Cissa's Reviews > Cat Killed A Rat

Murders in eccentric small towns are something of a cliche these days, but this is a fun one! Yes, it's got the requisite "characters"- pretty well-drawn here-but it's also got an interesting history: it was originally a commune, and retains many "green" values even today. But- there's a neighboring town that is more about PROGRESS!!! and which wants to annex Ponderosa Pines...

So complications ensue, and there's a maybe-murder- or could it be an accident?- and then a for-sure murder, with many suspects, not to mention blackmail...

The plot was nicely twisty, and hearkened both to current events and to events in the past, leading to extra complexity.

I very much enjoyed this, and plan to read more in the series.