A Plain Vanilla Murder by Susan Wittig AlbertMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Have read them all through the years; one of those authors whose books I wait for with anticipation. This is one of my favorites. There is more focus on characters other than China and her family and Ruby and hers, though they do appear and it is always nice to " catch up " with them. In this story there is more focus on Smart Cookie, six weeks away from the delivery of her and Blackie's baby, as she takes an active role in the solving of the murder of a professor at the local college. There is no lack of suspects, most with good motive, poor alibis , opportunites and, in several cases, means to commit the crime. Orchids are a big part of the scene, too, and as more than just a pretty exotic, one of which produces the only edible fruit of the species, the sweet smelling and tasting vanilla bean. A nicely convoluted and complicated who done it with a nice team of Pecan Springs cops to solve it.
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