Grounds for Murder
A Jeannie Wolfert-Lang Mystery
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Publisher Description
Jeannie is in trouble. After the loss of her husband, everyone around her is pressuring her to leave her precious farm, including an incredibly persistent realtor who won’t name her client. But when that realtor ends up dead, killed by mistake when she borrows Jeannie’s car, it becomes clear that her client won’t take no for an answer. Who wants Jeannie’s land so badly that they are willing to kill her for it? And why her farm when there are plenty around her for sale? To find the answer, Jeannie joins forces with off-duty cop Derek and finds refuge with the young back-to-the-land tenants who rent a section of her farm. Set in her ways at 60, Jeannie must learn to open her mind — and her heart — in her quest to find the killer, all while grappling with ghosts from her past and wrestling with the question of land transfer and ownership. Will the next generation love her farm as intensely as she does? And will she survive long enough to find out?
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Daniels infuses her charming if uneven debut with a palpable love for the Canadian countryside. In the novel's opening pages, recently widowed Jeannie Wolfort-Lang, 61, has a peaceful morning in her Saskatchewan garden interrupted by a call from her son, Jordan. He informs her that Monica Ashton, a high-powered Saskatoon realtor, wants to buy Jeannie's farm for a mysterious client. Jeannie resists, and she's not pleased when the overbearing Monica arrives a few days later during a fierce windstorm. By the time the storm clears, Monica's car has been totaled by falling tree limbs, and she demands that Jeannie loan her a vehicle so she can return to Saskatoon. Jeannie agrees, and a short time later, her car is discovered at the bottom of a ravine with Monica's body in the driver's seat. Jeannie suspects foul play, worrying that Monica's client may have been attempting to kill her instead. To investigate, she teams up with a hunky local cop, igniting the first sparks of a potential romance as she tries to stay of harm's way and considers the future of her farm. While the pacing is a bit jerky, Jeannie is a winning protagonist, and Daniels's descriptions of the bucolic setting are irresistible. Outdoorsy cozy lovers will enjoy themselves.
