Sunday, February 22, 2015

Mystery of the Month: Moonflowers





Cora Taylor disappeared 54 years ago, and no trace of her was ever found. Now her sister has enlisted the help of Andrea Flynn and Kathleen Williamson in finding out what happened to Cora. The two are known for their ability to solve cases that are puzzling the police, and Mary Taylor is confident they can uncover Cora’s fate.

Andrea and Kathleen are doubtful they can find the answer Mary is looking for, but they decide to try. They start researching, and the case becomes more complicated when someone who was close to Cora, a likely suspect in her disappearance, is murdered.

The more the sister sleuths investigate, the more complex the situation becomes. How did expensive jewelry end up in Cora’s possession? Who knew moonflowers were poisonous and stole them from Andrea’s deck? Was the Mafia involved somehow, and what about the accusations against a jealous wife? And when a second suspect is murdered, are the sisters and Mary in danger, too?

 Helen Haught Fanick


A short story impressed Helen’s fifth grade teacher, and she’s been writing ever since. She’s won several local and state awards and two national awards in the Writer’s Digest Competition. Moon Signs was a quarter-finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards. Helen is a graduate of UTSA and lives in Antonio with her husband.
 

7 comments:

  1. Your books sound like just my cup of tea. Excellent post!

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    1. Thanks, Marja! I hope you enjoy my Moon Mystery Series as much as I enjoy writing them.

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  2. I enjoyed reading the review of Moonflowers and it definitely sounds like a book that I would enjoy. And, how wonderful to know in the fifth grade what you wanted to do and to succeed at it. God bless.

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    1. Thank you, Ruth. I belong to a writing family - my mother, brothers, and a son, to name a few! I don't think I could have done anything but become a writer. Hope you like the Moon Mysteries.

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  3. Sounds interesting. And I'm still looking for good female-detective/sleuths-protag novels. I'm adding this to my TBR list.

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    1. Lidy,
      Thanks for stopping by. I've read the other books in Helen's "Moon" series and I loved them. "Moonflowers" is high on my TBR list!

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    2. Thanks, Lidy and Pat! And I know just what you mean about the TBR list, Lidy - mine is very long! Pat - thanks again for making Moonflowers the Mystery of the Month.

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