“Real estate rule #1: A dead body creates buzz. A dead body in a house that is for sale is never the buzz you want.”
The little harbor town of Port Anne on the Chesapeake is rocked when real estate agent Helen Morrisey finds mega-builder Al Capelli sprawled naked and dead in the master bedroom of his model house. Within days, Al’s death is linked to a deliberate insulin overdose. Capelli’s lover and her old friend Susan begs Helen to find the killer before she’s arrested for murder. As much as Helen disapproves of Susan’s affair with a married man, Helen has a history of defending the underdog. To complicate her loyalties, Al’s youngest brother Phil tried to save her husband when he died in a fall at a construction site three years before.
A mystery story addict, Helen’s approach to solving problems is to mirror the talents of her favorite, strong-minded female detectives like Maisie Dobbs, Jane Marple, Nora Charles, and yes, Nancy Drew. She quickly realizes that solving a murder mystery in real life is a lot more frightening than reading one.
Helen catches ex-Marine, Detective Joe McAlister admiring her legs. But she can see he isn’t swayed by Helen’s loyalty, Joe admits Helen’s insight into back office real estate deals and local players could be valuable. New money from outsiders like Capelli might be breathing new life into Port Anne but there’s plenty of resentment from the locals that feel left behind.
Murder in the Master introduces Helen Morrisey, a sharp-tongued, gutsy and mature woman long on loyalty and short on romance. Together, Helen and Joe will flush out a killer and expose a fraudulent real estate empire determined to keep family secrets and mutual hatred hidden.
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“Jane Marple whispered in Helen’s ear, ‘murder is not something to consider lightly’.”
Judy L. Murray’s first book in her Chesapeake Bay Mystery is a “couldn’t put it down” mystery with an entertaining writing style, diverse characters, and a complex investigation to challenge my own inner Miss Marple.
-Kathleen Costa, KRL News & Reviews
