An Anniversary to Die For (A Susan Henshaw Mystery #14)

I really enjoyed this book. I have been reading the Susan Henshaw books since the beginning and have always found them entertaining as well as believable. The characters are well-rounded and easy to understand and I like that Valerie Wolzien has used upper-class characters instead of hard-boiled characters as are frequently used. I feel that Susan might be me or one of my friends and I like that. I highly recommend this cozy series.

Susan and Jed Henshaw are celebrating their thirtieth anniversary with a party at the inn where they spent their honeymoon. The party is great. Unfortunately when they go up to their room, they discover the body of Ashley marks, their neighbor, dead on their bed under their gifts. She was poisoned. Ashley wasn't very popular, but who disliked her enough to poison her? She'd just been acquitted of poisoning her husband. Susan had never really liked Ashley, but finds herself helping to track down the killer. Could it have something to do with Ashley's past? As Susan finds out more, she realizes how little she knows. She also gets a lot of help from her friends throughout the investigation. Since Ashley's death happened in a neighboring town, Brett is not the detective in charge this time. Susan does not like Chief Konowitz. She tries avoiding him while she investigates. She is not always successful. I highly recommend this book. This is a terrific series and this book is a delight to read. It is a quick, easy to read cozy.

Another solid suburbian mystery by Valerie Wolzien. The antics of Susan Henshaw continue as the body of a recently acquited murder suspect ends up in the B & B room of Jed and Susan the night of their big anniversary party. Susan's friend from "The Student Body", Jinx, returns to help solve this one!This is a great quick read for a plane ride. As usual, I can't wait for the next in the series to hit bookstores!

Excellently written, good for women to relate too, and have fun imagining themselves in these messes. And always endeding up the hero.