Thursday, May 4, 2023

Deserts, Driving, & Derelicts

Title: Deserts, Driving, & Derelicts
Author: Tonya Kappes
Published: June 26, 2018
Format: Kindle, 188 pages
Genre: Amateur Sleuth
Series: Camper & Criminals #2

First Sentence: “Did I interrupt you?” I gazed over at the table.

Blurb: Mae West is just getting settled into the RV lifestyle as owner of the local camp ground in Normal, Kentucky. The Happy Trails Camp Ground, located in the Daniel Boone National Park, has started to bring in tourists for the late summer vacationing family that love to hike, swim, fish, and enjoy the outdoor life.

The Laundry Club ladies are still holding court ( better known as gossip sessions) in the local laundromat. They're spinning more tales than the washing machine spin cycle after there's a string of burglaries happening in their small, southern town.

Suddenly everyone in Normal is on alert after one of their own is found dead. Even though Mae West tries her best to stay out of it, she can't. After all, it's not good for business when a murderer is on the loose. Plus, Betts Hager, one of the Laundry Club ladies and Mae's good friend, is the number one suspect and now it's personal to Mae.

Mae has grown to love her RV community and now that she's found a place to belong, she's not going to let anyone ruin it, throwing her deep into using her amateur sleuthing skills to bring the real killer to justice.

My Opinion: : Of course, another body has turned up, and this time, Betts Hager and Mae’s foster brother are at the top of the suspect list.

At the end of the last book, Mae had a slight blip of an idea of selling the RV park and moving along, but Normal, Kentucky, is now her community and where her friends are.

So, what happens with another dead body, a missing watch, and a highly pedigreed pooch -- that might have gotten herself in a family way with an “other side of the tracks” snorting and farting pug? Hilarity -- that is what happens.

I’m right there with Mae and her “what could happen next” way of looking at her future in Normal, Kentucky.

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