Statue of Limitations (Goddess of Greene St., Bk 1)
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Author:
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Statue of Limitations is the debut of the A Goddess of Greene Street Mystery series set in the coastal town of Sequoia, Michigan and featuring blogger and garden center owner Athena Spencer. Having suffered through a nasty divorce Athena has moved back to town with her young son, Nicholas and is now sharing a home with her parents and sisters and working at the family garden center.
Athena's family don't know that she's the face behind the popular Greek blog they enjoy each morning so she often stays behind to write after the garden center closes at night. One evening thinking the loud crash outside is their neighborhood raccoon, Oscar, getting up to no good Athena is shocked to discover a man digging around the base of the statue that her Grandfather recently bought at an estate sale.
It appears the mysterious man is Pittsburgh native, Case Donnelly who claims that the statue was stolen from his family's museum and he's looking to find the certificate of authenticity and also wants Athena to come up with the receipt that the statue was bought legally. Athena knows that when wealthy town resident Grayson Talbot Sr died mysteriously in his bathtub, his son Grayson "aka Sonny" had an estate sale and her Grandfather purchased the statue from the sale.
Grayson Talbot Sr. is the same man who wanted to tear down the section of Sequoia dubbed "Little Greece" where Athena's family has lived and worked amongst their Greek friends their whole lives. Thinking that instead of the close knit community the town would be better served by a high rise condominium complex and expensive boutique shops. But at the last council meeting it seemed that Grayson had finally given in to the Greeks and was going to abandon his plan, even going so far as to draw up and sign an agreement. But, before the papers were filed the man was dead and the papers missing.
When Grayson's long time assistant Harry Pepper is found dead just a few weeks later at the Talbot home, and surveillance video shows Case running from the home he immediately becomes wanted for murder. With her gut telling her that Case is no killer, she hides him on her Grandfather's fishing boat, provides him with a disguise and teams up with him to save her community and find the person responsible for two deaths.
A fast paced plot with likable characters. A feel good family that transports you right into the center of Sequoia. I was a little apprehensive since it seemed the author was heading the way of the dreaded love triangle but it appears that may have been resolved...guess we'll have to stay tuned.
Athena's family don't know that she's the face behind the popular Greek blog they enjoy each morning so she often stays behind to write after the garden center closes at night. One evening thinking the loud crash outside is their neighborhood raccoon, Oscar, getting up to no good Athena is shocked to discover a man digging around the base of the statue that her Grandfather recently bought at an estate sale.
It appears the mysterious man is Pittsburgh native, Case Donnelly who claims that the statue was stolen from his family's museum and he's looking to find the certificate of authenticity and also wants Athena to come up with the receipt that the statue was bought legally. Athena knows that when wealthy town resident Grayson Talbot Sr died mysteriously in his bathtub, his son Grayson "aka Sonny" had an estate sale and her Grandfather purchased the statue from the sale.
Grayson Talbot Sr. is the same man who wanted to tear down the section of Sequoia dubbed "Little Greece" where Athena's family has lived and worked amongst their Greek friends their whole lives. Thinking that instead of the close knit community the town would be better served by a high rise condominium complex and expensive boutique shops. But at the last council meeting it seemed that Grayson had finally given in to the Greeks and was going to abandon his plan, even going so far as to draw up and sign an agreement. But, before the papers were filed the man was dead and the papers missing.
When Grayson's long time assistant Harry Pepper is found dead just a few weeks later at the Talbot home, and surveillance video shows Case running from the home he immediately becomes wanted for murder. With her gut telling her that Case is no killer, she hides him on her Grandfather's fishing boat, provides him with a disguise and teams up with him to save her community and find the person responsible for two deaths.
A fast paced plot with likable characters. A feel good family that transports you right into the center of Sequoia. I was a little apprehensive since it seemed the author was heading the way of the dreaded love triangle but it appears that may have been resolved...guess we'll have to stay tuned.
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