Embarking on Murder

Wright's third mystery novel to feature Tahoe Tattler reporter Elsie Beanie MacBean and Cruiser, Beanie's beloved basset hound (introduced in 2006's Sirius About Murder), has Beanie celebrating her 50th birthday aboard the Dixie Queen on Lake Tahoe.... until Frank and Ivy Diggs's anniversary party disrupts the mood. Ivy, a trophy wife despised by Frank's children, informs her husband she wants a divorce, then disappears and is presumed dead by drowning, though her body's not recovered. Beanie's companion, Sheriff Skip Cassidy, suspects homicide. In the course of her investigation, Beanie interviews Crispin Blayne, a professor researching Tahoe Tessie, the lake's Loch Ness-style monster. While Beanie's attraction to Cris sparks some jealousy from her pal Skip, the real emotional interest lies in the warm relationship between Beanie and her sleuthhound sidekick, now equipped with a handy GPS navigator on his collar.


Genre: Cozy Mystery