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A Field Guide to Murder

by Michelle L. Cullen

A neighborhood mystery with an unlikely investigative pair

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A neighborhood mystery with an unlikely investigative pair

Once a globe-trotting anthropologist, recently widowed Harry Lancaster now watches his condominium neighbors from his armchair. His caregiver, Emma, is trying to draw him back into the world when a plea for help from neighbor Sue leads them to her poisoned body. Harry and Emma investigate a community where motives and suspects abound, and the case puts both of them in danger. The setup brings an amateur-sleuth mystery together with a cross-generational partnership, while Harry’s former career and present-day habit of observing his neighbors frame the investigation.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Fans of amateur-sleuth mysteries set in close-knit communities
  • Readers interested in investigative partnerships across generations
  • Those who enjoy mysteries featuring an older protagonist and a caregiver companion

Themes

Amateur investigationIntergenerational partnershipCommunity secretsReengagement with life after loss

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Book overview

A cranky widower and his spirited caregiver team up to solve his neighbor's murder in this charming and original mystery, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Benjamin Stevenson.

Once a globe-trotting anthropologist, Harry Lancaster is now certain that all his grand adventures are behind him. Recently widowed and suffering from a fractured hip, Harry spends his days and nights behind a pair of binoculars, nose-deep in his neighbors' affairs. His millennial caregiver, Emma, is determined to get him out of his armchair and back into the world.

Fate intervenes when Harry's mysterious neighbor, Sue, phones, pleading for help. But instead of rescuing her, Harry and Emma find Sue dead: poisoned, days after a break-in at Sue's house. Harry resolves to find out what happened, and Emma insists on going along for the ride. Together, they discover motives and suspects abound in Harry's quaint condominium community--putting them both in the crosshairs of a cold-blooded killer.

Readers of Kristen Perrin and Deanna Raybourn will be charmed by this quirky, cross-generational murder mystery.
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