Sleep Like a Baby

Having a new baby take most of your energy, but add the flu and an absent husband and you have an exhausted new mother. In Sleep Like a Baby by Charlaine Harris, Roe Teagarden wonders how to care for the baby when she herself is too ill to get out of bed.

Roe's mother hires a part-time nurse, Virginia Mitchell, to help while Robin is at Bouchercon. One night Roe wakes up to hear a crying Sophie and no response from Virginia. She struggles out of bed and searches the house, but doesn't find Virginia. With her half-brother Phillip, Roe begins to search outside only to find a body, but it is not Virginia, but a woman who stalked Robin and nearly killed Roe in the past.

This book was crammed with little incidents that complicated the plot. Roe's stepfather has a heart attack, Robin is identified as the figure in the yard on the night the woman was killed, neighbors don't like all the activity at Roe's house, a former felony helps install the security system at her house and Virginia is found in an unlikely place.

Although I have enjoyed the Roe Teagarden book in the past, this one was not one of my favorites. An unsatisfying conclusion and way too much time spent on breastfeeding colored my enjoyment of this book.

If you are interested in other Roe Teagarden books, try the earlier ones in the series. I enjoyed those much more than this one.