Good Year for a Corpse Wolzien, Valerie

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Mr. Horace Harvey had mounds of money he wanted to give away. But the giving was over the day he was found dead with a wad of bills stuffed in his mouth, and a money belt wrapped around his neck. Despite a home life that is not exactly calm, Susan Henshaw has the time to conclude that the prime murder suspect is innocent, but that observation only leads her to more questions. One thing is clear, though. All sorts of sordid activities are going on in the private lives of Hancock’s most civic-minded citizens. And at least one of them had reason to kill….
From the Publisher
Although I now live in New York City, there’s a lot I can identify with in Valerie Wolzien’s mysteries. Valerie’s portraits of small towns and suburban communities remind me of my youth — and I suspect they strike a similar chord with all those readers who live (or used to) far from urban centers. Also, Valerie’s novels are like comfort food in a way — because they are, in part, celebrations of holidays and happy social occasions (weddings, birthday parties, family vacation trips) . . . plus the mandatory addition of homicidal doings. Valerie is now writing two series with two different amateur sleuths — suburban housewife Susan Henshaw (MURDER AT THE PTA LUNCHEON is her first appearance) and businesswoman Josie Pigeon (who started solving murders in SHORE TO DIE). I heartily recommend anything Valerie Wolzien writes.

–Joe Blades, Associate Publisher
From the Inside Flap
arvey had mounds of money he wanted to give away. But the giving was over the day he was found dead with a wad of bills stuffed in his mouth, and a money belt wrapped around his neck. Despite a home life that is not exactly calm, Susan Henshaw has the time to conclude that the prime murder suspect is innocent, but that observation only leads her to more questions. One thing is clear, though. All sorts of sordid activities are going on in the private lives of Hancock’s most civic-minded citizens. And at least one of them had reason to kill….