Death of a Suitor

A Myrtle Clover Cozy Mystery, Book 18

By: Elizabeth Spann Craig

Narrated by: Lisa Lynn Sandlin

The course of true love never did run smooth.

According to Myrtle, Eloise Crane set her cap for Miles long ago. Although Miles is now dating Eloise, he doesn’t seem overly enthusiastic about it. Myrtle figures he’s simply given in after running out of plausible excuses. Eloise drives Myrtle batty, so she’s intent on avoiding her as much as possible. This isn’t easy since Eloise is determined to join in whenever Miles and Myrtle are together.

When Myrtle spots Eloise at a restaurant canoodling with a different gentleman, she likes Eloise even less. And she decides that Eloise has caused no end of problems when her other suitor is found dead.

With Miles a suspect, Myrtle must jump into gear to clear his name and find the killer before he strikes again.

©2021 Elizabeth Spann Craig (P)2025 Elizabeth Spann Craig

This is the best series

Myrtle is so sharp. Don’t count her out!! All the supporting cast that we love is on board too.

A great mystery

This was a fun read overall. I really enjoyed the mystery and thought it was well done. There were quite a few twists and turns even till the very end.

I wasn’t a fan of the psychic/horoscope aspect. I am pretty cautious around that stuff having left that life behind as a convert to Christianity. But it wasn’t too heavy in the plot and also it was unclear if her abilities were innate abilities kind of outside of her control or what (maybe in the books previous that was delved into more).

Myrtle was also a quite flawed character who sometimes annoyed me, but was also entertaining at the same time. I liked hearing about her relationship with her grandchild.

Lisa did a great job voicing all the characters and made this an enjoyable listen.