Lizzie Turner is asked to host author Derek Alton at the next meeting of the Ashton Corners Mystery Readers and Cheese Straw Society (they eat as much as they discuss). The other members agree and look forward to discussing Derek's best-seller Judgment. However, Derek proves to be nothing but trouble, starting with the "romantic" dinner he invites Lizzie to and ending with him being shot in Lizzie's living room. Naturally, suspicion falls on Lizzie.
Lizzie and the other club members work to solve the case and uncover un-published manuscript for a sequel to Judgment. As they delve into Derek's past, Lizzie and her boyfriend, police chief Mark, discover that Derek wasn't who he claimed to be. Someone from his womanizing past had had enough.
I like this series and find it engaging. Lizzie and Mark's romance develops. Her Siamese cats, Edam (the male) and Brie (the female) are helpful. And police officer Amber Craig is still hostile.
Also at the end of the book is a reading list for each of the members of the book club--providing 35 other mystery titles to peruse.
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