Heirloom

Isabel & Alma Trumbo #8

by Ed Lynskey

For their eighth mystery, Isabel and Alma Trumbo, the retired sister sleuths living in Quiet Anchorage, Virginia, undertake solving yet another murder mystery. Uncle Jimbo who runs the town antique shop discovers the dead body of Angelo Conti, the town EMT and firefighter. Sheriff Roscoe Fox launches his investigation while Isabel and Alma don their sleuth hats. The first suspect is Eloise Starr, a schoolteacher whose fourteen-year-old daughter Bunny drowned in the Coronet River, and Angelo was unable to revive on the scene, angering Eloise. The second suspect is Twyla Coolidge, a wealthy socialite who recently moved to town. Isabel and Alma call on their young helper Sammi Jo Garner and their elderly gentlemen friends known as the Three Musketeers for their able assistance. Meantime, Isabel and Alma give Sammi Jo an old cameo broach, a family heirloom with reputed strange magical powers. Heirloom is a clean read and a traditional whodunit set in a charming small town. Join Isabel and Alma when they set off on solving their latest mystery that is as fun and challenging for them as it is for the reader.

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Published April 29, 2017

About the author

Ed Lynskey is a crime fiction author who writes the P.I. Frank Johnson Mystery Series and the Isabel and Alma Trumbo Cozy Mystery Series. His short fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.

Reviews

[Gayle B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Isabel and Alma are once again called upon to solve another murder in the not so quiet small town of Quiet Anchorage. I always get a laugh out of there clichés and barbs at the "townies". Petey Samson, the dog, is again instrumental in their sleuthing. The lives of the main characters continue to develop as Sammi Jo comes one step closer to getting married to the slippery Reynolds and the Three Musketeers plan a big trip to Roswell. As a fan of the Greater Tuna plays, I can't help but be reminded of those characters, in this series. The Isabel and Alma books are one of my go to cozy series.

[Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Isabel and Alma Trumbo are at their sharpest - both of mind and tongue in the 8th of series. The sisters drink sweet tea, play Scrabble, and solve murders all the time interacting with the wonderful characters in Anchorage, Virginia. This time out they will solve the murder of a very private EMT worker found in the back yard of one of their favorite characters.