Blurb: Going to two wedding-one of a former lover-and a funeral for a member of her disbanded crime discussion group keeps Aurora "Roe" Teagarden quite busy for a few months.
Unfortunately, her personal life seems to be at a standstill-until her fortunes unexpectedly change.
After the funeral Roe learns that Jane Engle, the deceased, has named her as heir to a rather substantial estate, which includes money, jewelry, and a house complete with a skull hidden in a window seat. Knowing Jane, Roe concludes that the elderly woman has purposely left her a murder to solve. So she must identify the victim and figure out which one of Jane's ordinary-seeming neighbors is a murderer-without putting herself in deadly danger.
I didn't particularly like this one, it just seemed to wander all over the place. Roe didn't do too much to actually solve the case, she mostly just hid from her ex, clearing out Jane's house, and squashing moments of pure giddiness that wanted to pop out at inappropriate moments. The murder just showed up and confessed everything. But I do like the series and look forward to reading the 4th book when its rereleased in June.
--Missy
"You shouldn't take life to seriously. You'll never get out alive." Van Wilder
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