Review: Mystery, Humor, Senior Citizens, and a Great Author
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2013
This is the 3rd Myrtle Clover Series I have read, and I have been pleased with each of them.One thing I like most, and this applies to this whole series, is that the author portrays Myrtle as a Senior Citizen who has all her faculties. So many people think of someone the age of Myrtle and then go right into thinking nursing home and on her last leg. This is so not true, and definitely not true of Myrtle.I at first thought the author might be a Senior as well, but I just looked at her bio and photo. She is definitely not a Senior. So, I want to thank her immensely for having the heart to see Seniors as having value.Now to try and describe this book. Okay, think in terms of the television program 'Murder She Wrote" and you will have a fairly good idea of what this book is about, except for Myrtle being older and she needs a cane to walk. Jessica has Doc as her 'friend' and Myrtle has Miles as her 'friend'.This story is very well written, it flows well and is an easy read. There is humor in the story, as one might expect with a spry older woman, who has not decided to lay down and die, investigates this murder case.The characters are very well defined and their descriptions grow as the story progresses. The character of Myrtle is one you can easily relate to. She becomes your mother, or your grandmother, depending on your age. Once you relate to Myrtle, the other characters fall into place easily. You know who all the characters are and relate to them as well.For those of you who have sex scene issues, or violence issues, there are no sex scenes, and there is no violence other than a couple bodies being found dead. This is a G rated book.One day Myrtle's yardman discovers a dead body planted in her garden. This is not a regular dead body, it is one that has been hit in the head with one of Myrtle's garden gnomes. Myrtle's friend miles recognizes the body as one Charles Clayborne and he reluctantly tells Myrtle Charles is Miles cousin. Charles is not the most stand up citizen of the town.As Myrtle starts digging up clues to solve this case, she is being targeted by whom ever is doing the killing as she finds another dead body in her yard. Then she finds her home being broken into and her garden is egg shelled.Can Myrtle find the guilty party before she too turns up as a dead body in her own yard? Get the book and find out folks. I assure you that you will not be sorry.