The Secret of Ravens Valley: A Liza and Mrs. Wilkens Mystery Book 2
Fanny Porter, besieged rural community librarian, ends a video call with her friend Liza Johnson with the cryptic words “You know I’m in deep, and it’s scaring me.” Several days later, she is found dead on a lonely county road near the town of Ravens Valley.
At the funeral, Liza and her neighbor, Mrs. Wilkens, discover a town cloaked in fear. People are afraid to attend the funeral because Fanny was embroiled with a powerful group trying to ban books in the library. But the fear goes deeper in a community dependent upon the Santos Brothers Farm for its survival. When Goldie, Liza’s cat, is poisoned, Liza and Mrs. Wilkens race against time to discover the secret of Ravens Valley.
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"The Death of Goldie's Mistress by Linda Norlander is a true cozy with modern motivations and clues. Norlander takes us on amateur sleuth Liza's reluctant journey to discover who really killed a recovering drug addict that Liza had befriended. Along the way, a tenacious octogenarian, religious charlatans, drug dealers, and recovering addicts fill Liza's days as she investigates. An unexpected attraction to one of her sources keeps Liza busy, along with the pushy, adorable cat, Goldie."
-Lou Kemp, author of the cross-genre Celwyn series