Murder Sets Seed

by Janis Harrison

Bretta Solomon (2)

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The past six months have been tough on River City, Missouri's leading florist Bretta Solomon. Still getting used to being a fairly young widow and upset over having regained some of the weight she worked so hard to lose, Bretta is throwing herself into her latest project: the restoration of her new home, the historic Beauchamp mansion. Bretta and her flower shop staff have been working overtime, decorating for the upcoming public open house. But a week before the big event, catastrophe show more strikes: the mansion's former owner, River City matriarch Cameo Beauchamp is strangled in a roomful of people during a momentary blackout. But that's not the worst thing. The murder site is Bretta's ballroom during a dinner-party preview of the house, and several of River City's upstanding citizens are present. Cameo had just accused--but not named-someone in the group of blackmail, and the manner of her death makes them all murder suspects. Ignoring her promise to local sheriff Sid Hancock not to get involved in the investigation, Bretta becomes determined to discover what deadly secrets the blackmailer had uncovered and reveal Cameo's killer - before becoming the next victim. show less

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Florist, Bretta Solomon sets the stage for the grand opening of her B&B in the Beauchamp mansion, which she recently purchased from Cameo, the last of a long line of female Beauchamp family owners. What she didn’t buy, was the sordid mystery behind the women, but it appears to have come with the house, just the same.

A curt woman of age, Cameo, the night’s guest of honor, addresses the invited guests with virulence, revealing one of them has attempted to blackmail her. It’s a Clue game set-up and as expected, during the nights gala, the lights go out, as does Cameo’s last breath. All in attendance are suspect and the division begins.

This is a tightly written tale with good characters, believable dialogue and scenarios. All the show more makings for a good mystery. On to the 3rd in the series I go. show less

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Canonical title
Murder Sets Seed
Original publication date
2000-08
People/Characters
Bretta Solomon; Cameo Beauchamp; Avery Wheeler; Dee Dee
Important places
River City, Missouri, USA
Dedication
This book is dedicated to my mother, Betty Trenary, and my grandmothers, Lillie Mcinness and Ida Trenary, all of whom have taught me the love of family, and the serenity of flowers.
Publisher's editor
Ragland, Kelley

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Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3558 .A67132 .M87Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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