Crafts and Life

For Alberta Scaglione, her golden years are turning out much more differently than she expected—and much more deadly . . .

But Tranquility isn’t as peaceful as it sounds. There’s a body in the water—and it belongs to Alberta’s childhood nemesis. Alberta suspects foul play and when Alberta’s estranged granddaughter, an aspiring crime reporter, shows up, it only makes sense for them to team up and investigate . . .

What an excellent start to a new series (I actually started this series with book 2, and loved it so raised book 1 to the top of my TBR pile!)

Alberta was expecting to live out her life in a fairly cramped apartment when she gets a surprising phone call letting her know that she is the sole beneficiary of her late aunt.  This means a wonderful house over looking  Memory Lake, she also has managed to connect with her grand daughter (known to all as Jinx) but is still estranged from Jinx's mother, oh and her sister has also moved to Tranquility (having left the convent after 40 years!) and her sister in law also lives near by.

When Alberta sees a body in the water (turns out to be Lucy who however hard she tried she could never got on with) she calls on her old friend, Vinny (the local Police Chief) who thinks that the corpse died of natural causes, when Alberta disagrees and tells him why he says he will get it looked at, oh and Alberta is right! Now she and the other three women in her life have banded together to find out the truth, so Lucy (and by extension Alberta) can rest in peace, each woman has her own strengths and these are shown skillfully through the book!