Book MyView: Polly Dent Loses Grip, A LaTisha Barnhart Mystery by S.Dionne Moore

Who says exercise is good for one’s health? Certainly not Polly Dent!

Polly Dent Loses Grip on the treadmill and takes a fatal spill that’s ruled an accident.

While helping her mother-in-law move into Bridgeton Towers Assisted Living & Nursing, LaTisha Barnhart’s nose smells trouble simmering. The residents’ gossip is revealing all kinds of motives for murder.

Gertrude Herrman is out looking for love in the form of Thomas Philcher (or is it love of his fat wallet instead?), and Polly’s fall eliminates Gertrude’s competition once and for all.

Otis Payne, the venerable director of Bridgeton Towers, is over a barrel when his wife demands cash—or else she’ll carry on without him.

Mitzi Mullins’s penchant for rhyme puts her in direct line as perpetrator of the crime, and Sue Mie’s mistake seals Polly’s fate.

Can LaTisha stay on her achin’ feet, and one step ahead of the villain, long enough to solve yet another crime?(Heartsong Presents Mystery, 2009)

My Thoughts: Polly Dent Loses Grip is a fun, entertaining cozy mystery sure to make your day. Amateur sleuth La Tisha Barnhart or as she’s fondly called, the in-guess-ti-gator, steals every scene.

S. Dionne Moore expertly brings the full-figured, bodacious investigator into living color, along with her easygoing sidekick husband, Hardy. Together they make a formidable team not to be reckoned with. I couldn’t get enough of their hilarious banter and squabbling, revealing their undying love and adoration for one another.

The fun in reading a LaTisha Barnhart Mystery comes from not only solving the mystery, but also enjoying every minute with LaTisha and Hardy. I’d love an invitation to their dinner table.

I’m sorry HeartSongs Presents Mysteries discontinued their mystery line. Moore is an author to watch so I hope she finds another home for her stories. And it wouldn’t hurt if she brought LaTisha and Hardy along for the ride!