Are you staying home and looking for some light summertime reading this
holiday weekend? Well, Jo Dereske’s Index to Murder may be what you’re
looking for.
No one could be more orderly or organized than dedicated librarian
Helma Zukas. No one could be more rash and raucous than avant-garde
artist Ruth Winthrop. Yet the two women are best friends and a
resourceful, ingenious, crime-solving team. So when two of Ruth's
latest paintings—each depicting an ex-lover who met a very untimely and
mysterious end—are stolen, the amazing amateur detectives get to work.
But digging through Ruth's romantic rendezvous turns up more than
broken hearts. There's an angry ex-wife, a jealous fellow artist, and a
rampaging group of local tree-huggers. There's trouble brewing in
Bellehaven . . . and only Helma and Ruth can make certain that mayhem
doesn't lead to murder.
Index to Murder is a mass market paperback and priced at just $6.99.
Look for it at Watermark Books in downtown Anacortes or order it from
Anacortes-based northwest-books.com.
Jo lives in Everson, north of Bellingham.
