[Poll Book Tally] Heirs and Assigns by Marjorie Eccles 3 stars

[Karin]

The book opens in November, 1928 (where it stays) with multiple POVs that set the stage for the book prior to the first suspicious death, but much of the book is from the POV of Detective Inspector Reardon who is called in when the coroner suspects that this death might not have been natural. It doesn't take all that long before it becomes evident that not everyone is telling the truth and that some are harbouring secrets, but it's not always easy to know just what those secrets are or who might be the guilty party. The question is, was it one of his heirs, and if so, who? For a small town where there are some who seem to know practically everything, things aren't at all clear here.

The blurb says this is was a new mystery series, but so far there are only two books in it; Eccles has published other books. I have NO IDEA why this has been called number 1 because when I went to the Order of Books website it is actually the fourth one.