Cutting Remarks: A Melanie Bass Mystery

A Melanie Bass Mystery #3

by Christine Falcone

Visiting nurse Melanie Bass is slated to be maid of honor at her good friend Lynn Duncan’s upcoming wedding to dermatologist Alex Drover. The wedding plans screech to a halt when Alex’s sharp-tongued mother is murdered and Lynn becomes the prime suspect. Melanie must now help clear her friend’s name and at the same time avoid becoming the next suspect—or victim—as she learns there is more than one person with reason to want Mrs. Drover dead. Amidst the turmoil, Melanie also faces complications in her work life as she becomes suspicious that a recently hired young nurse at her home healthcare agency is hiding something that could endanger patients, the new nurse, and Melanie herself.

216 pages, Paperback

Published December 17, 2024

Reviews

[Eileen Doyle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the third in Falcone’s Melanie Bass mysteries. Melanie, a visiting nurse, finds herself drawn into another murder investigation in her idyllic shoreline town of Guilford, CT when her best friend, Lynn Duncan becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her mother-in-law-to-be. The police are convinced that Lynn was fed up with the sharp tongue of her fiancée's mother, Diana Drover, but Melanie knows her friend would never resort to murder.

Melanie courts trouble in her investigation of the many suspects who could have wanted the abrasive Mrs. Drover dead, all while balancing her job responsibilities and what little time she has left for her increasingly worried boyfriend Justin, and her adorable dog Bruno. Falcone crafts an engaging mystery with remarkable twists and stunning views.