The Fruit of Lies

The Fruit of Lies is the sixth book in Deb Pines' traditional whodunit Chautauqua Mysteries featuring the wise and witty reporter sleuth of a certain age Mimi Goldman.

"An Agatha Christie for the text-message age," IndieReader calls the series.

When tyrannical billionaire Thomas C. Whistler drowns in his Japanese soaking tub in his Chautauqua McMansion was it an accident?

The police aren't sure. So it takes reporter and relentless snoop Mimi Goldman to see if anyone, especially Whistler's guilty-looking kids -- including an ambitious actor, a building contractor, a Shakespearean scholar, a socialite, a "bus mom," and daughter with Down syndrome -- might be a killer.

Fans of Agatha Christie, Louise Penny, Elly Griffiths and "Only Murders in the Building" will enjoy this twist-filled mystery that Kirkus Reviews calls "a breezy distraction that will keep readers guessing."