Murder in Orange Grove Park: Book One: The Orange Grove Sleuths

by Marguerite Mooers

Claire Henderson loves Orange Grove Park, a senior community that she and her husband own. She thinks of the people there as her friends and the grandparents she never knew. But her husband, Roger, has decided to sell the park, and won't tell her who the buyer is. Now, with a group of intrepid senior citizens who call themselves the Orange Grove Sleuths, Claire has set out to stop the sale.

But Orange Grove's secret sale is not all of Claire's worries. Roger is also having an affair with a woman he won't name, and he's laundering money for the mob. How did the facade of her happy marriage unravel so disastrously, and why was she so clueless? As she struggles to save the park, Claire assumes financial control of the company, but will it really work?
Then one morning, Claire is summoned to identify a body floating in the swimming pool at Orange Grove, only to discover that the body is that of her husband. Now, in addition to the question of who Roger was selling the park to, there is a stronger one. Who killed him?
As Claire and the Sleuths struggle to find answers, Claire must
A break-in at her home, by someone looking for money that Roger owed.
A massive hurricane, forcing her to take shelter in a compromised building.
A face-to-face meeting with a mob boss, known to slice off the fingers of his victims.
The revelation of a secret that could land Claire in jail.
And the confrontation with a killer, who wants to murder Claire and bury her in a pond.

Marguerite Mooers is the author of eight murder mysteries and a book of short stories entitled "Will You Please Shut Up".
Murder in Orange Grove Park is her ninth mystery and the first book in the Orange Grove Sleuths series.

200 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 20, 2026

About the author

I spent most of my career working as a teacher in a medium security prison in Upstate New York. Now retired, I live in mid-Florida where I am enjoying life and I continue to write. I have just finished my eighth novel "The Whistleblower" which I think is one of my best.