Synopsis

There wasn’t an honest bone in Buzz Bixby’s body. The Encino High School’s head football coach was an equal-opportunity scoundrel. Bixby cheated and lied his way to the top and screwed anyone and everyone in his wake. So, the question wasn’t who wanted the bastard dead. The question was, who didn’t?

Student reporter Hannah White’s interview with the coach is a nonstarter when she discovers varsity football hero Dean Snyder standing over Bixby’s battered corpse holding a bloody trophy. Despite how guilty Dean looks, Hannah is convinced he’s innocent. When Snyder is arrested for Bixby’s murder, the wise-cracking, irreverent amateur sleuth jumps into action to flesh out the real killer.

But the trail has more twists and turns than a slinky, and nothing turns out how Hannah thinks it will as she tangles with a clever killer hellbent on revenge.

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Review

Nancy Drew has nothing on Hannah White!

Set in Encino, California, Hannah is determined to be the best investigative journalist the school has seen. What she doesn’t expect is to put that to practice, helping to solve the murder of football coach, Buzz Bixby. The obvious answer is never right in front of you, even if they are holding a trophy that bashed in the coach’s head.

There are multiple suspects, and I have to admit that I did not uncover the true killer until it was revealed. My prime suspect wasn’t a good person, but wasn’t the killer, or at least not of the coach.

The story moved at a good clip, and there were no slow spots. Each chapter contributed to building up to the finale and uncovering the truth.

I liked Hannah’s friends, the YY or Young Yentas. To be that young with a fast metabolism to start every day with a cinnamon roll! They also were not afraid to jump in and help Hannah where they could in her investigative journey. She also has family members who look out for her and ensure her safety. From Uncle B to Nana and everyone in between.

This will be a series to watch! We give it 4 paws up.

About the Author

Named Best US Author of the Year by N. N. Lights Book Heaven, award-winning cozy mystery author Susie Black was born in the Big Apple but now calls sunny Southern California home. Like the protagonist in her Holly Swimsuit Mystery Series, Susie is a successful apparel sales executive. Susie began telling stories as soon as she learned to talk. Now, she’s telling all the stories from her garment industry experiences in humorous mysteries.

She reads, writes, and speaks Spanish, albeit with an accent that sounds like Mildred from Michigan went on a Mexican vacation and is trying to fit in with the locals. Since life without pizza and ice cream as her core food groups wouldn’t be worth living, she’s a dedicated walker to keep her girlish figure. A voracious reader, she’s also an avid stamp collector. Susie lives with a highly intelligent man and one incredibly brainy but smart-aleck adult son who inexplicably blames his sarcasm on an inherited genetic defect.

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