"Murder Strikes a Chord" By Heather Weidner: Review/Giveaway

Review by Sarah Erwin

Details at the end of this post on how to enter to win a signed copy of the book and a link to purchase it.

When I saw Murder Strikes a Chord, book one in Heather Weidner’s new Pearly Girls Mystery series, described as Veronica Mars meets The Golden Girls, I knew I had to get my hands on a copy! And I’m so glad I did.

Event planner Cassidy Jamison inherited her late grandmother’s event planning business and property, as well as her grandmother’s four 60-something year old employees and friends. It’s a big job, but Cassidy isn’t afraid of hard work. Cassidy is especially excited that she’d booked a three-weekend musical festival with a chart-topping band. The Pearly Girls are all aflutter about this popular band, full of handsome members.

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Unfortunately, Cassidy and her Chihuahua mix Elvis find the body of one of the band members in her venue’s koi pond and the death was clearly no accident. So instead of crowds of happy festival goers, now Cassidy is dealing with the sheriff's department and the fact that the investigation seems to be focused on one of the Pearly Girls – Roxie. Determined to save her business and her employee, Cassidy, along with Elvis, begin to investigate.

This was just as much fun to read as I hoped it would be! The premise of a murder at a music festival felt unique. I loved the setting of a somewhat isolated event venue and famous musicians staying on site for a festival. I could easily picture the layout of the space, and loved that Cassidy herself lived on site as well.

The characters are a lot of fun and vividly drawn. Heather captured the band members perfectly, and the Pearly Girls cracked me up. While I maybe would not want to supervise them as a boss, I sure would like to hang out with them. I know it would be a good time. I’m a huge fan of tiny dogs with big names, so Elvis found a spot in my readerly heart right away.

This was a quick read that was both suspenseful and humorous, and I was sorry when it ended. I’m looking forward to reading more from the Pearly Girls Mysteries in the future!

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Sarah Erwin started her career as a children’s librarian, later becoming a public library director and now she’s a stay at home mom. While her career might have changed, her love of reading has been a constant since 4th grade and she reads over 200 books a year. Read along with her on her blog Sarah Can’t Stop Reading or on Instagram. Sarah lives in St. Louis, MO with her two kids, her husband and a family dog and cat.

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