Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge
by Laura Levine
Our main character is Jane, a writer, who keeps getting involved in solving murders. Jane is a fun character. She loves her Chunky Monkey ice cream, her cuckoo for cocoa puffs shirt, and wouldn't say no to dessert. She has a persnickety cat, named Prozac, who is also amusing in his antics getting food or being an escape artist.
In this novel, her neighbor Lance is also in the story. He works at Neiman Marcus, is flamboyant, and just overall a fun character to play the opposite of Jane. Lance is into fashion, is drinking green smoothies, and declares Jane has no fashion sense.
This time Jane and Lance are house sitting during December. They soon meet the neighbor, Scotty, a cheapsake who everybody hates. There are plenty of suspects who might have murdered Scotty, including Jane herself.
In between chapters there are also emails from Jane's parents. Her father is always getting into trouble on some scheme of his. This latest novel has Jane's parents on a cruise, and Jane's father is causing a ruckus on the boat.
Overall another good read in the Jane Austen mystery series.
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