Death on Alder Lee Harding Mystery Book One edition by Beth Everett Literature Fiction eBooks
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Take a trip that's a little bit Nancy Drew, a dash Cheech and Chong and, and just enough Streets of San Francisco to make you want to hop on a cable car.
Lee Harding can't find happiness in the harsh east coast winters. A trip to her hometown of San Francisco is meant to lift her spirits. She stays with her sister Alice's home at the Twenty Alder compound, a tiny courtyard with five separate apartments. The residents are scurrying to prepare for their landlord Martha's birthday celebration. The courtyard is lit with strings of lights, the bar is ready and lanterns are being hung on the enormous oak trees.
When Lee is in New Jersey, she does nothing but dream of moving back to San Francisco, but this trip is proving that you cannot go home again. There seems to be new buildings everywhere, and the funky city of her past is getting harder and harder to find. Bohemian Landlord Martha Byrne represents all that is loved about old San Francisco. When she is murdered in her apartment after her party, Lee is determined to figure out which of the tenants is responsible.
The detective on the case is a starched and pressed cop named Erik Healy. Lee's position as a guest in the compound gives her unfettered access to the politics that go on between the tenants at Twenty Alder Street. She shares her concerns with the detective and soon the two have formed a friendship that has a little too much heat. Lee is reading Hemingway's, A Moveable Feast and decides that the author died full of regret. She keeps this in mind as she toys with the idea of something further with Erik Healy.
The Harding sisters distract themselves from the grim mood at the apartment house by touring their old haunts. The scars from their tragic childhood have left them with painful wounds, and they find lighthearted relief in weed and alcohol.
It seems just about everyone in the complex has a motive for wanting Martha dead, but no one more than the hot headed Miles Alcazar. Just when Lee is sure the man is responsible, he turns up dead. Someone is taking out the residents one by one and she fears her sister Alice could be next.
Death on Alder is a love letter to San Francisco, sisterhood and the myth of home.
Death on Alder Lee Harding Mystery Book One edition by Beth Everett Literature Fiction eBooks
As a Native Daughter of San Francisco and an avid reader I have to say, that I'm most impressed with Everett's first novel! Having just come back home from a recent visit, her delicious descriptions of our beloved Bay Area were spot on! As you read, you were left with the feeling that you knew Lee and her sisters and the "family" on Alder. Each one of them had a depth and mystery that you honestly were wondering who was the culprit until the very end! This book is hard to put down, and I'm really looking forward to Lee's next adventure! xoxoProduct details
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Death on Alder Lee Harding Mystery Book One edition by Beth Everett Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Having spent my formative years in the shadow of the city, this novel is an indulgent stroll through the San Francisco of my youth. Populated by rich characters who step off the pages of neighborhoods I once partied through.... this is a fun and fast-paced story narrated by a brash and caustic and witty voice.
I liked this book and story lines. The book was written as a easy read that held my interest. Thanks John
The author of this book did an absolutely amazing job bringing to life the characters in this novel. Beth Everett's ability to flesh out the quirkiness of the Alder Street residents while making you want to know them more makes this a must read! I can almost picture myself hanging out in the courtyard with Lee and her sisters! The anecdotes shared about San Francisco are just a bonus. Can't wait for the next one!
I actually felt like the characters in this book were part of me. I did not want the book to end. I absolutely love this author. I am so looking for other books by her. I want to see all these places she described so well through her writing along with each and every character. I loved everything about it. the suspence was enough to keep you guessing. Great read. Infact I read it twice
Really really great read!!!! Not your typical murder mystery.....I loved the evolution of the character and the internal conflict and dilema the character Lee Harding went through. I definately can relate to the storyline of growing up in a big city and coming back as an adult and seeing that place you've held so many fond memories of change and transform into something very different than your memories remind you of. I can see the character spanning into other stories and adventures in the coming series and very much look forward to checking them out. Look forward to more exciting material from Mrs. Beth Everett.
This book was a great read by the fire over the holidays but will work nicely by the pool during Summer vacation too. A friend turned me on to it and asked what I thought. It's reminiscent of an acid-fueled Hunter S. Thompson vacation despite the lack of guns and LSD. The main character (Lee Harding) is middle-aged and on the precipice of walking away from an unexciting marriage. She examines strangers with scrutiny while avoiding looking at her life with anything but bleary vision in a haze of Marijuana meets bourbon, in Miss Marple meets "Where'd You Go, Bernadette?" What's not to like about that!
I picked up Death on Alder because the author and I have mutual friends, and because it was set in my beloved San Francisco. I was immediately taken in by Everett’s descriptive writing which set the story in places both familiar and unfamiliar. Many times in the first half of the book, I was moved or amused by her turn of phrase as she took time to develop the myriad settings and characters. As the story progresses, the protagonist and we are compelled by the murder mystery, but not without retaining a sense of humor, adventure and romance.
As a Native Daughter of San Francisco and an avid reader I have to say, that I'm most impressed with Everett's first novel! Having just come back home from a recent visit, her delicious descriptions of our beloved Bay Area were spot on! As you read, you were left with the feeling that you knew Lee and her sisters and the "family" on Alder. Each one of them had a depth and mystery that you honestly were wondering who was the culprit until the very end! This book is hard to put down, and I'm really looking forward to Lee's next adventure! xoxo
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