Series: A Zoe Hayes Mystery
by Author Merry Jones
Book
The Nanny Murders (2006)
#1 Zoe Hayes, art therapist; amateur sleuth, dark cosy. A woman drifting through life puts herself and her daughter in jeopardy when nannies start disappearing and body parts begin to turn up in her neighborhood. I was afraid this was a mommy-track "cute!!!" mystery, centered around precious kids...
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The River Killings (2006)
RATING: 1.75I have to admit to a bias in my mystery reading, and that is the fact that I really do not care for the part of the genre inhabited by amateur sleuths. Generally speaking, the protagonist tends to meddle in areas where they don't belong, unnecessarily exposing themselves and others to...