Alafair Tucker isn't too well acquainted with her neighbor, Miz Day. Still, it seems like the kind thing to do by helping her prepare her dead husband to be buried. After all, he had been a miserable and mean drunk who was found dead out in the snow. No one had even missed him for three days after the snowstorm. Alafair is stunned when she finds a bullet hole behind the man's ear and realizes that he didn't freeze to death but instead, someone shot him. Alafair is quite concerned because the most likely suspect is the oldest son, John Lee Day, the boy her daughter, Phoebe, is smitten with. Alafair needs to find out who really murdered Harley Day and be sure that her daughter wasn't an accomplice.
This is the first in this series by Donis Casey. I loved the book from the minute I started it. Alafair Tucker is living in Oklahoma in 1912. She is the mother to eight children and keeps very busy as a farm wife on the prairie. It is kind of like Jessica Fletcher meets Laura Ingalls. Alafair is a good mother - kind and very protective of her brood. She isn't afraid to do a little snooping to find out who is responsible for the murder. I can't wait to dig into the next book in the series!
Rating - 5 stars
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