CARRY MY SECRET TO YOUR GRAVE

The second installment of this mystery series that pays homage to sleuth Jessica Fletcher from Murder, She Wrote offers up another whodunit.

Bea’s investigative skills are put to the test when the columns she writes for the TrueMaine website from her home in the fictional Maine town of Cabot Cove stir up more trouble for her. Though she’s frightened by the menacing note she’s received and the creepy security video of a masked figure placing a tarot card in her yard, her tenacious spirit prevails, motivating her to figure out the truth about the death of 15-year-old Eden, a student from prestigious Broadmoor Academy. Eden was close to Bea’s Broadmoor friends, Carlos and twins Leisl and Leif; in fact, she was Leisl’s boarding school roommate and Carlos’ girlfriend. When Bea’s widowed father’s work calls him away, and she must go stay at the remote home of her troubled uncle, Abe Fletcher, who’s a game warden, and his marine biologist wife, Callum, the stage is set for the carefully plotted, old-fashioned storyline to unfold. Appealingly blending classic mystery tropes with a smart, contemporary protagonist, this entry again features a multiethnic cast and solves the central mystery while leaving open some of the town’s longstanding secrets to fuel further sequels.

A fun and engaging mash-up of traditional and modern.