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Suspicion on Sugar Creek
Tessa Lambert thought this summer on Sugar Creek Cove would be like any other. She hoped to work on her novel, play Rook with the old lady next door and spend some lazy time with her husband and daughters. But when a new neighbor winds up dead, Tessa and her Rook partner find themselves jumping to suspicious conclusions. Add a young hippie named Rusty to the mix, and these three seem like an unlikely trio to solve an alleged crime. When you’re not laughing at the humorous rhetoric in Suspicion on Sugar Creek, you’ll be on the edge of your seat wondering how it will all play out.
- GenresFiction
180 pages, Paperback
Published July 8, 2016
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About the author
Susannah B. Lewis
15 books592 followersSusannah B. Lewis is an author, humorist, and podcaster. She has written nine books, including Can’t Make This Stuff Up and How May I Offend You Today, both USA Today Bestsellers published by Thomas Nelson. Her work has been featured on Erma Bombeck’s Humor Writers, TODAY, and US Weekly, and her articles have appeared in Parents Magazine, Reader’s Digest, and more. She is the winner of the Southern Writers’ Magazine Short Story Contest and a recipient of the BlogHer Voices of the Year Award. Susannah also hosts the Moral of the Story Podcast, produced by AccessMore.
She lives on 90 beautiful acres in Tennessee with her husband, their three children, and a "whole bunch" of dogs and cats.
She lives on 90 beautiful acres in Tennessee with her husband, their three children, and a "whole bunch" of dogs and cats.
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September 14, 2016
I loved the characters and didn't want this story to end. Hoping there will be a sequel to tell of future adventures in Sugar Creek?
August 3, 2016
Loved it! Susanna is a great writer. Loved the humor in this story. Ready for the next one!!!
August 30, 2016
Ooooh I loved this !!! What a fun book to read !
November 14, 2016
This was the best book! I really hope this turns into a series.
November 13, 2016
Great read. Really enjoyed the characters and humor. I laughed quite a bit through this book. It's such a good book I didn't put it down until I was done.
November 15, 2016
Wow! What a book!
Absolutely loved this book! Full of humor, murder, and dealing with kids and family. Everyone will enjoy this one .
Absolutely loved this book! Full of humor, murder, and dealing with kids and family. Everyone will enjoy this one .
March 11, 2022
Loved it!
I got so tickled reading this story. I loved the characters and the mystery. I really do hope the author makes a series out of this book. It was like reading a remake Rear Window but as a comedy. I loved it!
4.5 stars
I got so tickled reading this story. I loved the characters and the mystery. I really do hope the author makes a series out of this book. It was like reading a remake Rear Window but as a comedy. I loved it!
4.5 stars
January 15, 2017
Great Book
I loved this book. It kept me laughing and thinking the entire time. I couldn't wait to get home to read it for the three evenings it took me to finish it. I highly recommend this book because it's great and the author is an amazing woman!!
I loved this book. It kept me laughing and thinking the entire time. I couldn't wait to get home to read it for the three evenings it took me to finish it. I highly recommend this book because it's great and the author is an amazing woman!!
May 8, 2020
Too short!
I wanted to read more! It was too short and felt like alot was cut out of the novel. I would have loved to dive deeper into the details and read this for days, not just hours.
I wanted to read more! It was too short and felt like alot was cut out of the novel. I would have loved to dive deeper into the details and read this for days, not just hours.
March 19, 2017
Awesome
This is a must read! Another awesome book by Susannah! I couldn't put it down! I loved the ending of the book!
This is a must read! Another awesome book by Susannah! I couldn't put it down! I loved the ending of the book!
September 25, 2023
Honestly, this seemed like something crazy I would get mixed up in
Honestly, this seemed like something crazy I would get mixed up in since I'm an unapologetic snoop! I enjoyed each of the characters and even sympathized with the Mom's heartbreak over the relationship with the young teen daughters "I hate Mom" stage in life (as a Mom with a now grown daughter - that stage when they hit puberty thru about 17 is such a miserable time you just want to send them off to some kind of deprogramming school until they can return the sweet girl you gave birth to!!!!). Of course, in the end I thought everyone got what they deserved. That is, except the woman who knew her sister was killed and whose dead body was used as a replacement for her "dead body" - I mean, honestly, didn't she deserve to have been also arrested! I didn't feel she earned any pity just because her husband didn't follow through and accompany her to a new life. Yes he was a scumbag but then so was she. A drug addict, thief and someone who used her sisters death to buy herself a new start in life! That is definitely not a sympathetic character! The characters (except the scumbag murdering sister) were all well written, amusing and had redeemable qualities. I found this book very entertaining and if it makes me laugh then it usually scores pretty high from me. I subtracted the fifth star because I felt giving the drug addicted murderer a pass just because her husband deceived her just didn't make sense to me - it just read as terribly wrong - without a doubt!! I still enjoyed it enough to recommend the book to others!
Honestly, this seemed like something crazy I would get mixed up in since I'm an unapologetic snoop! I enjoyed each of the characters and even sympathized with the Mom's heartbreak over the relationship with the young teen daughters "I hate Mom" stage in life (as a Mom with a now grown daughter - that stage when they hit puberty thru about 17 is such a miserable time you just want to send them off to some kind of deprogramming school until they can return the sweet girl you gave birth to!!!!). Of course, in the end I thought everyone got what they deserved. That is, except the woman who knew her sister was killed and whose dead body was used as a replacement for her "dead body" - I mean, honestly, didn't she deserve to have been also arrested! I didn't feel she earned any pity just because her husband didn't follow through and accompany her to a new life. Yes he was a scumbag but then so was she. A drug addict, thief and someone who used her sisters death to buy herself a new start in life! That is definitely not a sympathetic character! The characters (except the scumbag murdering sister) were all well written, amusing and had redeemable qualities. I found this book very entertaining and if it makes me laugh then it usually scores pretty high from me. I subtracted the fifth star because I felt giving the drug addicted murderer a pass just because her husband deceived her just didn't make sense to me - it just read as terribly wrong - without a doubt!! I still enjoyed it enough to recommend the book to others!
