Dressed to Die: A Lindsay Chamberlain Novel

3rd in the Lindsay Chamberlain series, the story begins with Lindsay sniffing through a field looking for a missing art teacher from the university where Lindsay works. Finding the woman is one of Lindsay's few pieces of luck, though, as various household expenses keep adding stress to her finances. On top of that, she's worried about the possible upcoming merger of departments at the university; as a non-tenured faculty member, she could be job hunting soon. In the midst of all this, Lindsay's brother shows up unexpectedly with a truck load of her grandfather's leftover property - crates from a shed in his backyard, a shed of which no one was aware. If Lindsay didn't have enough on her plate, they find a skeleton in one of the crates, and then artifacts are discovered to be missing...and Lindsay seems to be the main suspect.

Beverly Connor is a jewel of an author who has yet to be discovered by the masses. But she will be. No mystery writer this good can go long without topping the bestseller list. In this installment of her Lindsay Chamberlain series, Beverly does it again with clever twists and turns and sharp writing. She's a smart writer for an intelligent reader. I never read a Connor book without learning something and, quite frankly, that's the kind of fiction I like to read. Buy this book and I promise you won't be disappointed.

Lindsay Chamberlain never invites danger into her life; it just happens upon her frequently like an unwanted guest. In this tale Lindsay is in danger...this time of losing her job at the University of Georgia's Archaeology Department due to a merger with another department. If that were not enough to worry her, a cache of priceless artifacts delivered to her by her father is stolen, and all eyes are on Lindsay. Lindsay also becomes involved in the murder case of a long-missing UGA professor whose skeleton is recently found? Friends and strangers linked to Lindsay are either injured or killed trying to help, and Lindsay must put together all of the strewn puzzle pieces before she is next on the hit list.I have enjoyed Beverly Connor's series for many years; Lindsay Chamberlain is one of the most original and dynamic sleuths to have been created in recent years, and Dressed to Die is well worth the cover price.

Ms. Connor does another excellent job! Dressed To Die is a finely written book. This plot is close to the protagonist heart. Lindsey must face that her dear grandfather may not have been the man she thought he was. This story involves two murders close to home. One found on her family farm and another involving the University where she works. Once again, Ms. Connor gives the reader a fun and involving plot to soak up. What is the family secret? Who did what and why did people have to die? The author does a great job in answering these questions, with pose and wonderful character development. What a fun read this mystery series is, I look forward to more Lindsay Chamberlain novels. Thank you Ms. Connor for this excellent series.

Some skeletons just won't stay hidden. No one knows that better than University of Georgia archaeologist Lindsay Chamberlain. Still, it's a shock when a skeleton dressed in its Sunday best falls out of a 60 year old packing crate from her grandfather's kudzu covered shed. Other crates from the family farm contain a stash of valuable artifacts. Could Lindsay's beloved grandfather have been a thief, a looter- even a murderer? As Lindsay struggles with these troubling questions, she helps a local P.I. locate the wooded grave of missing faculty member Shirley Foster and is sucked into an investigation that leads to more questions than answers. Why did Shirley Foster lie to the world about her life, and who wanted her dead? Secrets and lies loom large in Lindsay's life, both professional and personal, as she struggles to find solutions to the mysteries. When artifacts disappear from the University, and she and her students are threatened, the stakes are raised. Job, reputation and life on the line, Lindsay must find a killer and a thief before the police put the cuffs on her and her brother.