Senior citizen cozy
A return outing for 80-ish southern grande dame Harriet Bushrow, a major participant in solving the author's first--The Famous DAR Murder Mystery. Here, the Rotary Club's district governor Charles Hollonbrook--now in Harriet's town of Borderville, Virginia, to address local members--is found shot to death by his own gun in his locked-from-the-inside motel room. Club members, unconvinced by the police report of suicide, assign Harriet to look further. This she does with a will, driving her ancient De Soto to Hollonbrook's hometown of Stedbury, where her old friend Maud Bradfield gives her plenty of leads--to Hollonbrook's first wife Linda and their feckless son Jimmy; his second wife Alice; current mistress Kim and others in between; his once-thriving real-estate business and his basement gun range. When a car bomb destroys the De Soto in front of Maud's house, Harriet knows she's on the right track--it only remains to make the right connections.
Mrs, Bushrow is one of the most delightful characters Ive come across in a long time...Good Mystery
