Search - Death by the Light of the Moon (Claire Malloy, Bk 7)

Hess' Claire Malloy series is one of my favorites. This book, however, is among the lesser lights in the series. It's a little darker than (not quite as funny as) the rest of the books. Nevertheless, it's worth reading. It turns out that "Not quite as good as excellent" is still very good, so read the book if you're reading the series. If you're not yet reading this series, go back to the first one and start there. You'll really enjoy Claire, her looney teenage daughter who often speaks in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS as teenage girls are wont to do, and the rest of the crowd.

This wasn't one of her better ones. It's all about a stereotypical hated matriarch who is playing games (Not the fun kind) with her family members about her will. It winds up costing her her life. But Hess isn't very clear about who actually did it. There's plenty of motive. Even Claire's own daughter. But who did the deed is a bit confusing.

Homocide and humor do mix.