Murder, She Wrote: Fit for Murder
Murder, She Wrote, #57
by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran
Return to Cabot Cove for another warm and cozy, yet solid murder mystery featuring writer and amateur sleuth, Jessica Fletcher!
Murder, She Wrote: Fit for Murder is the 57th book in the long-running cozy mystery series based on the television show of the same name. This latest entry takes readers back to Jessica’s hometown of Cabot Cove. It is a warm and familiar setting despite some fast-moving and fallacious gossip against a long-time resident of the community, financial hanky-panky, and another murder.
Jessica Fletcher is a kind woman with a calm, level head and a knack for observing and listening to what’s happening around her and solving mysteries. She is assisted by her good friends, especially Dr. Seth Hazlitt and Dan Andrews, the new editor of the Cabot Cove Gazette. It seemed like every resident of Cabot Cove made an appearance, some old, some new, making me feel like this was a real town.
When the former editor, Evelyn Phillips, returns to check on the well-being and mental state of her old friend, Bertha Mae Cormier, she becomes a suspect in the murder investigation. The murder mystery has more than a couple of possible suspects, and I enjoyed watching Jessica put all the pieces together. There is an additional mystery involving the fire department funds. Author Terrie Farley Moran has not only settled into this well-developed series but, I believe, given it a fresh, new life. I look forward to many more of these welcoming yet compelling cozies featuring Jessica Fletcher and the rest of the Cabot Cove community.
With comfortable recurring characters and its well-known amateur sleuth, I recommend MURDER, SHE WROTE: FIT FOR MURDER to cozy mystery readers who are fans of the previous books or the television show and newcomers ready to sample the long-running series.
I voluntarily reviewed this after receiving an Advanced Review Copy from the author through Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours.