Lois Lamanna

Murder at the Beach Lois Lamanna

Every time kind hearted Bethany goes on a road trip with her sister, Marlene, she discovers another dead body. This trip is no exception. Piggybacking on free tickets to a Broadway show, the sisters, self described as overweight, over fifty and over educated, take a side trip to check the New Jersey beach house newly inherited by Bethany's neighbor. Arriving after sunset, the sisters are knocked over by the rancid odor permeating the house. They identify the smell as originating from the bathroom and speculate that it could only b generated by another dead body. Before actually seeing the corpse, Marlene and Bethany mistakenly identify the victim as the neighbor. After staging a sit-in demonstration to save the house from the wrecking ball, the local judge gives the siblings one week to figure out the identity of the dead woman and how the deed was transferred without the consent of the real owner. This is the fourth book n the series featuring Marlene and Bethany