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The very old and the very young occupy the attention of Savannah Reid of the Moonlight Magnolia detective agency (Bitter Brew, 2018, etc.).Savannah knows that helping her handsome husband, Sgt. Dirk Coulter, isn't always a walk in the park. But nothing prepares her for the challenge pint-sized Brody Greyson provides when she and Dirk try to arrest his mother outside the drug den they've been staking out. After whupping Dirk upside the head, along with every other body part his tiny hands can reach, Brody is so tuckered out that bighearted Savannah takes him home to rest at her place, where she shares space with resident cats Cleo and Diamante and her Granny Reid's old hound dog, the Colonel. Brody turns out to be so sweet and gentle when he isn't seeing his mother hauled off to the slammer that Savannah almost hates to leave him behind with Granny when she gets a call from film star Ethan Malloy begging her to find out who killed his old friend Lucinda Faraday. Lucinda was a knockout in her day, but 40 years past her prime, she's died withered and abandoned in her palatial estate with no one but companion Mary Mahoney to look after her. One room at a time, her massive house filled with clutter until Mary discovered her strangled corpse on a heap of old pizza boxes and expensive clothes that never saw the light of day. Sharp-tongued Lucinda has left behind enough enemies to provide plenty of suspects for Savannah and Dirk to grill. Their adventures at work and on the home front are utterly predictable, but they're such a game pair that you can't help but root for what you know darn well is coming.Hollywood whodunit meets domestic delight. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Kirkus
Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

The very old and the very young occupy the attention of Savannah Reid of the Moonlight Magnolia detective agency (Bitter Brew, 2018, etc.). Savannah knows that helping her handsome husband, Sgt. Dirk Coulter, isn't always a walk in the park. But nothing prepares her for the challenge pint-sized Brody Greyson provides when she and Dirk try to arrest his mother outside the drug den they've been staking out. After whupping Dirk upside the head, along with every other body part his tiny hands can reach, Brody is so tuckered out that bighearted Savannah takes him home to rest at her place, where she shares space with resident cats Cleo and Diamante and her Granny Reid's old hound dog, the Colonel. Brody turns out to be so sweet and gentle when he isn't seeing his mother hauled off to the slammer that Savannah almost hates to leave him behind with Granny when she gets a call from film star Ethan Malloy begging her to find out who killed his old friend Lucinda Faraday. Lucinda was a knockout in her day, but 40 years past her prime, she's died withered and abandoned in her palatial estate with no one but companion Mary Mahoney to look after her. One room at a time, her massive house filled with clutter until Mary discovered her strangled corpse on a heap of old pizza boxes and expensive clothes that never saw the light of day. Sharp-tongued Lucinda has left behind enough enemies to provide plenty of suspects for Savannah and Dirk to grill. Their adventures at work and on the home front are utterly predictable, but they're such a game pair that you can't help but root for what you know darn well is coming. Hollywood whodunit meets domestic delight. Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.