Tuesday Intro/Teaser Tuesday: Ill-Gotten Gains by Ilsa Evans

Every Tuesday Diane from Bibliophile By the Sea hosts First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros, where participants share the first paragraph (or a few) of a book they are reading or thinking about reading soon.

The breeze shifted as we entered the cemetery, rustling dusty orange leaves from the oaks that shaded the graves. Those already fallen skittered to life, dancing along the uneven paths and eddying into corners. It was as if the dead were whispering a greeting, or maybe even a warning, in the only way they knew how. I paused by the hedged entry and then bent to stop our dog as he dashed past. He ducked, weaved, and continued towards a large marble headstone where he immediately cocked his leg and peed in a splashy arc over Freda Usachev, Beloved Wife and Mother, Sadly Missed.

Title: Ill-Gotten Gains
Author: Ilsa Evans
ISBN: 9781743342824
Publisher: momentum books/2013
Pages: 234

Columnist Nell Forrest stumbles upon a secret in the cemetery in the town of Majic. Before she can react, two people die in quick succession. Someone does not want the secrets to come out. But Nell is determined to get to the bottom of it. And that means, the whole perspective of Majic's history would change.

While researching, Nell finds out about a long line of women dying untimely in the past 150 years of the town's existence. How are those related to the present? 

With Nell's numerous daughters, a sister, a mother and an ex-husband driving her mad, this makes a good read. The suspense element is very much intact till the end and the humour element is the icing on the top.