Caught in the Snare: A Chautauqua Murder Mystery

Caught in the Snare is the eleventh book in Deb Pines' traditional whodunit Chautauqua Mysteries featuring the wise and witty reporter sleuth of a certain age Mimi Goldman. \"An Agatha Christie for the text-message age \" IndieReader calls the series. When Velma White a tyrannical landlady now 74 and shaky on her feet is found dead at the bottom of the steep slippery stairs of her Chautauqua home it looks like an accident. But was it? Velma lived in a \"house of vipers \" says her best friend. Among them: a cash-strapped daughter a shady teacher a bullied home health aide and a bird lover whose feathers Velma ruffled. Reporter and relentless snoop Mimi Goldman luckily is on the case. Aided by sidekick Sylvia and Sylvia’s granddog Gerard they dig into Velma's money men and murky past to try to find a killer lurking among Chautauqua’s high-minded lectures and historic cottages — before they too get Caught in the Snare. Fan