Murder Melts in Your Mouth
A Blackbird Sisters Mystery #7
by Nancy Martin
The Blackbird family is one wacky set of characters! Murder Melts
in Your Mouth is a fun and amazingly entertaining mystery to
read.
Nancy Martin's phenomenal
sense of humor shines through on every page of this delightful mystery.
The mystery element is first-class and kept me guessing to the very
end and trying to figure out the who-done-it. I can't wait to read
the next Blackbird sisters mystery!
Nora Blackbird works
for the Philadelphia Intelligencer writing a social column,
mostly reporting on charity events. When Libby, Nora's sister, walks
into traffic while talking on her cell phone and is hit by a Rolls-Royce,
it is Nora who finds herself with the added responsibility of caring
for Libby's five children.
Nora is also dealing
with her wayward younger sister, Emma, who has experienced a contraceptive
malfunction and now finds herself pregnant. This along with her
recent breakup with and mixed feelings for boyfriend, Michael Abruzzo,
the son of a mobster.
It is in the midst of
all this chaos that Hoyt Cavendist falls to his death from an office
balcony. The question is how did Hoyt Cavendist go over the balcony
railing? Did he jump or was he pushed?
Nora is further discombobulated
when her eccentric parents return to the United States after a two-year
absence. They were never to set foot in the US again or the IRS
would throw them in prison. But it turns out Nora's parents were
able to return to the US by working with the authorities in their
investigation of none other than Hoyt Cavendish. Hoyt, a philanthropist,
had given away millions of dollars but the problem is the money
wasn't his to give away.
Because of
Hoyt's shady business dealings, the list of suspects who wanted
him dead is a long one and one of the prime suspects is Nora's best
friend and Hoyt's business partner Lexie Paine. As events unfold,
the truth reveals not everyone is who or what they claim to be.
Reviews of other titles in this series
Cross
Your Heart and Hope to Die #4
Have
Your Cake and Kill Him Too #5
Murder
Melts in Your Mouth #7
Drop-Dead
Blonde - Nancy Martin, Elaine Viets, Denise Swanson, Victoria
Laurie
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