Review: The Real Estate Market is Murder
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2013
Savannah Martin is trying to build a career as a realtor in Nashville, Tennessee.  After two months without making any sales, she answered the phone at the office when a potential client called to say he was supposed to meet Brenda Puckett, one of her colleagues at a house The woman, who happened to be the top salesperson, had not shown up and he had been waiting for 45 minutes.Savannah drove to the house, which was listed for almost $250,000, and discovered that she knew the client from high school.  He was a couple grades ahead of her, looked fantastic, and was one of the bad kids.When she tried to get the key from the lockbox, it was missing, but she discovered that one of the doors was open.  The house was very neglected but she showed him around, starting with the rooms on the second floor.  When they got to the first floor, they found Brenda, lying in a pool of blood with her throat cut.There are a lot of people who didn't like Brenda including her colleagues and her family. For various reasons, Savannah tries to find out who murdered her.  Along the way, another one of the staff is found dead, questions arise about the legality of some of the real estate sales made by Brenda, and Savannah's mother tries to get Savannah back with a high school boyfriend.The story moves rather well.  The plot is somewhat predictable: one woman, two men from different economic classes, and assorted lying and confusion by some of the characters.  Jenna Bennett brings up racism and homophobia with a bit of stereotyping for the latter.It's one of a series and I may read some of the others.