All Camille wanted to do was build a museum in the desert. Too bad someone didn’t agree, and she was murdered. But was it for the land or her millions?That property was prime desert land. A lot of people wanted it. The Tortoise Lady, the Mafia investors, and the Indian tribe. Camille’s son and daughter-in-law wanted her millions. Makes for a lot of motives and suspects.Detective Jeff’s busy with … suspects.
Detective Jeff’s busy with two other murders, and definitely needs his wife’s help. Good thing Marty has a psychic sister and a psychic dog to help!
This is the seventh book in the popular High Desert Cozy Mystery Series by two-time USA Today Bestselling Author, Dianne Harman.
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This is the first book I’ve read by two-time USA Today Bestselling Author, Dianne Harmon, but I suspect it will not be the last. Murder and the Museum drew me in with the prologue, and the fast paced mystery kept me enthralled and guessing through the end.
Who killed Camille Borden, an eccentric, late middle-aged, wealthy art collector, who wanted nothing more than to build a museum in the desert she called home? Suspects abound, from a Tortoise Lady…to a Native American Tribe…to the Mafia…and of course some deceitful, conniving, and greedy members of Camille’s family.
Luckily, the good guys have a lot on their side, including Petrone, a psychic white bulldog, who I think was my favorite character of all. This was a wonderful whodunnit with lovable characters…and I loved how the author included psychic abilities, which adds a touch of supernatural.
There were a lot of characters, some of whom might be carried over from Harmon’s other books in the series. I look forward to getting to know them and highly recommend this fun cozy mystery that will grip you from the beginning and keep you in suspense to the end.
This review is for the audio book.
I really enjoyed this book. I love the fact that the main character specialises in antiques and gets to visit lots of interesting homes and solve a murder or too. In this, the seventh book in the series the murder occurs at the start of the book and then goes back in time to explain why Marty has been requested to visit the home and for you to guess who the killer is after being introduced to the suspects. Then the mystery unfolds very quickly, with warnings to be careful and always take the loveable dog Balto with her. A great fun series.
Camille had plans to build a museum to hold all her many artefacts she had collected over the years. She finds the perfect place to build it and is the first to place a bid on the land beating out two other bidders. She hires Marty to come and appraise the items but it killed before she can even step in the front door. With Marty’s husband Jeff busy already handling two other murders
Investigations Marty decided to lend a hand and try to narrow the suspect list down. Is the killer Camille only son upset over losing his inheritance? Or his money grabbing wife? It could also be one of the two competitors that wanted the land for there own projects. With Marty’s sister getting a funny feeling everybody knows that what ever Marty does she will have to take Balto with her. And with Balto’s own hunches he might prove to be more than just a guard dog.
I liked the narrator. Kasey always puts in a good performance with her characters.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review
I’m beginning to understand the format of this series of cozy books. 1. Introduce several characters that all talk about killing the victim. 2. Make it sound like any of them had the motive to kill the victim. 3. See how many psychic predictions can help you solve the murder, even though you are no longer in law enforcement. 4. Have the dog psychically point to the killer. 5. Solve the murder. This story was one of the easiest to predict who killed the victim and why. I just wish one of the books in the series would be a little different. Same plot, different victim and killer.