A Plague Among Us: A Chautauqua Murder Mystery

Deb Pines

Dec 2021 · Mimi Goldman Chautauqua Mysteries Book 8 · Author Deb Pines

About this ebook

When Al Martin, the editor of a satiric newspaper in Chautauqua, N.Y., reportedly dies of COVID-19, the local consensus is: good riddance.

A sister suspects foul play. She wonders why Al was cremated in a hurry.

The police stay out of it.

So it takes reporter and relentless snoop Mimi Goldman to try to find which of Al's haters -- including an estranged wife, three bitter siblings, a secretive caregiver, old enemies and the many targets of Al's poison-pen sarcasm -- might really be a ruthless killer.

The novel, No. 8 in a series called an "Agatha Christie for the test-message age," once again offers page-turning suspense. Wit. History. And the unforgettable setting of Chautauqua, a quirky, churchy, lakeside, cottage-filled summer arts community that launched an adult-education movement Teddy Roosevelt called "the most American thing in America."

Ratings and reviews

I enjoyed this mystery book. I reminded me of the Agatha Christie novels I read when I was younger.

lovely read. a real "who done it"

Fun reading.

About the author

Deb Pines, an award-winning New York Post headline writer and former reporter, is the author of seven Mimi Goldman murder mysteries and one novelette which are top sellers in the Chautauqua Institution where they are set. A grandmother and lover of bad puns, show tunes and classic rock, she lives in New York City with her husband Dave.