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Death in Duplicate (Susan Henshaw Mystery)

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The latest Susan Henshaw Mystery is a fun read! I think I enjoy finding out what is going on with Susan's and Kathleen's families as much as I do solving the mystery.

This time Susan's daughter and her husband move in with the Henshaw's (with their twin newborns and nanny), and almost immediately, the next-door neighbor is found murdered. Susan and Kathleen investigate, and as always, figure out who the killer is.

This novel is a great addition to the series.

When Susan and Jeb Henshaw's new twin grandchildren, their daughter Chrissy , their son-in-law Stephen, their two mastiffs, and the twin's nurse Shannon come to stay with them until their Chrissy and Stephen can find an apartment in New York City, they are thrilled. That is until Susan's neighbor Nadine Barnes watches them move in and promptly tells Susan that Shannon was a suspect in the deaths of three residents at the Perry Island Care Center. This case still remains open.

Susan decides to investigate the care center homicides in the hopes of clearing Shannon because she sees how much she seems to care for her daughter and grandchildren. Plus she doesn't know how they would function without her! Their house is overtaken by baby things and dinner time isn't relaxing anymore. When one baby is quiet, the other one needs to be taken care of.

While Susan is investigating the care center homicides, someone murders Nadine. Now Susan wonders whether Shannon silenced her neighbor. Susan continues sleuthing to try to find out more. In the process, she discovers that Nadine's husband and his mother, both real estate developers, have plans for Perry Island. One of their plans is to destroy the nursing home.

Can Susan uncover the truth about the murders with putting herself or those she loves in danger?

I always enjoy books by Valerie Wolzien in the Susan Henshaw series. Susan is such a likeable character. Now that her children are grown, she is having new experiences but still having time to investigate murders. Her friend Kathleen is a great help in her investigations, along with her friend the chief of police, Brett.

I think Susan would be fun to have as a neighbor, except it would be dangerous to live near her-her neighbors tend to die!

I highly recommend this book.

I really have enjoyed each and every book in this series - this one being no exception. I love that the characters age and progress through life with each book, and I am sad to say that this was unfortunately, the last book in the series.
I highly recommend that "cozy-mystery" lovers read this series, it is enjoyable!

This is the first book by Valerie Wolzien I have read, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I look forward to reading her other books in the series.!

I have enjoyed some of these books, but they have ALWAYS been TERIBLY TIRESOME the way the writer drops brand names thinking it will somehow improve the plot. Guess what? It does not.
This book finally did it, I can no longer bear to read what the characters wear, drink, eat, drive, you name it! The 'trendy' settings ( in spite of attemps to appear REAL) do not work.
The writer can not come up with a page that does not extol the virtues of brand name shopping. WRITER ALERT............. this is a book, not an ad in Sunday's paper!
We know the lead character carries a 'COACH' bag, we know how much she pays for EVERYTHING. What, may I ask does this have to do with a good book??????? Nothing.