Retirement is a time for knitting, gardening, and an occasional quiet lunch with friends, according to Kathleen Williamson. Her sister Andrea has an altogether different point of view. When the sisters go to the Canaan Valley to search for paintings mentioned in a document found in an old hotel once owned by their grandparents — paintings that might be Monets — Andrea immediately becomes involved … involved in tracking down a murderer. Kathleen would much rather be looking for the paintings, but she goes along with Andrea, since the victim was their hotel-keeper, murdered just down the hall from their room. The question is: Does the murder have something to do with the elusive paintings?
There are many clues and many suspects, including hotel staff, valley residents, and the mysterious foreigners who come from the Eastern Seaboard for skiing. There are also many types of danger — icy roads, sub-zero temperatures, and a killer who doesn’t care how many people die in the attempt to make sure the right ones do.
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This book is a good whodunit, but it also is a story of a detective trying to find a balance between her family and her career. Main character is well-developed.
Unpredictable for the most part. A story of small family and foreign family in an interesting setting. I have never understood the thrill of snow skiing yet this book seems to bring it out as something that is easy to learn and fun to do. Also anytime you have a couple of older ladies on the outside edge of a murder you have some humor and a lot …
It’s a fun, light mystery.
Classic case of who did what and when. Easy to get caught up in the delightful characters in this easy to read book. A person can see how they themselves would be caught up in the mystery.
It was a good clean mystery. A little getting going. I like a mystery to grab my attention right away.
Loved the characters
different
I actually listened to this book on Audible. When I read or listen to a book, it’s like a movie playing in my head. If it’s really good, I become part of the movie. I would say the narrator to this book made it feel like B reel 70’s era movie. I could not get used to the narrator almost to distraction. It definitely distracted from the story. …
Hard to get into
Awesome story
okay but too much on the signs of the moon
loved the chacters
So so writing—too cutesy for my taste!
Meh. A decent time waster.
Meh, she didn’t even get the real meaning of moon signs right.
I personally did not like book
Light reading, good for walk. Mostly sweet characters that are definitely likeable. Could see continuing to enjoy these characters and future Adventures. not difficult to follow while doing chores around the house or yard. Virtually no depressing moments in a mystery. Probably a little slow and boring for a driving listen.
Ok. Not my favorite
Ok, not great. Too simple.
Moon Signs is a pleasant light-weight mystery: you’ll read it quickly and forget it just as quickly. The clever scenario should have made for a richer story: mystery #1 concerns two middle-aged sisters who head into the mountains of West Virginia to an old hotel once owned by their grandparents where their niece thinks she has uncovered valuable …