An Angel Lake Mystery

When Elise Pepper returns home to Tennessee to await her divorce. she doesn't think she will witness a train crashing into a car. But that's exactly what happens as she out on her daily dog-walking job. In The Sweet Taste of Murder by CeeCee James, the victim is Cameron McMahon, the town's richest, most hated man.

The police investigation reveals that Cameron was already dead from poisoning before the train hit his car. When it is also revealed that Elise's good friend Lavinia is Cameron's daughter and she stands to inherit about one million dollars, there are lots of rumors. To make matters worse, Lavinia discovered Cameron was her father a few months prior to his death.

As suspicion falls on Lavinia, sales at her Sweet Sandwich shop begin to drop. No one wants to eat in the cafe owned by a possible poisoner.

There are several other suspects including Sylvia, the estranged wife of local hothead Frank and the

very pregnant girlfriend of Cameron. Cameron's ex-wife is in the frame as well as a paralyzed former partner of Cameron whose son was killed in a car accident in a vehicle purchased from Cameron.

I know it is a requisite of all mysteries to have the guilty person be the one you least suspect, but the killer in this book is so far out of the frame as to be almost invisible.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the book and the characters - Elise, Lavinia and Brad - but the solution came out of nowhere. I'm hoping the next book in the series is better.

You can find other books by CeeCee James here.