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Murder of a Small Town Honey |
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 Murder of a Small Town Honey byDenise Swanson Penguin Putnam (Signet) July 2000 ISBN 0451200551 Reviewed by Maria Y. Lima Read our interview with the author Skye Denison left Scumble River after her high school graduation, swearing never to come back. But losing her job and being jilted by her fiancé leaves her nowhere to turn but to the small town she gladly left some years back. Her goal to keep a low profile is soon shattered, when during a chaotic Chokeberry Days Festival, Skye finds the elderly Mrs. Gumtree, hostess of a beloved children’s program, stabbed to death. It’s soon discovered that "Mrs. Gumtree" was not elderly but actually a young Scumble River woman with a checkered past, who had left more than one tattered life behind her. Skye’s penchant for snooping, and the fact that her brother, Vince, has been accused of the crime, leads her to try and unravel the tangled past and twisted secrets of the deceased – and more than one potential murderer. Denise Swanson has created a likeable new heroine reminiscent of some of our favorite childhood detectives - with a little bit of an edge. Smart, determined and stubborn, Skye Denison swears to be nobody’s fool and tries hard not to let her well-meaning parents and nosy small-town neighbors stop her from investigating the crime. Swanson’s writing is clear and precise as she recreates the atmosphere of a small town that everyone who has ever lived in one will recognize. Murder of a Small-Town Honey is a fresh, delightful and enjoyable first mystery. |
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