Dropped Like a Bad Habit

Melissa Westemeier

Aug 2025 · Tule Publishing

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The bodies keep piling up along Chestnut Street…

When Sister Bernadette hears from the local pharmacist about plans to redevelop and gentrify their small community on Chestnut Street, she rallies her neighbors at The Abbey: Senior Living to help stop it. Chestnut Street is home to local mom-and-pop businesses that The Abbey’s residents frequently access. But when the healthy pharmacist mysteriously drops dead with no discernable reason, Detective AJ Lewis is stumped. Then another, younger, business owner dies with no explanation, and AJ is suspicious and starts to dig.

Sister Bernie, trying to solve small, seemingly nonsensical thefts, is intrigued and positions herself to collaborate with the police for what she hopes will be her second murder investigation. Why did two seemingly healthy men conveniently die? Who’s behind the shadowy Vision Corporation? Each question leads to a dead end or another question. And then there’s an unexpected death at The Abbey. Coincidence or connection?

Murder’s becoming a bad habit Sister Bernie and AJ are determined to break.

Ratings and reviews

Sister sleuth. Chestnut Street residents like its convenience and friendly atmosphere, but a developer has plans for a nig change. The man leading those against it dies under suspicious circumstances, then a second business owner, and then an elderly resident at The Abby, Detective AJ Lewis works hard to solve the “coincidental” deaths. Sister Bernie works behind the scenes with The Abby’s quirky residents to assist the investigation and solve a series of thefts. It’s a humorous cozy.

This one was enigmatic. Lots of moving pieces and people with hidden agendas and hidden lives and lies. Sister Bernie and her fellow residents of The Abbey are struck with some random thefts and she’s on the case. When they hear of the death of a beloved local business owner who’s opposed to a gentrification plan she feels compelled to take up his cause. All this leads to some really shady dealings and some very complicated and broken people. A veritable head scratcher. The things people think t

This can be read as a stand alone book without having read book one. When you finish this one you will have enjoyed it so much you will want to go back and read book one. Sister Bernadette better know as Bernie now that she is retired is such a person I would like to be more like. Yes she is noisy but she is caring also and that's the part I like about her. She hears about something that's trying to happen in the neighborhood .