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Book Review of The Happy Birthday Murder (Christine Bennett, Bk 14)

The Happy Birthday Murder  (Christine Bennett, Bk 14)
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Reading Lee Harris is always enjoyable and this book is no exception. Put on your pj's, sit down in your easy chair with a cup of tea and read this cozy.

From the book jacket: Christine Bennet is moved and intriqued by two poignant mementos treasured by her late Aunt May. The first is a sad little note mourning the death of a young man lost in a Connecticut wood; the other an obituary honoring a wealthy local manufacturer who committed suicide just after his splendid fiftieth birthday celebration. Why did her aunt never mention these virtually simultaneous tragedies? Chris's investigative instincts are irresistibly whetted - especially by the bizarre discovery that the victims, though strangers, were found wearing each other's sneakers. And as she slices through the layers of the past, she uncovers the horrible truth that murder was just the icing on the cake ...