April 17, 2023
This is a mystery and a comedy and such quick fun and easy read.
Tessa is a writer trying to finish her novel but has developed mind constipation. She helps an aspiring writer, Rusty, on Tuesdays with a novel he is working on. she gardens with her neighbor Grace. The three of the team up to figure out why their neighbor, Baker Kilpatrick, whom they rarely see outside is suddenly outside and happy. The comedy is in the antics they do to try and stay low key while trying to solve the mystery surrounding their neighbor.
Tessa is a writer trying to finish her novel but has developed mind constipation. She helps an aspiring writer, Rusty, on Tuesdays with a novel he is working on. she gardens with her neighbor Grace. The three of the team up to figure out why their neighbor, Baker Kilpatrick, whom they rarely see outside is suddenly outside and happy. The comedy is in the antics they do to try and stay low key while trying to solve the mystery surrounding their neighbor.
June 8, 2017
I watch Whoa Susannah's podcasts and follow her blog, so as I read the book, I was hearing the story in her voice. That made it more entertaining than it probably actually was.
The book was good-- a little mystery, but more funny than scary, a lot of humor thrown in to make it that way, I think. More about the plight of a nosy neighbor with a wild imagination than what i would consider a real mystery.
It's not the best book I ever read, but it's far from the worst.
The book was good-- a little mystery, but more funny than scary, a lot of humor thrown in to make it that way, I think. More about the plight of a nosy neighbor with a wild imagination than what i would consider a real mystery.
It's not the best book I ever read, but it's far from the worst.
July 5, 2017
Humor and murder
I'd been reading some heavy material and needed a light mystery to 'cleanse my pallet '. This was a good choice in that the characters were interesting and the locations were well thought out. That in itself is funny, as settings is a problem addresses in the book!
I'd been reading some heavy material and needed a light mystery to 'cleanse my pallet '. This was a good choice in that the characters were interesting and the locations were well thought out. That in itself is funny, as settings is a problem addresses in the book!
March 29, 2022
Was it murder ?
Tessa sees her neighbor's wife being carried out dead on a stretcher. Three weeks later he sees this same neighbor's girlfriend move in! She and another neighbor decide the man must have killed his wife to maple room for the girlfriend. A hilarious investigation begins. You will enjoy this one.
Tessa sees her neighbor's wife being carried out dead on a stretcher. Three weeks later he sees this same neighbor's girlfriend move in! She and another neighbor decide the man must have killed his wife to maple room for the girlfriend. A hilarious investigation begins. You will enjoy this one.
January 23, 2024
Fans of Susannah B. Lewis and Whoa, Susannah will enjoy this book. I could hear Susannah reading it and imagined her as the main character investigating a murder in her neighborhood. It was a little far-fetched and I questioned some of her actions. But it was a fast - and occasionally - humorous read.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for Suspicion on Sugar Creek
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for Suspicion on Sugar Creek
May 6, 2019
This is indeed a "witty mystery" and a surprising to me, fun read. It was refreshing, the main character is happily married, but I had a morality problem with her judgement. I'd actually give it 4.5 stars because I have thing about perfect scores.
December 5, 2020
Entertainingly funny!
Such an entertaining novel. Great lines that make you laugh out loud. If you enjoy reading witty southern humor this is a book for you. Plus, there’s the twist of a murder.
Such an entertaining novel. Great lines that make you laugh out loud. If you enjoy reading witty southern humor this is a book for you. Plus, there’s the twist of a murder.
February 23, 2023
Wonderful story!
I felt like I was looking out the window watching Baker! Great read. Probably the fastest I've finished any book ever because I couldn't put it down. 10 out of 10 I recommend!
I felt like I was looking out the window watching Baker! Great read. Probably the fastest I've finished any book ever because I couldn't put it down. 10 out of 10 I recommend!
June 1, 2017
Great story!
I really enjoyed this funny mystery. Quite a few twists and turns with humor thrown in. Easy read. Highly recommend!!!
I really enjoyed this funny mystery. Quite a few twists and turns with humor thrown in. Easy read. Highly recommend!!!
July 5, 2017
Really fun, light, summer read.
August 17, 2017
Great, easy read.
September 11, 2017
Wonderfully written
You will not be disappointed reading this book it will keep you on your toes until the very end and laughing the entire time.
You will not be disappointed reading this book it will keep you on your toes until the very end and laughing the entire time.
September 20, 2017
I truly loved this book! Hilariously funny and well written. Such a fun book. Read it!!
February 28, 2018
Love, Love, Love this Book! This is such a great read.
August 23, 2018
Great read. I couldn't put it down.
Loved it.
I read this book in two days. It usually takes me forever took read a book. This book kept me interested the whole time.
Loved it.
I read this book in two days. It usually takes me forever took read a book. This book kept me interested the whole time.
February 25, 2019
Never laughed so hard and out loud reading a book before but this one did just that.. so funny and fun to read..
February 25, 2019
My favorite of Susannah Lewis’ books (so far anyway). This one has you intrigued and laughing all at the same time.
February 26, 2019
Love this book, really hope theres another to make a series 💜
February 28, 2019
Loved the humor and the storyline
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