A Trivial Mystery

Lisa Russell is a freelance writer whose neighbor, Dorothy Coates, is murdered. Reluctantly, Lisa agrees to investigate the crime for her local newspaper, the South Valley Examiner. As she does, she finds seven very probable suspects among Dorothy's friends, family, and coworkers. Ignoring her boyfriend Charlie's protests, Lisa probes too deeply into the lives of a temperamental truck driver/psychic herbal healer and her glamorous sister; a spoiled socialite and her husband; a woman who has had enough of her angry husband and his permanent case of PMS; and a jilted, distraught alcoholic. Lisa does not allow two nearly lethal situations to keep her from uncovering the truth. Meanwhile, Lisa must pay her bills, so she writes articles and a monthly book review, as well as trivia questions to fill white space in the Examiner. Follow Lisa as she investigates a serious crime, and test your knowledge with 70 trivia questions. Answers appear at the end of the book.