The Body in the Cattails

The Rose Creek Reads Book Club flier promised readers the chance to discuss novels and make new friends. It didn't say anything about solving a real-life murder. When four women join the new book club hosted by a small-town bookshop, their first meeting ends in disaster. The career women are thrown into the middle of a murder investigation that tests their unique skills as a lawyer, a chemist, an IT expert, and a mathematician. If they can't solve the case, the local historic pottery factory may be shut down forever. Set in the northeastern Oklahoma Ozark foothills, a tangle of clues leads the book club to a mysterious code. At first, the new friends enjoy playing detectives, until the mystery hits dangerously close to home. When four career women join a book club in northeastern Oklahoma, their first meeting ends in disaster when the bookshop cat discovers a body in the cattails. Determined to return Rose Creek to the peaceful town they all love, the new friends use their unique skills to play detective, until the mystery turns deadly serious. Four career women join a small-town book club, and their first meeting ends in disaster when the bookshop cat discovers a body in the cattails. Determined to return Rose Creek to the peaceful place they all love, the new friends use their unique skills to play detectives—until the mystery turns deadly serious. "Love cats? Love book clubs? Love smart women who join them? Author Catherine Dilts puts a unique spin on the cozy novel, when four savvy book club members combine said smarts to solve the case of The Body in the Cattails. An entertaining mystery from start to finish, I enjoyed the Oklahoma setting, great characters, and Catherine's indelible style." —Donnell Ann Bell, bestselling author of Black Pearl: A Cold Case Suspense "Four women reveal their unique mystery-solving skills woven together with their personal stories. Each offers special talents to solve the murder as they became closer as friends. A fun read that kept me guessing until the end." —Beth Stevens