House by the Side of the Road (Dead Letter Mysteries)

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Summary: Bravo!
Review: I really enjoyed this story! The characters came alive and endeared themselves to me right away. They kept me guessing right up to the end.

A HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD is well-crafted; it is expertly woven together with strong threads of continuous suspense, witty dialogue and small-town warmth. Great entertainment!

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Summary: Well written mystery that keeps you guessing to the very end
Review: This is the story of a young woman who inherits her aunt's house out in the country. She moves in and begins what she hopes will be a peaceful life. Meanwhile things are moved around in her house in the middle of the night and when she's not home. At first she thinks it's just her imagination, then she realizes there is a more sinister force at work -- who is doing it? You'll have to read to find out.

Meanwhile, enter a cast of diverse characters, one of whom is the murderer who murdered the former renter of her aunt's house ... but no one knows she was murdered, they all think she moved off to Boston (not giving anything away here, the victim is killed at the very beginning of the book).

This book is about the slow unraveling of the mystery, wherein the murder is discovered and the killer is unveiled ... Ah, but not until the very end. Ms. Gleiter keeps you guessing all through the book about who the killer is - you don't find out until your reach the final pages of the book when you find out it wasn't who you expected at all. Her writing style is very much like Barbara Michaels, spunky heroine, all sorts of nice people around her, one of whom is evil. Yet this book isn't predictable in any sense.

Set aside a whole day to read and enjoy - you'll enjoy this book so much you won't want to be interrupted. It will also make you want to find all the books this author has written and devour them as well. What a great read!

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Summary: A MELLOW MYSTERY...
Review: This mystery is a pleasant, quick read which keeps you guessing. Cogently written in spare, lean prose, the author expertly moves the plot along, though she falls prey to creating certain situations which strain belief. This is a fault of characterization, however, and not of plot. It does not diminish the mystery.

The book is about a young woman , Meg Kessinger, who inherits her great aunt's house in a rural area of Pennsylvania. The house is every thing she has ever wanted and then some. Were it not for the sense that someone is entering her house and moving her things around, as if they were looking for something, she would be perfectly happy.

As it turns out, the mysterious events in her home are tied in to the death of an elderly next door neighbor, who appears to have been the victim of some skullduggery. Meg's sleuthing takes some interesting twists and turns. It should keep the reader guessing as to who is the culprit responsible for the nefarious doings.