To Helen Back: A River Road Mystery by Susan McBride.
This was a fairly good mystery. Milton Grone is not a pleasant man, and when he ends of dead that are a lot of possible suspects, ranging from his current wife, his ex-wife, his next door neighbor, and even his preacher. Milton has gotten his hometown--River Bend, Illinois--up in arms.
He has a parcel of prime land that the town would like to keep as is, but he has almost completed a deal to sell it for a great amount of money to a water park developer. The town holds a meeting to try and stop this, and while the meeting was going on, Milton is murdered.
It is up to the local sheriff to investigate, but widow Helen Evans wants to help the sheriff to make sure the wrong person is not arrested.
Murder in the Title by Simon Brett.
Charles Paris has a job--portraying a corpse in a play put on by a provincial theater. There is a serious accident, and Charles suspects that the accident was instead a deliberate action, and proceeds to investigate. When he discovers that the theater is on valuable property, he wonders if someone would go to such dangerous lengths to put the theater out of business, just to get the land.
Like many of the other Paris stories, there is a lot of humor, and the plot is interesting. Looking forward to reading more in this series.
Not Dead, Only Resting by Simon Brett.
Another of the Charles Paris mysteries, but with a twist. Charles is once again out of work--resting in theater lingo--when he is offered a job by a friend to help do some house painting. When he gets to the apartment, he discovers the body of chef Yves Lafeu. It appears to be a simple case--Lafeu's partner has left town, and disappeared after having quarreled with the victim. But Charles once again suspects something is amiss, and starts investigating.
Another enjoyable read, with a nice plot!
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