THE AFFLICTION Maggie Detweiler and Hope Babbin, Book 2

The second in novelist Beth Gutcheon's cozy mystery series gives the two amateur detectives--a retired school headmistress and a socialite --the murder of a prep school teacher to solve--in company with the local cops, of course. And given the success of their previous murder investigation (DEATH AT BREAKFAST), the police are friendlier than might be expected. Narrator Hillary Huber's calm, somewhat stilted pace emphasizes the cozy in the mystery and misses some of the book's intended social comedy, but she nonetheless provides a pleasant narration of an atmospheric story replete with social climbers, business crooks, caring teachers, and teenagers of all sorts. Former prep schoolers will be particularly pleased. A.C.S. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2018]