in the middle of a love triangle. When Wade becomes engaged to one of the women, he visits Peggy MacCallister, his other girlfriend to tell her the news. If Wade thought life was difficult by managing a love triangle, his life was about to get turned upside down when he finds Peggy dead on the floor. Surprisingly, Wade was bequeath her prized cat, Prince Albert along with being the beneficiary of her life insurance. Peggy's son believes Wade has murdered his mother and demands an autopsy on his mother. The ruling of a natural death seems less and less likely with each passing day. Everyone in Happy Acres could be the killer. Can one of them be the murderer or be the next victim?
The book is billed as a thriller but it was more a "mild" thriller (I would consider it a light reading). I wouldn't say this book kept me on the edge of my seat anticipating the killer but it was a fun and interesting read. A definite fun read for a rainy day and you will keep rooting (hoping!) for the down-on-his-luck Wade not to be the killer!
February 24, 2016
I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Death Comes To Happy Acres by J. T. Moss is a very unique and interesting read, which I enjoyed very much. Once I started reading this book I did not want to stop. The book is fast-paced with a good solid mystery. This book was full of twists and turns that kept me guessing until the end.
Wade is in his 60's living in the mobile home park, Happy Acres. He is also dating 3 ladies at the same time, two of whom live in the park. They all know about each other. When one makes a marriage proposal, he agrees and sets off to tell the two others. The problem is he finds one dead, and becomes the prime suspect. Wade seems to be the only person who really cares about the woman’s death.
There are so many suspects, and it is interesting to get to know Wade along with the other characters, as he looks into the death. I would love to see Wade involved is solving another murder, guess we will see what the author does next. I strongly recommend this book.
Death Comes To Happy Acres by J. T. Moss is a very unique and interesting read, which I enjoyed very much. Once I started reading this book I did not want to stop. The book is fast-paced with a good solid mystery. This book was full of twists and turns that kept me guessing until the end.
Wade is in his 60's living in the mobile home park, Happy Acres. He is also dating 3 ladies at the same time, two of whom live in the park. They all know about each other. When one makes a marriage proposal, he agrees and sets off to tell the two others. The problem is he finds one dead, and becomes the prime suspect. Wade seems to be the only person who really cares about the woman’s death.
There are so many suspects, and it is interesting to get to know Wade along with the other characters, as he looks into the death. I would love to see Wade involved is solving another murder, guess we will see what the author does next. I strongly recommend this book.
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