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A SECONDHAND MURDER by Lesley A. Diehl

"Not What Eve Had in Mind When She Said She Wanted a Killer Business"

By: Lesley A. Diehl

Genres: Mystery Cozy | Mystery Woman Sleuth

Posted: September 29, 2013

Eve Appel decides it is time to change her live. She moves from Connecticut to a small town in Florida. She is leaving her old life behind, including her ex husband. Jerry. Eve opens a retail shop with her best friend Madeleine. Let the fun begin. The first day the shop is open someone is murdered in the dressing room.

Alex is a private detective who is hired by the husband of the women who is murdered. Alex gets involved with Eve and is fired from his job. So he teams up with Eve and the rest of the crew, to find out who and why this murder was committed.

Jerry is the ex husband from hell. He is always getting into trouble and for some reason, Eve always gets involved. His future father in law is a former shall we say mob boss. All of their lives get connected together with this murder. But what is the connection?

Lesley A Diehl is a very cleaver writer. Most of the time I can figure out the murderer in a book but this one kept me guessing right until the end. The characters all have one thing in common, trying to solve the murder. There are a couple of slow parts in this book, but then it picks up.

A SECONDHAND MURDER is a cozy mystery, and is part of a series called An Eve Appel Mystery. Hopefully all the other ones will be just as good as this one.

Book Summary

Spunky and outspoken Eve Appel moves from Connecticut to rural Florida intent on starting a new life, free of drama, and more importantly, her soon-to-be ex-husband. The rural Florida town of Sabal Bay, situated only an hour from West Palm, proves to be the perfect spot for her consignment store. Thanks to the recent economic downturn, Florida's society matrons need a place to discreetly sell their stuff and pick up expensive-looking bargains. But Eve's life, and her business with it, is turned upside down when a wealthy customer is found stabbed to death in a fitting room.

As accusations fly and business slows, Eve decides to take matters into her own hands. With the help of an unlikely bunch of friends--including her estranged ex, her best friend, a handsome private eye, and a charming mafia don-- she struggles to find answers and save lives. Through a maze of distorted half-truths, dramatic cover-ups, and unrequited passions, Eve learns just how far the wealthy will go to regain what they have lost.

A Secondhand Murder is Book 1 of the Eve Appel Mystery Series.

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A Secondhand Murder by Lesley A. Diehl

A Secondhand Murder

by: Lesley A. Diehl

Camel Press
September 1, 2013
On Sale: September 17, 2013
Featuring: Eve Appel
260 pages
ISBN: 1603819355
EAN: 9781603819350
Kindle: B00F4GS71Y
Paperback / e-Book

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