Leave Tomorrow Behind: A Stella Crown Mystery (Stella Crown Series)
Clemens returns to the adventures of dairy farmer, biker, and amateur sleuth Stella Crowne. This time Stella is helping her teenage employee show a calf in a fair and dealing with her fiancé Nick’s wedding-planning sister, Miranda. The politics of the fair are proving annoying, but when Molly finds a dead body in the manure track, she is jolted out of her own troubles and into everyone’s business as she attempts to unearth clues. Stella’s irascible manner and straightforward approach make her out of the ordinary among the many more mild-mannered amateur sleuths. Clemens will win new readers with this multifaceted crime caper, which makes the most of the 4-H setting, in which the teen competitors behave much better than the adults around them. Farm mysteries, including those by B. B. Haywood, are gaining in popularity among cozy fans, and this series is one of the best in the growing subgenre. Fans of Ann Jaffarian’s Ophelia Grey will also enjoy Stella’s no-nonsense approach to crime-solving. --Amy Alessio--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.