Who murdered the keeper of everybody's secrets that everybody stopped and visited the day of her demise? Should amateur sleuth Landon Smith take Police Detective Dylan Tremblay's advice to leave the case to the professionals, or should she grant a friend's request to discover who killed their eccentric neighbor's mother? Let me rephrase that last sentence - can she solve the murder while dealing with story-lines involving her family, friends, and neighbors that rival a soap opera?
"Deadly Burden," the fourth installment of Janet Sketchley's Green Dory Mysteries, is a perfect read for the extended Christmas season - that is, within 6 months either direction of Christmas. The stories keep getting better and better.
Some of the storylines of this novel (and the rest of the series) deal with disturbing topics, such as human trafficking. Other than that, I would say this novel is appropriate for teens as well as adults.
Of course, since it's part of a series, the question arises: should you start the series at the beginning, or can you read this book out of order without either feeling lost or spoiling a previous mystery? In this case, I would lean to the former. The name of one of the previous villains is identified, but more so it helps to get to know the characters and part of their backstory.
I absolutely loved this book, and am looking forward to the next books. Also, I trust I'm not spoiling too much to mention that I could see a spin-off mystery series with one of the characters from this tale.
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