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Dev Sinclair is doing her best to keep her five and dime store going in a
tough economy. After all, she has to keep herself and her
grandmother fed, clothed and with a roof over the heads. Her
dad, wrongly imprisoned, is soon to be paroled and she may
have to support him, as well. Dev decided to host more groups
in her shop. She already has knitters and the like, but the
Stepping Out Book Club is new.
The first meeting of the book club is contentious, to say
the least, and the visiting author, poet Lance Quistgaard,
storms out after meeting opposition to his negative view of
small towns and their inhabitants – just like Dev’s
hometown of Shadow Bend. When the nasty Quistgaard is stabbed
to death with a stake, and his body found right behind Devereaux’s
Dime Store and Gift Baskets, Dev once again finds herself
in the midst of a murder investigation. After all, her family
name may be besmirched unfairly again, and even worse, it
seems the killer it out to stop Dev dead in her investigative
tracks!
Denise Swanson is a seasoned mystery author, and you can
never go wrong with one of her books. I do enjoy this series,
and applaud her use of a storyline with a twist and a basis
on a “real life” novel. I won’t give it
away- you have to read it for yourself! I very much enjoyed
that Dev has two incredible men vying for her affections,
and that she struggles as to which one she really loves—when
obviously she is in lust with both of them! Five “five
and dime” Heads Up for Dead Between the Lines.
Reviews of other titles in this series
Little
Shop of Homicide #1
Nickeled-and-Dimed
to Death #2
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