Determined to find justice for her friend, Delores enlists Hannah’s murder-solving skills, even as her youngest daughter, Michelle, takes over Victoria’s role as director of the Lake Eden Players’ annual Thanksgiving play. While Hannah was away, her mother, Delores, discovered the freshly shot corpse of her downstairs neighbor, Victoria Bascombe, after hearing an altercation from the floor below her. I could certainly empathize with some of her concerns, however it’s always difficult to adjust to a brand-new mode of life, especially when the pressure is on from your family to solve a murder! Her husband, Ross, is doting and kind, so her concerns run the gamut from silly (“Why didn’t he call me? Oh, he did, I just don’t understand how cell phones work!”) to serious (“Should we discuss having children?” Honestly, this is one of my biggest pet peeves in fictional relationships, when fully grown adults don’t discuss potential deal breakers like that prior to entering what they’re hoping to be a lifelong commitment). Hannah Swensen Barton returns from her luxurious honeymoon cruise already fretting over married life.
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