Death at the Day Lily Cafe

In Eckel’s lightweight second Rosalie Hart mystery (after 2015’s Murder at Barclay Meadow), Rosalie has finally opened the organic food cafe she has always dreamed of owning in Cardigan, Md. With a minimal but enthusiastic staff, support from her friends, and a lot of creative planning on her part, the future looks bright on opening day—until the arrival of close friend Doris Bird, the owner of a nearby shoe store. The other night, the husband of Doris’s younger sister, Lori, was murdered, and the sheriff thinks Lori did it. Doris wants a reluctant Rosalie to find the real culprit. Meanwhile, Rosalie is distracted by the tension caused by her daughter Annie’s new relationship with a young man who has a questionable history and dangerous relatives, plus a search for the loot missing from a local robbery. Armchair travelers will enjoy the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay setting, but others may find it to be a lot of fluff without enough meat. [em]Agent: Ken Atchity, Story Merchant. (July) [/em]