Book Review and Giveaway - Murder, She Wrote: The Body in the Trees by Jessica Fletcher & Terrie Farley Moran

My Review

Murder, She Wrote: The Body in the Trees is set in Fall in Cabot Cove.  Jessica Fletcher befriends a group of leaf peepers from Florida.  When one of them is discovered murdered, Jessica works to solve the mystery.

I wanted to read this book because I love cozy mysteries.  I enjoy the Murder She Wrote series and try to read each new book as it is released.

This is one of my favorite cozy series.  As much as I enjoy Jessica's travels, I especially love the books set in Cabot Cove, like The Body in the Trees.  The descriptions of Fall in Maine are wonderful!  I also enjoyed the way so much of the town was involved in this story, between the mysterious death of Florida tourist Wendy Lu Shaffer, the community trying to stop a purse thief who travels by bike, and a group volunteer effort to read to children at Halloween at the local hospital.  I especially liked all the scenes with Jessica and her friend Maureen Metzger.  

There were a few more twists and turns in this mystery than usual, and the killer surprised me!   As always, I enjoyed Jessica's sleuthing and her deductive skills.  

I enthusiastically recommend Murder, She Wrote: The Body in the Trees - and the whole Murder She Wrote series.  Cozy mystery fans will love this one!

Book Synopsis

The newest entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series.

It’s leaf-peeping season in Cabot Cove, but for someone, it’s killing season!

A quartet of friends from Florida have come to Maine to experience a New England autumn, complete with hiking in the woods and fishing. When one of them goes missing, the town rallies to find the presumably lost but otherwise safe tourist. But when newspaper editor Dan Andrews is biking on the trail along a ridge, he looks down and sees a leg caught in the branches of a tree. Count on Jessica Fletcher to uncover the secret reason the victim came to town . . . and how it led to her murder.

Author Bio

Jessica Fletcher is a bestselling mystery writer who has a knack for stumbling upon real-life mysteries in her various travels.

Terrie Farley Moran is the bestselling author of the Read ‘Em and Eat cozy mystery series, including the Agatha Award-winning Well Read, Then Dead. Along with Jessica Fletcher, she co-writes the Murder She Wrote mystery series. She also co-writes the Scrapbooking Mysteries with Laura Childs. Terrie’s short mystery fiction has been published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Mystery Weekly, and numerous anthologies. “A Killing at the Beausoleil” was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Short Story. “Inquiry and Assistance” received the Derringer Award for Best Novelette.

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