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Vengeance on High: A Wally Morris Mystery (Avalon Mystery)

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Once again Joani Ascher has outdone herself with a Wally Morris novel. The continued character development is terrific and I've really gotten to know the heroine. I've read all of the Vengeance books and this is one of my favs. Can't wait for the next. Read this one and then go back and read any you've missed.

Although I met Joani Ascher after having read her first mystery, VENGEANCE BEYOND REASON, I don't know her all that well. Her heroine, Wally Morris, however, feels like an old friend to me. She is the reliable sort of woman that you know will always offer to help, and sincerely mean it, especially during an extreme situation. Whether or not that help will be truly useful, or just muck things up further, is a different question, of course. Although I often fear good-hearted Wally is going to inadvertantly screw things up beyond repair, she hasn't let anyone down yet. Wally has enticed me to read a few of the books in this series. Joani's latest book, VENGEANCE ON HIGH, show this delightful kindergarten teacher/busybody/amateur detective solving a mystery within the sullied world of New Jersey real estate development. Anyone who lives in New Jersey will find this series quite authentic. The mysteries all take place in a fictionalized version of practically any Northern New Jersey town and they include all the local problems and characters that suburbanites face on a daily basis. The setting isn't exotic, but it's fun to read what a talented storyteller does with what we all know so well.