Thursday, May 23, 2013

The Death of Amelia Marsh by MaryJo Dawson


The first of the Sally Nimitz mystery novels introduces you to Sally, a labour/delivery nurse and her friends and family.  Her husband has passed and they have 2 grown children, a son who lives close, who has a son who is the apple of Sallly's eye.  Her sister-in-law lives next door but they are not close which plays into the first book's storyline.  Her late husband's best friend George has become Sally's best friend (no romance there) and her best sounding board when she needs to work things out that are puzzling her.  In this story she meets a neighbor, Anne, an older lady and they become great friends.  She is always up for any adventure Sally throws at her.
    MaryJo's writing style is intelligent, witty, gripping and flows along quickly. I usually read her books in just a few days because I can't put them down.  Sally isn't your usual frazzled housewife who outwits the cops in solving the murder.  She is an intelligent middle aged woman who puzzles out brain teasing   problems.  When her neighbor is found dead in her apartment, her head bashed in, Sally notices not a thing has been disturbed anywhere.  Someone just walked in, bonked her in the head, and walked out.  the worst part was the old woman had requested to see Sally just after it happened.  Sally was the one who discovered the body, so she feels inclined to find Amelia's killer. This is an incredibly fun book to read, very clean, very thought provoking, yet easy reading.  Her job throws in a fun secondary storyline that I enjoyed having just spent a lot of the last year in the hospital.  Another plus, you can get this book free on the website Smashwords or kindle or paperback is just $2.99

PG
H-ll 4, G-d 4