Down South Cafe

Amy Flowers has had enough of the bullying by Lou Lou, owner of Lou's Joint, so she quits but offers to by the cafe. Needless to say Lou Lou is not interested and challenges Amy to open her own cafe. Later that evening Lou Lou's son Pete calls to say he has convinced his mother to sell the cafe to Amy. In The Calamity Cafe, Gayle Leeson introduces us to the Down South Cafe Mysteries situated in Winter Garden, Virginia.

When Amy arrives at the cafe the next morning, she finds Lou Lou dead in her office.Naturally she becomes a "person of interest" in the murder, but there are plenty of other suspects as Lou Lou was not the nicest person. Even her son Pete is a suspect as well as his girlfriend Chris Anne.

While Amy is remodeling the cafe she discovers a box of cash hidden in the walls. Rumors abound that  Lou Lou's grandfather Bo and his brother Grady held up a bank in the next state and then the brother disappeared. Many thought Bo had killed Grady when he seemed to have disappeared from

the area many years ago.Is there any truth to that rumor? Amy hopes to find out.,

I'm happy to read that heroines in mystery books have learned not to go anywhere on their own after finding a body or walking into dark cellars, but heroines like Amy Flowers blab their intentions to too many people, leading naturally to a confrontation with the killer. I just wish the heroines would be more discreet.

This is the first book in the series. I hope to see more. Click here for more.