One Bad Apple

And the treasure hunt reviews continue!

One Bad Apple is the first in a mystery series. Meg Corey moves from Boston to an old colonial house in a small town (she thinks it's temporary, but we all know that's not going to happen) only to find her ex-boyfriend has made the same move (and the plumber's really nice). Next thing she knows, her ex is dead in her septic tank, and the detective in charge of the case thinks it was probably her, the plumber, or her and the plumber together.

A pretty basic mystery. Formulaic, but fun. I spent most of the book debating whether the murderer would be the character whose intro, even before the murder, set off alarm bells in my genre-savy head, or the character Meg gradually begins to suspect. Turns out it was both, so I'm happy.

Also, I know I've mentioned before that I don't like mysteries where the main character's accused, but for once it actually worked. The author (Sheila Connolly) follows Meg, not the detective, and the detective's investigation never goes far enough for her to be in real legal trouble. The accusation is just the incentive to investigate, nothing more.

Final conclusion: Enjoyable.