Maggie Lennon’s summer teaching break has just begun when she learns her sister, Rhoda, has suffered a debilitating injury. Maggie races to the rural Florida town of Eugenia to help, but quickly realizes she has stepped into a literal and virtual swamp of dysfunction. It doesn’t take long for Maggie to turn from altruist to cynic as she battles madness and deception at every turn. When a producer for a national television competition comes to Rhoda’s church to vet the choir, Maggie’s other sister, Cheryl, joins them to audition. Together, the three women encounter a host of quirky and questionable characters as they weave their way through chaos, ex-cons, and conspiracies. Will the dark swamp devour them, or will the Lennon sisters survive to seek sanity another day?
Someone suggested this book by an author we both know and it was the perfect fast end of the school year read. I love cozy mysteries and this borders on that but is more family dynamics mixed with humorous characters. Such a fun read with some turns and twists that make for a page-turning suspense.
The perfect summer read. I read it in a single sitting and was fully satisfied by the ending. I love this side of Phoebe Richards! I hope she has more to come.