The Ashton Corners Mystery Readers and Cheese Straws Society meets in Molly Mathews' house. Their first meeting is interrupted by a stranger who is later found shot to death in his car after the meeting. An antique gun that belonged to Molly's deceased husband was used as the murder weapon. Following the murder, Lizzie (the protagonist) begins to receive manuscript pages from an anonymous source that could be clues to the murder. Lizzie also receives cryptic phone calls in the middle of the night asking about the story her father was investigating prior to his death (her father was a newspaper reporter).
Suspicion falls on members of the reading club:
- Lizzie Turner: literacy and reading specialist in Ashton Corners. Lizzie also has two Siamese cats, Edam and Brie. The cats aren't involved in solving the crime, much as I hoped because I love a good cat mystery, but they are nice additions to the story.
- Molly Mathews: prominent citizen of Ashton Corners whose house is the meeting place for the mystery readers club and other literacy groups.
- Bob Miller: retired police chief.
- Andie: a high school student and one of students in Lizzie's literacy group.
- Stephanie: a nineteen-year old pregnant woman who is new to Ashton Corners and reticent to reveal anything about her background.
- Sally-Jo: teacher and reading specialist
- Jacob Smith: a new lawyer in town and friend of Bob Miller's
I liked that the character try to solve the murder by comparing their situation to the works of their favorite mystery writers (there are many references to Agatha Christie). A good read.
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