A Dash of Murder

✍ Scribed by Trent, Teresa

• Book ID: 108061914
• Publisher: Tightwad Tess Press
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 88 KB
• Series: A Betsy Livingston Mystery 1
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

A Mystery for Ghost Hunters!
When Betsy's Aunt Maggie wants to drag her along on a ghost hunting excursion at the local abandoned tuberculosis hospital she isn't sure if she quite believes in ghosts. When she comes upon a fresh spirit in the form of a body, she starts to rethink about what really is haunting the hospital.

Betsy must solve the murder in spite of her father, who is a lieutenant on the Pecan Bayou Police Force, town citizens worried about the effect of the occult on their children, and handsome stranger from Dallas. How do you get blood out of a silk blouse? Betsy Livingston can tell you in her newspaper column, "The Happy Hinter". When she's not writing, or taking care of her young son, she's busy solving mysteries in the tiny Texas town of Pecan Bayou.

Review

3.0 out of 5 stars Good characters, enjoyable read

By Gayle Carline

I enjoyed this story. Betsy and her family and friends are people I like spending time with, and the author has painted the unrelenting Indian summer of Texas perfectly. The mystery is a good one, and I liked wondering if the new guy in town wasn't responsible. I also liked the way the two boys did not resolve their differences overnight, and that there was an underlying reason for the bully's actions and attitude. The recipes in the back of the book are quite a bonus. Do be warned that this is a fairly short book, but it is entertaining. I would read more by this author.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Dash of Charm, too

By Susan Livingston

I must admit that I was interested in reading this because of the character's last name but it pulled me in right from the first chapter. Betsy is a likeable character that many of us can identify with and the story is charming. Set in a small Texas town I can just picture some of the characters that the author brings to life as people in my own community. I enjoy mysteries and was happy to find out that I did not figure out the whodunit prior to the exposure. This is a nice book for an afternoon read and I look forward to the next one in the series.

From the Inside Flap

Pecan Bayou Series by Teresa Trent

1 A Dash of Murder

2 Overdue for Murder