Wish You Were Here

Valentine’s Day is almost upon us.

This Love Month, the Love Bug affects us all whether we are in a relationship or not.

My Facebook wall is flooded with messages of endearment from one lover to next. Greatly affected are people who are in a Long Distance Relationships. Posts containing pictures of them together with captions of ‘Wish You Were Here’ are becoming common.

And as this caught my attention, I am writing a book summary and review on a Murder Mystery entitled ‘Wish You Were Here’ by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown.

Summary:

The story revolves around the postmistress (Harry) of the little town of Crozet, Virginia. She has 2 pets, a cat named Mrs. Murphy and a corgi named Tee Tucker. As this is a little town, murder is quite a befuddling thing for its residents. When 2 consecutive murders happen, it’s a bizarre thing.

Speculations here and there popped up and Harry made her own investigations, and so did her animal friends. She also noted that the persons who died received a postcard of a cemetery some place with the message Wish You Were Here inscribed and No Return address. She discussed her theory with the police of course, but as it is a ridiculous claim, was dismissed.

But in the end, when another murder occurred, and the postcard turned up on the scene, Harry could no longer ignore the nagging feeling that it is involved, somehow.

Her pets on the other hand, found documents on the house of one of the victims (Maude) that somewhat connects the murders and indicates that deceased is involved in something illegal. The wife of the other victim (Kelly) also found discrepancies on her husbands’ mileage without meaning to and proved to be another piece of the puzzle. All of them connected to the now closed railroad tracks and its treasure myths.

The pieces fit, but the identity of the 3rd person involved in the crimes is yet unknown. So Harry worked on her theory of the postcards and along with the lieutenant (Cooper), placed postcards of cemeteries with the note Wish You Were Here on the back to see who will react.

Harry and Cooper then decided to take a walk on the railroad track being studied by one of the victims (Maude). It was there that Harry realized that one person did react to the postcard and asked Harry if it was a joke. Solving the mystery of the killer but not why he committed them. On the railroad track, Harry’s animal friends directed them to a tunnel beneath and in there they found stashed Louis XV? furnitures ready to sell. The killer arrived their subsequently and Cooper killed him after he divulge the story why?

If you liked my summary, read the whole book.
You can borrow mine or you can buy it here: http://www.amazon.com/Wish-Were-Here-Murphy-Mysteries/dp/0553287532

Review:

The book is quite good, but as this the first in the series, the characters are crammed up in the introduction that by the time the murder happened, I need to re-read from the start to see who was murdered and what happened before his death.

But the whole story was good, typical small town gossip and people getting involved with other people’s lives that does not necessarily concerns them, just so they could comment on it.

But the animal conversations are nice, a diversion from the boring tidbits made by humans. But don’t take my word for it.
Read what others have to say here: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165358.Wish_You_Were_Here

Advance Happy Valentines Day everyone 

Daghang salamat!!!