Alafair Tucker keeps a close watch on her brood of children. That isn't easy when you have three lovely daughters of marriage age. Alice has always been her sharpest and most outgoing of her daughters. She seems to have her sights set on the town's barber who is a recent widower. Things get very interesting when Walter's wife is found in a lake by Alafair's sons, Charlie and Gee Dub while they are fishing. Alafair, along with Sherrif Tucker, are bound and determined to figure who killed the woman. Alafair is sure that Walter was involved somehow and she wants to find out before Alice loses her heart to the charming but somewhat smarmy barber.
As always, spending time with Alafair Tucker and her brood is like being part of a warm and loveable family from a simpler time. I love Donis Casey's descriptions of everyday life in Oklahoma around 1912. Some of the complexities of who killed the woman and how her body got where it finally was found seem just a little too convoluted. Still, the reader is ready to overlook any and all minor faults because the characters are so enjoyable.
Rating - 4.5 stars
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