title: Search for Bobauthor: Phyllis H. Moore
series: We're All Connected #1
published: 21 April 2023
publisher: self-published
genre(s): cozy mystery
pages: 298
source: client
format: manuscript
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the blurb
Book One of the We're All Connected Series follows Berti Alexander and her children, Ross and Kat, following Ross's finding a dead body beside the creek behind their rented trailer house. According to their friend, Meg Miller, there is a nefarious group operating in and around their small, normally quiet town. Meg's exposure to the group started with her own discovery of a dead body in the mansion slated for the annual Victorian Homes Tour. Meg could tell Ross a thing or two about dead bodies, but she's hesitant because he's only twelve.
Turns out no one need be worried about Ross's reaction to the macabre nature of the discovery, because his intuitive mind has moved straight to the why and how of the condition of the body. With the help of his grandfather, Hud Tate, "Grandy," Ross stakes out the scene and scours the trailer park for more clues. As his mother, Berti Alexander, is itching to exit the Witness Protection Program that keeps her and the kids bound to secrecy and unable to promote her artwork, Ross and Kat keep her on her toes with the normal challenges of being a single mother.
Their lives can be chaotic, and some days can be more overwhelming than others, but in the end, with a little help from their friends everything works out for the best, because, after all, as Meg Miller says, "We're all connected."
- my review
- a few notes
I love a cozy mystery, but this one missed the mark. The mystery was there, but it was a little disjointed. The characters had promise, but in the end, the majority of them just fell flat. Worse was the underlying gay stereotyping that read as homophobic. Not for me.
POV: 3rd person
keywords/phrases: single mom, widow, second chances
cover notes: meh
About Phyllis H. Moore
Phyllis H. Moore wants to live life experiences more than once: doing it, writing about it and reading about it. She’s had two careers and two retirements. Both careers gave her inspiration for her novels: The Sabine Series, Sabine, Billy’s Story, Josephine’s Journals and Secrets of Dunn House,
She’s written three stand-alone novels: Opal’s Story, Tangled, a Southern Gothic Yarn, The Bright Shawl, Colors of Tender Whispers, The Ember Months, Birdie & Jude, and an anthology of spooky short stories inspired by real places and events, The Bridge on Jackson Road. She has authored one nonfiction book, Retirement, Now What?
Phyllis has been published by Caffeinated Press in the anthology, Brewed Awakenings 2, Fifteen Tales to Jolt Your Mind Awake. She blogs on her web site http://www.phyllishmoore.com. Follow her on Pinterest and Facebook.
Phyllis is a retired social worker and former owner/operator of a small bed and breakfast. She’s lived in the rural areas and cities of south Texas. She currently lives on Galveston Island with her husband, Richard.
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