It's a Place for Trees

Will Nickerson Mysteries #2

by R.L. Anderson Jr.

A green energy project has gone terribly wrong--with dire consequences for the Keystone Arboretum, nestled in the idyllic setting of Pennsylvania's Allegheny Mountains. The result leads to a murder. Or is it a suicide? Vacationing North Dakotan Will Nickerson finds himself thrust into the center of things and, accompanied by a spunky and alluring tour guide, steps up to fit it all together in this new country whodunit by R. L. Anderson, Jr.

Genres: Mystery

Nook

First published February 5, 2013

Reviews

[R.L. Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

North Dakota's amateur detective Will Nickerson is back! After finishing Ranch Park, the main character seemed to be telling me that he has more adventures in store--so for this, the second in my Will Nickerson Mysteries series, I have sent him on a road trip east to visit his relatives in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Mountains. I chose to write a story set in that locale as a tribute to my dad, who was from there. It is a beautiful, idyllic setting, as anyone who knows northern Pennsylvania will agree, for sure. While in the Keystone State, Will visits an arboretum and joins forces with a spunky tour guide, a fellow Midwesterner, originally from Michigan, Laurel Reitter, to solve a murder that is committed in the deep and rugged forest at this outdoor museum. As with Ranch Park, It's A Place For Trees is packed with suspense and surprise, an occasional shock, a light and breezy romance, a bit of history--but no profanity or "adults-only" situations, although it was written with the adult reader in mind. It is good clean entertainment.

P. S. don't worry if you haven't read Ranch Park! Although there are connections between the two, It's A Place For Trees is a "free standing" story all its own.